Desktop

Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product's launch for the Windows operating system.
The application, designed for indexing and finding data in PCs, as well as for searching the Web, also comes in a Mac OS X version, introduced in April of this year.

Like the Mac OS X version, Google Desktop for Linux is a beta, or test, product. The Windows version shed its beta tag already, meaning Google considers it a more stable and mature product.

Automate the desktop backup proc­ess whenever possible. Best intentions are exactly that.

Have users organize and consolidateimportant data in a single location for easier backup.

Use continuous data protection when data sets are evolving at a high rate.

Use an online service or VPN, plus a connection-sensing local client, for remote users.

Put desktop and laptop backups in your central data store to leverage its backup and redundancy.