Exclusive review: There's little in the work day that's less satisfying wasting time in an unproductive meeting. Test Center Contributing Editor Mike Heck has found an excellent remedy for those time-wasting experiences in his exclusive hands-on look at Yon Software MeetingSense 2.0. The product provides an ingenious way to prepare for meetings and capture essential information during the gatherings, Mike finds, Exclusive review: There’s little in the work day that’s less satisfying wasting time in an unproductive meeting. Test Center Contributing Editor Mike Heck has found an excellent remedy for those time-wasting experiences in his exclusive hands-on look at Yon Software MeetingSense 2.0. The product provides an ingenious way to prepare for meetings and capture essential information during the gatherings, Mike finds, plus it works seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook.VMWare freebie: Version 3.0.1 of VMware’s Converter tools has materialized, announces David Marshall in the InfoWorld Virtualization Report. The tool gives companies a means of migrating machines, both physical to virtual and virtual to virtual, sans downtime. Version 3.0.1 has some new interesting features, too, like the capability of importing VMware Consolidated Backup images and certain StorageCraft ShadowProtect images.Dell does Ubuntu: Confirming the speculative buzz, Dell has announced that it will start shipping systems pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux, IDG News Service’s China Martens reports. “Canonical will certify the Dell models that feature preinstalled Ubuntu and will also provide support for the Linux distribution, which users will have the option to purchase from Dell’s Web site,” she writes. Notably, Michael Dell himself runs Ubuntu on his home PC. Will greater Linux adoption follow? Technology Industry