Sony Asks Small Fortune for Fash-Based Vaio (PC World)

Sony Asks Small Fortune for Fash-Based Vaio (PC World)
PC World - Sony has introduced a flash memory-based Vaio notebook that, compared to a hard-drive model, costs US$700 extra and delivers 68GB less storage.

VeriSign Worker Fired After Laptop, Employee Info Are Stolen (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The computer held unencrypted information on VeriSign's current and former employees.

Linux Coming to Lenovo Notebook PCs (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Lenovo said this week that it has been seeing more customers using open-source software on laptops for education, government, and business, and in response will be selling notebook PCs with a preloaded version of Linux later this year.

Acer installing Linux on notebooks, but not Ubuntu (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Acer did not preinstall the Ubuntu Linux distribution on a batch of Aspire notebooks for sale in Singapore, but instead is installing a different version of the open source operating system, local dealers said.

Dell to offer Inspirons with Linux in European market (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Following up on its spring '07 announcement that it will ship Inspiron notebook and desktops with the Linux OS, Dell chose the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco to add the United Kingdom, France, and Germany to its Linux stable of models.

Lenovo to preload Linux on some Thinkpads (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Lenovo Group will begin shipping Thinkpad notebooks preloaded with Linux from Novell in the fourth quarter of this year, the companies announced Monday.