• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays

  
  A selection of tech tools and tips to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.

• 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 Identity Theft: A How-To
• Wal-Mart's Black Friday Ripoff
• Windows 7 Sales Beat Mac OS X Market Share
• How to Buy a Flat-Screen HDTV
• 10 Totally Ridiculous Combo Gadgets

Latest News

• Apple Says No to the Droid's Red Glow Want the Droid's signature red glow to spruce up your iPhone? Apple won't let you have it.
• 25% of Office Workers Would Steal Company Data To help a friend or family member, a quarter of office workers say they'd steal sensitive company data, survey reveals.
• 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.
• 2009: The Year the Cloud Was Seeded The economic downturn may have dominated the agenda for much of 2009 but it was also the year the cloud was seeded, according to analyst firm IDC.
• Microsoft Readies Windows 7 in 10 African Languages By 2001, Windows 7 will be available in a variety of new editions, in an effort to fight piracy and boost interest.
• 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.
• Struggling Wikipedia Sheds Thousands of Editors An academic researcher questions the site's viability, but Wikipedia defends its policies.
• Twitter Inspires More to Go Mobile Increasing numbers of tweets are being sent from mobile devices, researchers report.
• Nokia N900 Launch Delayed High demand is forcing users to wait for the Maemo 5 handset.
• Windows 7 Sales Beat Mac OS X Market Share Microsoft's newest OS entry jumps ahead of the Mac's market numbers, one tracking firm reports.
• 10 Totally Ridiculous Combo Gadgets From a combo taser/MP3 player to a computer mouse/VoIP phone, these Frankengadgets never should have seen the light of day.
• Dell Offers Custom Chromium OS Download For Mini 10V Dell has made available a custom downloadable version of Google's Chromium OS for their Mini 10V netbook.
• Wal-Mart's Black Friday Rip-off Customers arrived at 5 a.m. to find $198 laptops had all been assigned the day before to people who called the store, never mentioned in ads.
• Cyber Monday: E-Shop Til You Drop If you didn't scoop up all the Black Friday bargains you'd hoped for, get ready for a new round of dirt-cheap discounts on Cyber Monday.
• How to Lose Your Identity This Holiday Season Looking to expose your personal data to online thieves? Follow these five easy steps — or better yet, use them as a cautionary tale.
• Psystar Hoped to Sell 12 Million Mac Clones Annually The unauthorized maker of OS X computers that Apple is trying to put out of business shared fantastic sales projections with potential investors.
• iPhone Owners Gobble Up Online Media According to a new study, iPhone owners are more likely to purchase online media — such as on-demand TV on their phones — than average consumers.
• Why E-book Readers Make Bad Holiday Gifts Sure, the e-book market has never been better — but that doesn't mean you should buy an e-book reader as a gift. At least not this year.
• Retail Mania, IE Woes, EU Charges Although this is a normally slow tech news week, some real news occurred, what with the ongoing IE exploit and the larger world not sidetracked by holidays.

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  First Look: Dell Mini 3i Smartphone The first Dell smartphone to go on sale will be the Mini 3i, which will be available in China this December for about $700.

Today in PCW Blogs

• Tech Inciter
  Apple Says No to the Droid's Red Glow Want the Droid's signature red glow to spruce up your iPhone? Apple won't let you have it.
• Geek Tech
  Dell Offers Custom Chromium OS Download For Mini 10V Dell has made available a custom downloadable version of Google's Chromium OS for their Mini 10V netbook.
• Tech Inciter
  Wal-Mart's Black Friday Rip-off Customers arrived at 5 a.m. to find $198 laptops had all been assigned the day before to people who called the store, never mentioned in ads.
• Geek Tech
  Buffalo Brings SuperSpeed To Blu-ray With New External Drive A new external Blu-ray burner from Buffalo promises write speeds of 12X when using USB 3.0.
• Today @ PC World
  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.
• Today @ PC World
  Torrent Giant Mininova Forced to Go Legit Mininova, one of the largest peer-to-peer file-sharing sites next to The Pirate Bay, has now removed most of its links to copyrighted content.
• Today @ PC World
  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.
• Geek Tech
  Be A Cheap Geek With These Black Friday Online Hardware Deals These deals from online hardware vendors will let you beat the rush.
• BizFeed
  Black Friday Doorbusters Are For Suckers Think lining up before dawn will get you the best tech holiday deals? Don't get taken by retail advertising gimmicks.
• Today @ PC World
  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.
• Geek Tech
  Ostendo's 43-Inch Curved Monitor: The Ultimate Gaming Display? A desktop experience like no other can now be yours courtesy of Ostendo and their unusual curved LCD display.
• Today @ PC World
  Best Black Friday Storage Deals These are the best Black Friday hard drive deals we found--both rumored and confirmed.
• Today @ PC World
  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.
• Today @ PC World
  Kindle, Nook and Other E-Readers to Take Off in 2010 Lower prices, ease of use, and improved technology could give e-readers a big boost in the coming year.