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Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?

Larry Dignan: Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go.

• Gallery: Nokia N97
• Michael Miller: Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device

• Digital Cameras
• Laptops & Desktops
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• SOHO Networking
• The ToyBox
• Smartphones & Cell Phones
• Home Theater

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux? (part 2)

Christopher Dawson: A reader's challenge: Make a list of everything that would be required to do to switch a personal laptop from XP to Ubuntu, while maintaining, as much as possible, their usual behavior.

• Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux? (part 1)
• Paul Murphy: The brutal truth - but not, I think, about Vista.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• Community, Inc.
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Linux and Open Source
• Managing L'unix
• The Universal Desktop

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track

Ed Bott: If Vista SP2 does make its official appearance in April, it will mark a return to normal development and release cycles for Microsoft, which lost its way badly with Windows XP.

• All About Microsoft
• The Apple Core
• The BlackBerry Beat
• Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
• Googling Google

Does your Mac need a shot of antivirus?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple now recommends that users install antivirus software on their Mac systems. But is it worth the cost and hassle to install antivirus software on the Mac.

• Jason D. O'Grady: Turkey, stuffing and Macs?
• The Simpsons lampoon Apple
• Larry Dignan: Will Apple launch a netbook?

• Zero Day
• Threat Chaos
• Between the Lines

Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services

Heather Clancy: Dell is encouraging businesses to embrace an endless cycle of three-year refreshes. And it is using its own experiences in improving data center productivity to shape a new set of services.

• On Sustainability
• IT Project Failures
• GreenTech Pastures
• IT Services & Outsourcing
• Managing L'unix

Whassup with Netbooks?

Dana Blankenhorn: It is important to note that this year's models are just Version 1.0 for the form factor. It will take some tweaks for these guys to replace desktop or notebook kit wholesale.

• Storage Bits
• Hardware 2.0
• The Core Truth
• Laptops & Desktops

Smart and interactive textile structures

Roland Piquepaille: Let's look at the work of Lena Berglin, a Swedish PhD student who is creating multifunctional textiles based on smart materials.

• Emerging Technologies
• Between The Lines
• All About Microsoft
• The Core Truth
• IT Facts
• Tom Foremski: IMHO

Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward

Dana Blankenhorn: Zoho's CloudSQL is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own.

• Between the Lines
• BriefingsDirect
• Enterprise Anti-matter
• Enterprise Web 2.0
• Irregular Enterprise
• IT Project Failures
• Service Oriented
• Software as Services

Google outlines plan for extensions in Chrome

Garett Rogers: One of the features that is noticeably missing from the current version of Google Chrome is what Firefox calls "Add-ons." But with the introduction of extensions, this problem will be solved for Chrome.

• Googling Google
• Dev Connection
• The Semantic Web
• The Social Web
• The Universal Desktop
• Web 2.0 Explorer

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: GPS personal navigation devices

Matthew Miller: Some cars have them integrated, but for the rest of us we can now buy one priced from $100 to $300 and be completely satisfied with the experience.

• The BlackBerry Beat
• IP Telephony
• The Mobile Gadgeteer
• The Social Web
• SOHO Networking
• Team Think