Linux in Government. Open source has flourished in places where users view software not as a political football but as a pragmatic tool. In this article, Sam Williams looks at the impact of open source software in government--both inside and outside the U.S. [O'Reilly Network Articles]  11:25:24 PM    

Linux finds room on Wal-Mart shelves. The lost-cost retailer expands its experiment in selling inexpensive PCs with the introduction of computers with the Mandrake version of Linux pre-installed. [CNET News.com]  3:41:56 PM    

Email Email Everywhere. E-Mail Storage Issues Facing North American Companies "Osterman Research finds that 51% of North American companies using Microsoft Exchange message systems have e-mail retention policies in place and 84% say they enforce mailbox size quotas.... According to a recently-released whitepaper from Osterman Research , 31% of North American companies say the average size of an e-mail mailbox in their message system is between 26 and 50 megabytes (Mb). Additionally, 46% of these compan... [The Shifted Librarian]  8:25:53 AM    

Record this: A TiVo-like toy for the Mac?. A Macintosh software company plans to launch Monday the first consumer personal video recorder for Mac aficionados. [CNET News.com]  5:48:21 AM