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Linux is still focusing on issues that may not matter in the face of a SaaS-based technology. Can vendors and communities get their acts together in time?

Despite its obvious advantages in the workplace, there's a productivity downside to social media tools, according to a new survey.

VMware wants to refocus the virtualization market away from the strengths of Citrix and Microsoft with suite collaboration aimed at end users.

Even with its flaws, Google's pledge inspires others; blogger vows "no unintended major car crashes or cliff falls."

Extending the unnatural lifespan of Lotus Notes yet further, IBM has shipped an Android version of its mobile push email client for the much-maligned email app.

Just a day after a Microsoft executive accused Google of failing in the enterprise, the U.S. General Services Administration announced that Google and several other companies have been awarded a five-year, $6.7 million email contract.

How often do you say, "I'll get back to you tomorrow," jot yourself a note on your to-do list and calendar, and then forget to follow up? Ok, maybe it's just me. (But I suspect I'm not alone.) The fact is, we all need a little nudge now and then.

If you do a lot of searches in Mail in Snow Leopard and often want to get to a message's parent folder, this is one easy way to do just that.

Do you struggle with PST files? You're not alone. Robert Sparnaaij, author of the popular HowTo-Outlook Web site calls managing PST files "true hell." You break roaming if you store them on local drives, but you shouldn't store them on network drives. Investing in a proper server-side archiving solution that allows you to disable the use of PST files will earn back the investment quite quickly.

Efficiently enter information into your Contact database and Calendar with Anagram. Plus utilities for updating your Facebook status, managing your Tweets, and detaching files with ease.

Michael Atalla, Microsoft's Group Product Manager for Exchange, offers up some insider tips for Exchange, including how to use the MailTips scripting to answer support calls before they happen.

The U.S. State Department e-mail system was nearly brought down by a rash of reply-to-alling, made worse by people who attempted to rescind the messages they had sent.