• These Services Make Backing Up Your Files Safe and Inexpensive on ptech.wsj.com: This is a solid review of the Mozy and Carbonite on-line backup services, which cost less than $50 per year each.
• CBS Records Is Revived For TV-Music Venture on WSJ.com: "The new venture will sell its music to the public, but its primary purpose is to generate inexpensive music for use in the network's prime-time lineup.... CBS will at first sell its music through Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Store, but may on a case-by-case basis strike distribution deals for CDs with other labels, distributors or retailers." Probably the first company in the recording industry whose primary distribution channel will be iTunes. [ Subscription probably required. ]

• The true meaning of Hanukkah from CranburyPress.com: "Though not a major holiday on the Jewish calendar, local rabbis say Hanukkah's message of religious freedom and tolerance is an important one."

  "Hanukkah begins today (Friday) at sundown and ends sundown Dec. 23. The holiday commemorates the triumph of the Jews over the religious persecution of Greco-Syrians and the miracle thereafter by which one day's worth of oil burned for eight days."
  

Happy Hanukkah to all from Operation Gadget.