There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google.

  Sometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink.

  As Cyber Monday approaches, it's interesting to take a look at Amazon.com's Most Wished For lists, particularly as Amazon.com topped the list of online retailers on Black Friday. Among laptops (not netbooks), Apple on the list with the top three laptops (click above image to enlarge).

  Market research firm Experian Hitwise has announced the big online winners for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, and the world's biggest retailer won the day on Thranksgiving, but on Black Friday, it was the world's biggest online retailer.

  Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said.

  It's a grey area, but something that small shops and providers of free wi-fi might want to begin thinking about. What happens if someone comes into your business, and uses your free wi-fi to download copyrighted material? For a pub in the U.K., it's an expensive question, to the tune of $13,000 (