Looking ahead to this new year, "I wish and expect that the world will discover FLOSS, particularly Debian GNU/Linux, to be the rich and efficient software system I have been using for years," said blogger Robert Pogson. "It is as different as night and day from that other OS, with all its restrictions and fragility." Add a comment

More the development of Windows 8 is making progress, more leaks appear on the web. In fact, recently some screenshots of Windows 8, the latest Microsoft operating system, have been revealed by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott. Add a comment

There will continue to be discussions and debates about Linux on the desktop, including popularity, vitality, usability, commercial connections and more, which is good for users and vendors. However, based on trends in cloud, mobile and consumer computing, Linux should and will move to these areas, leaving its longstanding low use on the desktop as it is.

Intel has let a pair of prototype devices out into the wild: a smartphone and tablet running the company's latest Medfield mobile processors. Save for netbooks, the chip giant has barely had a presence in the mobile device market thus far, but that could change with the full release of tablets and phones with Medfield inside.

For years, Microsoft has claimed prime placement at the annual Consumer Electronics show -- a giant booth in the heart of the Las Vegas Convention Center, plus a major keynote address. But next month's CES will be Microsoft's last. Speculation has centered on the show's timing as well as the differences between Microsoft's customers and CES' audience.