Ahead of the Bell: Goldman sees mixed chip sales (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Chip suppliers whose products go into laptops, LCD TVs and GPS units are likely to hold up the best in an otherwise bleak holiday shopping season, Goldman Sachs analysts concluded after looking at Black Friday sales.

GEORGEA KOVANIS: Expect less green for stores' Black Friday deals (Detroit Free Press)

For day-after-Thanksgiving sales, stores everywhere are offering early bird specials on GPS navigation systems, big TVs and laptop computers, practically guaranteeing none of us will ever be lost or off-line again. But will shoppers, concerned about the economy, be in the mood to buy on Black Friday?

Cnet's tech gift guide (San Francisco Chronicle)

BEST CELL PHONES: Whether you're new to the mobile medium or a smart-phone whiz, we've selected an array of gift-worthy handsets Sony Ericsson W760a (AT&T) Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5 (excellent) The good: Attractive, easy-to-use design; well-stocked, music-...

TNT Leverages Sponsorship Pact For New Series (MultiChannel News)

Debuting Dec. 7 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the series, starring Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton ( Ordinary People ), Gina Bellman ( Coupling ), Christian Kane ( TNT’s Into the West ), Beth Riesgraf ( Alvin and the Chipmunks ) and Aldis Hodge ( Friday Night Lights ) as a team of thieves, hackers and grifters who join forces to take revenge against those who use power and wealth to victimize others.

Intruder gets cash, high-tech devices in home break-in (Troy Eccentric)

A home on Westwood Drive was ransacked between 6:20 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, after a person broke in through the garage door, according to a report filed with the Troy Police Department.