2009: Netbook or notebook?

If a good number of people start opting for a Netbook, then we have the foundation of, at the very least, a rethinking of the pricey ultraportable.

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AMD cites $70 million in fourth-quarter costs

In addition to restructuring costs, chipmaker expects layoffs to total 600 in the fourth quarter.

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Microsoft outlines pay-per-use PC vision

In a patent application, Redmond argues that you would benefit from metered computing by having a PC with an extended “useful life.”

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Breaking the Google habit

People use the search champion out of habit, so competitors that want to displace Google need to feed customers a different way of thinking and behaving.

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Report: Via readying dual-core Atom rival

Via Technologies is reportedly joining other chip suppliers in readying a dual-core processor that will compete with Intel’s Atom.

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SF engineer to stand trial in hijacked network

A network administrator will stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco.

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Microsoft warns of SQL Server vulnerability

Software giant issues an advisory that it is investigating a remote code execution vulnerability affecting its SQL Server line.

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Will Linux Defenders Save Linux from Microsoft?

New legal initiative is designed to ensure quality patents and get rid of bad ones.

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Latest OpenSUSE Has OpenOffice Goodies

Novell rolls out new release with an eye toward both the community and the enterprise.

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Shifts for Enterprise Linux, Green Networks in '09

What’s ahead in the coming year? Open source giants’ latest releases and security- and energy-conscious networks, to start!

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