Amazon already has an operating system capable of powering a smartphone, but what would make it stand out in the already crowded market? Would a low price and content integration be enough to make a Kindle phone popular?

NES Software has released a new utility, WinOnX, that lets you run Microsoft Windows programs on your Apple device without the need for virtualization software. WinOnX requires OS X 10.6 or later on the device.

It’s not surprising to hear the Kindle Fire was rooted almost before it started shipping. And, if you root yours, you can do all sorts of things with it. But. Should you root it? Will rooting your e-reader really provide you with a better device?

Last week Adobe announced it will no longer develop Flash for mobile applications. If you use Flash Professional you can now use Google’s Swiffy to convert animations to HTML5.

Intel’s new Knights Corner processor has more than 50 general-purpose Pentium microprocessor cores on a single chip letting it perform about 1 trillion calculations per second. In 1996 it required 72 racks of servers to perform the same number of calculations.

Google Music has gone live. You can now buy individual songs, or albums, and share music. The question is whether this is just a copy of iTunes or if there is something more compelling in the new service.

Researchers at Northwestern University are working on a prototype of a battery that may be in production in a few years. They are working to extend the charge in lithium-ion batteries for phones and other devices.

Unicorn Media announced Unicorn ONCE technology platform support for the Amazon Kindle Fire. Unicorn ONCE allows you to get a single URL, for video content, you can use on different devices.

Whether it’s a Day/Night Network Camera with mydlink (DCS-932L) to catch Santa coming down the chimney, an Amplifi Whole Home Router 1000 (DIR-645) to connect all your devices, or a Boxee Box to stream music and video to your TV, D-Link has you covered.

Currently, Wikipedia is free of advertising. That means it needs to raise money for servers and staff. The Wikimedia Foundation will happily accept cash, credit cards, or other forms of legal tender.