Microsoft readies five Windows fixes
As part of its new advance warning policy, Microsoft said this week's regularly scheduled patch day will feature five fixes for Windows, none of them more severe than "important." More...

Yahoo plans desktop search
Yahoo plans to release in January the beta version of a desktop search application, as the giant web portal looks to catch Google and pass Microsoft in the search market. More...

Men spend more than woman online
Men plan to spend up to 15 percent more online this holiday season than women, a survey released last week revealed. More...

Google suggests search destinations
Google this week quietly spun out a new feature of its search engine that takes a stab at what you're after, then puts suggestions in the query field. More...