Vietnam mandates 100% use of Linux on government IT servers by June this year. Use of OpenOffice and Firefox is also required in offices:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/
The OLPC Project halves its staff and cuts wages, abandoning the Sugar interface and concentrating on next generation hardware:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-olpc-downsizes-half-of-its-staff-cuts-sugar-development.html
Microsoft releases a toolkit to prevent IE8 being installed on Windows machines. IE8 Beta 3 is yet to come:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/07/internet_explorer_8_blocker/
The rise of the cellphone wristwatch. Just remember to take it off before you shower or it gets really expensive:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_wristwatch_strikes_back
And finally. For those with a workshop but no plasma cutter, here is an "instructable" on building one yourself. Danger! Danger!:
http://www.instructables.com/id/HOMEMADE_PLASMA_CUTTER/
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