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ASUS on Friday said it has been developing a netbook based on Google's Android platform that would ship by the end of 2009 -- and would make Linux on netbooks a real alternative to more expensive (not to mention closed) Windows PCs.

The company has formed a cybersecurity posse with technology companies, academic organizations, and Internet infrastructure firms to dismantle the Conficker/Downandup worm's infrastructure.

Negativity about the prospects for Sun increases among analysts, after Goldman Sachs added the server and software developer to its “Americas conviction sell” list on the grounds that Sun is facing too much competition and is too dependent on customers that aren’t in the market for high-end computer equipment.

Finally, good news in the world of downsizing: Stanford University physicists have broken the historic record for small writing, opening a new door to computing’s future.

The Wall Street Journal is weighing in on Dell's rumored smartphone offering, adding further weight to rumors predicting the PC maker will enter the arena to take on Apple's iPhone.

The chip maker typically has elevated its CEO to chairman, not a board director.

Judging from the complaints and questions filling my inbox, Windows security looks like it's already on track for its worst year this decade. The latest attack is a worm called Downandup, Downadup, Kido!, or Conficker (all the same thing), and it primarily seems to be being delivered via infected USB drives.

Logitech's quarterly profit fell 70% on a sharp drop in demand and the maker of computer accessories forecast tougher times ahead.

Forget Steve Jobs' health problems. Cheap ''netbooks'' could steal the sizzle from Apple's hot notebook business.

There is an old Chinese Proverb that says: “Behind an able man there are always other able men.” Steve Jobs is a very able man that had the insight, creativity, and perseverance to turn an idea into a multimillion dollar business that ...