From ARS Technica

In 2009, it's better to be an Internet company that's taking slow, awkward first steps toward the PC, than a PC company that's still trying and failing to truly integrate with the Internet. Ars looks at what Chrome OS means for Google, Apple, Microsoft, the netbook, ARM, Intel, and the cloud. "Revolutionary" is a clichéd term, but Chrome OS is a good candidate for it.

From Daily Tech

OS X 10.6.2 support for Atom processors has been restored by a Russian hacker who released a modified kernel which he dubs "Mach".  (Source: tea blog)
Snow Leopard no longer confined to the steppes of Apple's restricted hardware

From Bit-tech.net:

So, you’ve come to read our review of League of Legends. How nice of you. You’re presumably doing that because you’re thinking about buying it, but before you spend any money on the game we’d suggest you jump over to the last two pages and read our discussion about the value the game represents. That’s an important part of this review.

From

C/Net News

Rumor has it Sony's in talks with Mozilla about porting Firefox over to the PS3.


We've been hoping for a while that Sony would replace the PS3's mediocre built-in Web browser with something more robust, so it's nice to hear that Sony might be in talks with Mozilla to port Firefox over to the PS3--even if it's just a rumor.[More..] [Comments...]

From Reg Hardware:

Legislators in California have voted to exterminate overly energy-hungry TVs, creating a law that insists the state’s tellies meet strict energy consumption standards.

From DarkReading

Fifth Annual Virtual Criminology report covers a variety of longstanding cybersecurity problems
The world is arming for cyber war and better defenses must be planned for and implemented.
McAfee, a computer security company, makes this claim in its Fifth Annual Virtual Criminology report, released on Tuesday.

From Daily Tech

ATI keeps punching, but when will Nvidia fight back?

ATI has been enjoying a lot of success with its GPUs for the last year and a half, but it has hit new highs over the last two months by launching four new graphics cards supporting DirectX 11. The Radeon HD 5800 series was first out for enthusiasts in September, followed by the Radeon HD 5700 series for mainstream gamers.

From Xbit Labs

Nvidia Shows Image of Working GeForce “Fermi” Graphics Board
[11/18/2009 07:21 AM]
by Anton Shilov

Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday displayed the first photo of its next-generation flagship graphics card based on the Fermi-GF100 (also known as NV60, G300, GT300) graphics processing unit (GPU). The graphics board seems to be complete antipode to the prototype/dummy board the company demonstrated two months ago.

The federal government is partnering with private industry to modernize the electrical grid.

From
InformationWeek

President Obama announced in October that the federal government would distribute $3.4 billion in grants to modernize the electrical grid and fund the expansion of so-called smart grid projects. The money comes from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, previously known as the stimulus bill. The government says private industry will add $4.7 billion to the grants, bringing the total investment to $8 billion.
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From ComputerWorld

Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills;  they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals.

That's a point made in McAfee's new report "Virtually Here: The Age of Cyber Warfare," which draws from the opinions of about 20 experts, including William Crowell, former deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency.

U.S. cyber war policy needs new focus, experts say