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• 20 Hot Cyber Monday Deals Cyber Monday has some hot deals and steals for everything from laptops, games, movies, and HDTVs
• Digital Watchdog Group Jumps on User Licenses Analysis: The Electronic Frontier Foundation strikes a blow for consumer protection with its "Terms of (Ab)Use" campaign.
• Holiday Gift Guide: Three Useful Laptop Accessories Under $100 Your laptop lover might like a classy stand for a Mac laptop, a protective sleeve that allows a hot notebook to cool down, or a backback to carry a laptop that's made of recycled materials. All are priced at under $90.
• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays Tips and tech tools to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.
• Some Retailers Beat Apple's 'Black Friday' Deals Apple cut MacBook Pro and iMac prices for a day, but ongoing Apple bargains may be found elsewhere.
• How to Buy a Flat-Screen TV Our video buying guide tells you what to look for when shopping.
• New Malware Scam Targets Twilight Fans Security firm warns that a free movie offer supplies instead a contaminated viewer.
• The Best Mac Black Friday Deals If you've been waiting for a price drops on Mac computers to buy one check out these Black Friday deals while they last.
• Black Friday Tech Deals: Latest and Greatest We spotted these deals early Black Friday morning, and we think any self-respecting geek should know about them.
• Holiday Gift Guide: Three Terrific Gizmos and Gadgets We like the clever Gorillatorch flashlight, the well-priced iKeySlim keyboard and Logitech's useful Harmony 700 universal remote.
• PC World's Top Ten Funniest Videos of 2009 Some, like our iPhone stress tests are pretty funny, and others confirm that geeks don't always make excellent comedians. Take a look.
• Dissecting a Black Friday Doorbuster: Is That $197 HP Laptop Any Good? We deconstruct a Best Buy holiday promo to determine whether the cheap laptop is actually a bargain.
• Deals of the Week: Black Friday Edition This Black Friday brings the lowest-priced Blu-ray player ever, some neat netbook deals, and an anticipated Apple sale.
• Black Friday Deals, Tips, Gotchas, and Gripes on the PC World Podcast The busiest shopping day of the year is nearly upon us. PC World editors discuss some of the best deals, worst gotchas, and hottest Web sites for tech bargains.
• Can Video-Streaming Site Joost Avoid Going Off the Air? Video streaming Website Joost will sell most of its assets to Adconion in a bid to stay alive
• Nine Technologies Ahead of Their Time Sometimes you build it, and they end up not coming.
• Top 5 Black Friday Gotchas It’s crunch time for retailers, which can be good news for those of us out in the trenches shopping. But don’t let the hype lure you into a deal that’s no deal.
• 7 Hot Black Friday Laptop and Netbook Deals Get your shopping list and keyboard ready: laptops from HP, Acer, Dell and others highlight the early bargins for the holiday shopping season.
• HDTVs for the Holidays: No Bad Time to Buy Steep price declines over the past year plus the usual Black Friday madness make this a good time to buy--but even if you wait, you’re apt to find great deals throughout the holiday season.
• How to Buy a Camcorder Whether you want shots of your new baby or to be the next Stanley Kubrick, there's a digital camcorder out there for you. Let us be your guide.
• Holiday Newsletters With iWeb '09 This year, easily put your holiday greetings online with a Web newsletter.
• Apple iPhone Ad Succeeds Where AT&T Fails The coverage map wars continue with Apple launching two commercials defending the iPhone and taking indirect potshots at Verizon Wireless.
• Picking the Right Security Software Here are some considerations to keep in mind when choosing security apps.
• 8 Tech Tools For Black Friday Deals Web and mobile apps can help you find, track the hottest bargains as the holiday shopping season opens.
• More Facebooking, More Malware More vigilence in security matters is necessary as social networking use increases, says security vendor F-Secure.