• Google Chrome OS: Visual Tour

  
  Google's Chrome OS was shown for the first time Thursday, where the company gave a brief demo of the operating system.

• 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.
• Facebook Worm Spreads With a Lurid Lure
• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays
• Facebook Invasion: Beware of New 'Smart' Worm
• News Corp and Microsoft Plot Anti-Google Pact, Says Report
• The Justin Bieber Example: Use Twitter or Incite a Riot and Get Arrested
• Struggling Wikipedia Sheds Thousands of Editors
• Will Google’s Deal with TiVo Push More Video to the Web?
• Twitter Inspires More to Go Mobile

Web Reviews

• Serif WebPlus X4 Serif WebPlus X4 combines drag-and-drop simplicity with highly customizable options to deliver tools that even nontechies can use to create sophisticated, interactive Web sites.

Web News

• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays Tips and tech tools to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.
• 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.
• 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.
• Viviane Reding Picked to Re-write EU Data Protection Laws Viviane Reding has been picked to take charge of a re-write of Europe's 15 year-old data protection laws due to start next year.

Web Playing in PCW Video

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  HP Printer Connects Directly to the Web HP's Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer can print news stories and directions directly from Web sites, but the execution could use more polish.
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  Lexmark's Platinum Pro905 Printer is Suitable for a Small Office This color inkjet multifunction printer is a competent small-office device that can can access and view Web-based applications on its LCD.
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  Google Trike Goes Where Cars Can't The pedal-powered tricycle allows Google to photograph and catalog popular landmarks that are accessible only by foot.

Web How-Tos

• Get $10 Back When You Buy Something with Bing Tired of giving money to Microsoft? Get a little back when you sign up for a Bing Cashback account and buy, well, just about anything.
• Parlay Your Photos Into Holiday Cards and Calendars Use image-editing software and Websites to turn your digital photos into handcrafted greeting cards and other holiday gifts.
• Finding Your Photos Online Worried about photo theft? See if your photos are posted on the Web.
• Synchronize Your Data With Multiple PCs, Macs, and Mobile Devices Gone are the days of carrying important files on optical discs and thumb drives. Here are some easy ways to synchronize your files across multiple platforms.
• 'Fix' Facebook's New Home Page Don't like the new 'News Feed' and 'View Live Feed' presentation? Here's an easy way to make Facebook like it was before.