So this is what Best Buy looked like at 5am today. If you stayed home you missed several hundred people pushing and shoving in search of all those Black Friday deals. 
Staples ruined Black Friday for many customers who carefully planned their Black Friday purchases. Staples had widely advertised that its Black Friday specials would be available online at 6am on Black Friday, but sold out of many items before they were supposed to open. 
Apple is having an online Black Friday sale, discounting MacBooks by up to $100. Apple is also selling discounted MacBook and iPod accessories. The Apple Airport Extreeme Base Station is marked down by $21 and iPods are discounted up to $31. 
We've seen a huge influx of users looking for info about all of the Black Friday notebook deals and wanted to answer some common questions. Here's a list of 12 things to consider before rushing into a big-box retailer and snatching the lowest-priced notebook you can find. 
Apple will celebrate Black Friday with discounts and giveaways at its retail locations and online at Apple.com. Apple hasn't announced their Black Friday specials yet, but don't expect half-priced iPods or MacBooks. 
Several Best Buy Black Friday deals are now available to order online. The doorbusters (like the $229 Toshiba laptop) will not be available online, but there are several accessories you can order starting Thanksgiving morning. If you've got a bunch of iPod owners on your holiday shopping list you should check out this deal from Best Buy. You can get one Free $25 iTunes card for every three $25 iTunes cards you purchase and get free shipping. 
Dell's getting ready to refresh part of the Inspiron line. The Inspiron 1525 (Intel) will replace the Inspiron 1520, while the Inspiron 1526 (AMD) will replace the Inspiron 1521. Thee 1524 will have an optoinal Blu-ray disc reader. 
Microsoft is getting ready to launch Microsoft Office 2008, and is running a Black Friday promo to get people locked into the new software now. 
The second coming of the BlackJack will be available from AT&T starting on Black Friday. The BlackJack II is a huge improvement over the original BlackJack according to Samsung. The BlackJack II will cost $149.99 after rebates with a two-year contract. 
I'm still holding onto hope that at least one retailer will bust out a last minute surprise and sell a notebook in the $100-range. It used to be big news when a store would have a $500 laptop for Black Friday, but now that everyone's got them for around $300 or $400, it's hard to get all worked up about a junker of a laptop being sold for $229, like the A135-S7403 at Best Buy. 
A couple of days ago I wrote about why I think the Amazon Kindle will fail. I ordered one to see if I was missing something and if its simplicity and WhisperNet wireless book store would somehow change my mind. I've played with it for about an hour and I hate it. My wife just came home and thinks it's the coolest gadget she's seen in a long time... 
I just got an email from Amazon and they're selling the Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player for, plus 10 HD DVDs for just $199 
This ad will overjoy Apple fanboys and make PC enthusiasts' blood boil. Apple took over banner ads on several large tech web sites, including CNET, Engadget and PC Mag for a very creative I'm a Mac/I'm a PC ad. 
T-Mobile will start selling unlocked iPhones for nearly $1,500 in Germany after a court spat with rival Vodaphone. T-Moblile is the exclusive iPhone reseller in Germany, and sells it for 399 euros with a two-year contract. 
If you really, really, really want a Dell for Christmas you can beg for one digitally. Dell's hired Brooke Burke, Chuck Liddell, Vivica Fox, Ice T, Estelle Harris and Burt Reynolds to help pitch your holiday wish for a new computer. Dell's YoursIsHere.com helps you spam your entire address book with videos of the celebrities awkwardly talking about tech and a PayPal donation cup so people can contribute to your new system. 
American Express is getting ready to kick off it's 'My Wishlist' holday promotion and will sell the Dell XPS M1330 notebook for $900. The American Express 'My Wishlist' is an annual promo that lets AMEX cardholders 'buy' a very limited number of items for 25% to 100% off. 
Circuit City will sell the Garmin StreetPilot c340 GPS unit for just $99 on Black Friday. The Garmin c340 is being sold for $200 off its normal price. 
There aren't any significant discounts on MacBooks or MacBook Pros for Black Friday, but there's a killer deal at Fry's Electronics on the 20-inch iMac.