Best of the blogs: With Microsoft's highly-evangelized OS officially becoming available tomorrow, we've got another tip for IT. This one concerns locking down those sometimes-pesky downloads. "There's one lil' problem that the option presents: users can upgrade too," Oliver Rist explains. Previous tips were in last week's posts, but Mr. Rist snuck one in over the weekend as well about Dreamscape, the new feature that lets users set videos as wallpaper, which can be "a little painful if you use the wrong video."

Q&A: Women have some unique challenges in the IT realm. Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, knows that and shares some secrets of her success. The core of her advice: "Don't carry other people's prejudices as your burden. Don't sell your soul in the process. First of all, you have to be yourself."

Podcasts: Virtualization, at least according to SWsoft and VMware, soared to new heights last year. Bearing that in mind, David Marshall looks at what to expect in 2007, with some IDC perspective thrown in. Tune into Virtualization Report.

The news beat: Borland details its application lifecycle management strategy, dubbed Open ALM, as well as shipments of Borland Gauntlet software. IBM buys Softek Storage Solutions for its data mobility technology. And Symantec scoops up Altiris, maker of asset management wares.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on January 29, 2007 10:55 AM