Known as the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and it's online cousin, Cyber Monday, will officially kick off the 2009 holiday shopping season as retailers slash prices and offer outrageous deals on endless array of products. Unfortunately, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will kick off the cyber crime season as well. At no other time in the year are you more at risk and, as such, the need for ID protection so high.

Cyber Monday follows Black Friday as shoppers kick off the holiday shopping season. Typically Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has been the biggest shopping day of the year. However, Cyber Monday, (which will fall on November 30 this year) appeals to online shoppers who seek out great deals without leaving their home.

The date of the famous Cyber Monday 2008 is around the corner. Consumers are flooding the web stores of retailers and technology sellers looking for Cyber Monday ads and deals. One ad says by nothing.

Black Friday is in its full swing as holiday shoppers rush Apple Store, Staples, Walmart.com, Best buy and other online and offline retailers to get the early and best Black Friday deals on technology and other goods.

I am not sure I will have many visitors here today. Cyber Monday now rivals Black Friday as being the major shopping day of the year. A poll by Zogby found that about three out of four holiday shoppers will do at least part of their shopping on line. So most people on the web today are looking for bargains and many small business owners are busy filling those orders.

The most intense online shopping day has not yet started, but Cyber Monday deals for technology, toys and other products already come to surface.

With Over 14,000 Purses, eBags' Handbags Category Drives Growth Into Holiday Season Preparing for Cyber Monday.

Too stuffed to spend the night in a big-box parking lot waiting for the best deals? Well, you don’t have to. There are many online deals as Circuit City, Tanger outlet, CompUSA and other prime outlets reveal their online deals ahead of Cyber Monday.

CyberMonday.com to offer after Thanksgiving sale promotions from 550 retailers.

The new frontier of holiday shopping is online, a new study shows, and with 'Cyber Monday' fast approaching, retailers are scrambling to roll out promotional offers.