Here comes the sun: Daylight savings time arrives early this year - as in March 11, about a week and a half away. The date was moved up three weeks with the intent of saving some energy (check out Ted Samson's thoughts on the realities of that in the Sustainable IT blog), and the "fall back" date was also moved back a week to Nov. 4. That's no big deal in Arizona, Hawaii, or the U.S. territories. But there could Here comes the sun: Daylight savings time arrives early this year – as in March 11, about a week and a half away. The date was moved up three weeks with the intent of saving some energy (check out Ted Samson’s thoughts on the realities of that in the Sustainable IT blog), and the “fall back” date was also moved back a week to Nov. 4. That’s no big deal in Arizona, Hawaii, or the U.S. territories. But there could be a problem for the rest of us, other than losing an extra hour of sleep: Most systems aren’t programmed with the new DST switchover, so your calendars, e-mail apps, etc. could go wonky. There are patches out there to fix the blips, but you’ve got to make sure you’re downloading and installing them correctly and all systems are covered. Here are a few resources, and Oliver Rist has a few tips on fixing this ahead of time (as well as Virtual PC 2007) in this week’s Enterprise Windows column. Virtually bummed: Speaking of virtualization, Randall Kennedy over at the Enterprise Desktop blog is not a happy virtual camper after reading VMware’s “breathless diatribe it unleashed last week against all things Microsoft.” According to Kennedy, VMware’s spouting the kind of FUD that Redmond is so familiar with, and he’s taking it as a sign that VMware is getting a bit worried about Microsoft’s long-term plans. What’s your take?Parallels is out: Parallels Desktop for Mac is out and ready for use. InfoWorld IT director Kevin Railsback has the update details and download link. Tom Yager touts Parallels as the tool that helped him begin an experiment: is it possible to successfully switch a long-time, hardcore PC user to a Mac? Follow the experiment in Yager’s Ahead of the Curve columns. Technology Industry