Best of the blogs: For basic office productivity workers, Oliver Rist calls Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 his new favorite platform in this post, even if he might not give it to serious Windows power users. "It's a money saver. Not just because the software is cheaper, but because you can roll it out on machines that are considered robust for XP."

Columnists' corner: In Storage Insider, Mario Apicella reports on how Xiotech is honing its compliance focus. The elements are fast-tier storage, SSD drives and an Archive Management Service. Read the column via the link above, or tune into the Storage Sprawl Podcast.

The news beat: Industry experts at the LinuxWorld show say that users are more excited by gadgets than by mobile Linux as a software platform. For a short period on Tuesday night Google mistakenly attached Checkout icons to ads from companies that have yet to sign up for the transaction system. And a survey finds that U.S. firms frequently lose sensitive information; it's worth stating up front that the report was released by Ponemon Institute and Vontu, which sells products to guard against data loss.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on August 17, 2006 11:08 AM