Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa (Network World)

Turns out Santa himself is naughty and nice. An artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft to talk to children wavered off topic - and Microsoft Tuesday confirmed the bot's potty mouth and snipped Santa's Web connection.

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Windows Vista SP1 to Disable Activation Exploits (eWeek)

Users with counterfeit or nonvalidated software will no longer only get reduced access to features and functionality.

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What’s taking fixed-mobile convergence so long? (Network World)

Fixed-mobile convergence — the seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users — has been hailed for more than three years as a potential boon for enterprise networks. So, where is FMC already?

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Wi-Fi reaches out to gadgets (Reuters)

Suited executives, grungy teens and even some savvy grannies are already using Wi-Fi to wirelessly link their laptops to the Internet. It may not be long before the short-range high-speed technology is just as popular for those looking to connect music players, phones, cameras, game consoles and more.

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Google Confirms Bid for Wireless Spectrum (PC Magazine)

Google announced today that the company will be trying to buy a national block of wireless spectrum from the U.S. government, opening up the possibility that Google will become some sort of cell-phone provider.

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Super Fast and Super Green (Baseline)

New ranking of supercomputers compares their performance against their energy consumption.

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