Black Friday deals are already finding their way out on the Internet and those who have a laptop, desktop or netbook on their wish list may be in luck. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, national shopping frenzy day, is Nov. 28 this year.

Acer America reports to CPSC that burn hazard and overheating prompt about 215 units of Acer Predator Desktop computer recall.

You may recall that I wrote about the possibility of wireless carriers subsidizing netbooks, those sub-notebooks first popularized by the Asus Eee PC. On Friday, Radio Shack announced the first of those deals, at least in the U.S, as it is selling the Acer Aspire One with 3G wireless connectivity for a mere $99.99. Sort of.

McAfee, Inc.(NYSE: MFE) announced that it has signed a multi-year worldwide partnership with Acer Inc. to provide McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor(TM) for Acer's consumer customers. Acer computers will ship with the McAfee software suite, starting in Q2 2008 and support more than 28 languages.

Acer Inc. has filed patent infringement complaints with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and International Trade Commission against Hewlett-Packard Development Co.

Acer reports the Q3 2007 financial results approved by the Board of Directors today. The Q3 consolidated revenue reached NT$121.93B (US$3.74B), up 28.7% year-on-year or 30.4% from the previous quarter. Q1~Q3 consolidated revenue reached NT$314.97B (US$9.67B), rising 25.7% year-on-year.

Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353; LSE: AM50), has announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Galaxy Acquisition Corp., successfully completed its tender offer for Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW).

Acer Inc. (TWSE:2353) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Galaxy Acquisition Corp., has commenced its tender offer for all the outstanding shares of Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW), at a price of US$1.90 per share. On August 27, 2007, Acer announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway.

Acer Inc., one of the world's leading branded PC vendors, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway, Inc. Gateway is the fourth largest PC company in the US and a leading retail PC provider. The combination will create a multi-branded PC-company with over US$15 billion in revenues and shipments in excess of 20 million PC units per year.

PAT NT$7.65B (US$233.54M), EPS NT$3.23, operating income NT$3.91B (US$119.41M)