Apart from the launch of the Xbox 360 it was a pretty slow week for news around these parts, but in case you missed any of 'em, here are some highlights from the past seven days of Engadget:

• Engadget Seattle Reader Meetup December 8th

• The Engadget Holiday Gift Guide

• How-To: The Magic Phone, Part 2: The Circuit

• Switched On: From PC to PSP, Sony-style

• Ask Engadget: Holiday Gift Suggestions?

• Best Black Friday bargains?

• Music Thing: Metasonix Wretch Machine Tube Synthesizer

• Xbox 360 coverage roundup!

• Users report Xbox 360 "crashing like mad"

• So what's Microsoft really losing on the Xbox 360?

• Microsoft responds to Xbox 360 crash reports

• Xbox 360 brings out the worst in people

• How to fix your overheating 360

• Engadget Podcast 053 - 11.22.2005

• Singapore's waterless washing machine

• Cingular to be AT&T — not!

• Skype goes retail with RadioShack, adds Moto Bluetooth headset

• Christmas Lights Gone Wild!

• Ready or not, Apple, Navio wants to open FairPlay (too)

• Bang & Olufsen's BeoMedia 1 Media Center

• Hulger goes Bluetooth

• Retraction issued on PlayStation 3 price / date

• The Treadmill Bike

• LamaBox P2P media playin' lawsuit in a box

• The Pong clock

• Nokia sez no more N-Gages until 2007

• Sidekick III product roadmap revealed?

• BenQ exiting MP3 player market?