From spintronics to clockless CPUs, 2004 was a year of process and research in the microprocessor industry. As a way to transition into the new year, this article offers a month-by-month look at the highlights of the 2004 microprocessor timeline.

"Despite its current misadventure with Linux, Sun isn't in the generic desktop computer business. The Java desktop is cool, but it's a solution driven by necessity, not excellence. In comparison, putting Mac OS X on the Sunray desktop would be an insanely great solution for Sun." read the rest macnewsworld.com

This is the fourth update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename 'woody') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems.

From all of us here at OSNews, Happy New Year! 2005 promises to be an exciting year in technology - what surprises do you think this year will hold? What news do you think will top the technology news sites in 2005 - Linux? SCO? Microsoft? Firefox? Security? Wireless networking? A destructive new worm? Share your thoughts here.

The Mockup project published screenshots of the recent released source code. The development of the GUI is following these mockups, using Qt 4.0 beta1 and key technologies like HAL and DBUS. The announcement, with instructions about how to compile source code, of the latest release is here.

Systems architect and engineer Judith Myerson explains the ins and outs of wireless robots: their components, their shortcomings, and how they can interact in a competitive or cooperative team within professional environments. Learn how smarter robots can relieve us of the most tedious -- and dangerous – tasks.

This holiday season I was given some Christmas money, and I wanted to purchase a DVD burner for my G4 Apple Macintosh computer. When I purchased my computer, I was wise in buying a tower since they are upgradeable, right? WRONG!

This review takes the 10.1 Official release through its paces during a month of operation. Rather than give an at-a-glance review, LinuxForumsDOTorg sends Jeremy on a 30-day journey using Mandrake 10.1 Official to bring you this review.

When general support for Windows NT 4.0 ends Friday, it may open up opportunities for Linux, and other operating systems. In other news, new critial flaws in Windows have yet to be patched.

2004 has been a rough-and-tumble year for Linux. PC Pro has a month-by-month summary of the major events in Linux news over the year.

Matthew Dillon discusses software innovation in this short post on the DragonFly kernel List relating to the forthcoming journaling layer. Elsewhere, I/O Consolidation and Direct-to-DMA plans.

The open source Derby database engine provides developers with a powerful new tool for lightweight database development. Derby databases are file system based and portable across different types of systems. Because of this, a common strategy is to create databases at development time and ship them with the binary distribution as opposed to having it created on the fly.

"Installing a new operating system is, ideally, like falling in love. There's this great excitement that you just can't seem to get over, and the urge to know all about the object of your affections in the least possible time. And I've fallen in love with Lycoris's Desktop/LX Linux distro." Read the rest of the article here.

"Xandros Linux is among a handful of Linux distributions truly worthy of naming a desktop Linux distribution. Today, there are many distributions out there calling themselves desktop operating systems, and even though most of them are very good attempts, many fall short... but not Xandros." Read the rest of the review here.