谷歌正式宣布收购VoIP服务Gizmo5，廉价、改装的xbox360充斥Craigslist，今年许多大型零售商的黑色星期五来得早。

• Google welcomes Gizmo5 We heard the rumors earlier this week, and now it's official: Google bought VoIP service Gizmo5, and they're planning to integrate it with Google Voice. [Google Voice Blog]
• A 2x Faster Web Google's got a research project underway called SPDY (pronounced Speedy) with goals of boosting web performance by 55%. [Chromium Blog]
• Kiosk mode added in Chromium nightly build A nightly build of Chromium sports a fullscreen-like Kiosk mode that hides the address bar and status bar entirely. [Download Squad]
• Banned Xbox 360s Flooding Craigslist, Ebay Microsoft recently announced a banning crusade for users with modded Xbox 360s, meaning that Craigslist is now overflowing with cheap 360s for folks who don't need Xbox Live. [PC World]
• Holiday tip: Friday's the deadline for parcel post to overseas military If you've got friends or family serving overseas, C***umer Reports rounds up some deadlines. [C***umer Reports]
• Free Streaming May Soon Be History: Spotify Delays U.S. Launch, MySpace May Move To Pay Model Spotify has to delay their U.S. launch because labels are dragging their feet on bringing a free version of the service to the States. Nerts. [TechCrunch]
• Black Friday comes early at big chains Says C***umer Reports: "With ****ysts predicting aggressive holiday sales this season, many retailers have gotten a head start on Black Friday by dangling generous discounts well in advance of Nov. 27." Sounds good to us. [C***umer Reports]
• Demonoid Rewrites Code, Comeback is Imminent Popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was down, then up again, now down again. Looks like it'll be back soon enough, though. [TorrentFreak]
• How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 Yesterday some quotes floated from a Microsoft employee claiming Windows 7 was trying to look more like OS X. The Windows 7 Blog says otherwise. [Windows 7 Team Blog]
• Google's movie showtimes, digitally remastered Google's movie showtimes tool gets a little bit better. [Official Google Blog]