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This group of city-government agencies has just put Wi-Fi access points in each of its conference rooms and let the users know that wireless is available. And some users have clearly read the e-mail -- even if they don't really know what it means.

They claim Apple management are considering ending development of high-end Mac Pro systems. I've been thinking about why this doesn't matter, here's why...

Interesting times this Christmas as PC manufacturers, led by Acer and Lenovo, struggle to woo new customers with a PC price war. But, with a reputation as a top-tier computer maker that does not compete on price, can Apple's Mac sales survive the onslaught of PC price cuts?

After DOJ-enforced years in the creative doldrums, Microsoft has introduced Windows 8 to what seem to be rave reviews -- and has done Apple a huge favor with the move, laying the philosophical ground from which Cupertino can introduce the next evolution of post-PC. Only Apple will do it better.

Don't listen to those that say the desktop is dead in the "post-PC" market because 2011 is perhaps the most exciting year for the consumer desktop PC in the past decade.

We're still waiting. Reading and re-reading the official Apple new Lion feature list. We expected it yesterday, it didn't arrive. To pass the time I thought I'd corral some little Lion hints and details I've collected in the last few months.

It's desktop migration time in this office, and a pilot fish on the team is working his way through the list of PCs. But at one user's desk, fish gets more than he bargained for.

Help desk pilot fish receives a trouble ticket: "Staffer called to say that all the icons on her desktop have been doubled and they cannot be deleted. Supervisor called and verified she can separate some of them but they cannot be deleted."

We've been watching Apple [AAPL] innovate for 35 years. Most recently we've seen it transform the music industry, change the phone industry and reinvent the PC industry with the iPad. This year we're looking at iPhone 5 as wallets, iTunes music streaming, the iPad 2.0 and much, much more. Has Apple moved so far ahead of the pack that innovation isn't necessary anymore? Is it the end of invention? What's next for Apple?

Ubuntu isn't just changing their desktop look; they're changing the Linux desktop itself.

No, Ubuntu is not fighting with GNOME. Yes, Canonical is changing its default desktop. Here's why.

User complains that there's a problem with her PC's video card: It's not rendering colors correctly. But when this pilot fish checks it out, everything looks fine -- including the very nice image that's being used for wallpaper.

Microsoft wants -- really this time, no fooling -- to pull XP from store shelves. So get your XP while you can!

The next version of Ubuntu, due out in October, is going to feature true multi-touch capabilities.

Sorry to disappoint the people who were so upset that Dell was 'abandoning' Ubuntu Linux, but the PC vendor is actually expanding its desktop Linux offerings.