Platforms: Although it only plans to touch upon the technology at the upcoming Cebit tradeshow, Microsoft did reveal that Origami involves a mobile PC running Windows XP. More information actually will come from Microsoft’s partners Intel and Samsung as they are creating the hardware for Origami. Ephraim Schwartz weighs in on what could save Origami from the trash heap of failed devices. “The last thing IT needs or wants is yet another hardware profile to support,” Schwartz maintains. Columnists’ corner: Network firewalls reign atop security cops’ wish list, according to Forrester Research. Dave Margulius uses his From the Analysts column to name the rest of the contenders, as well as to detail the mistake he made installing Windows OneCare Live beta, and the repercussions. Storage: Mario Apicella describes how EMC’s eDiscovery can be used to cut legal fees. “You could argue that eDiscovery saves attorney fees only to pay for EMC service fees and invoices. That could be true, but this is a call that each company has to make according to criteria such as the number and the extent of judicial proceedings they face, the state of their current infrastructure, and the expected savings on legal expenses,” he explains. Best of the blogs: Tom Yager fires up a new MacBook Pro and, after migration, calls it a functional clone of his PowerBook G4. That’s a good thing, even though it’s “too soon to declare a successful migration. The PowerBook G4 is right here as a backup. But the early results are very encouraging,” Yager writes in Can you tell I’m using a MacBook Pro? Technology Industry