Columnists’s corner: Knowing better than to stand between Oliver Rist and a beer, one of his friends dropped the release candidate of Microsoft’s Compute Cluster Server 2003 into his network. Setting it up was easy enough, but the complexity came when they actually put it to use. “Compute Cluster Server 2003 really surprised us in terms of usability,” Rist writes in Enterprise Windows. And no, he’s not wearing some form of geek beer goggles. At least, I don’t think he was at the time. Podcasts: A new edition of Emerging Enterprise is live. This time the topics includes what to expect when combining voice technology with CRM, and the real difference between voice over IP and IP telephony. And this week’s second episode of Storage Sprawl delves into how Dell, EMC, and IBM, among others, are rewriting the rules of storage. Wireless: An IBM researcher has come up with what appears to be a quite simple solution to RFID privacy issues. The Clipped Tag label carries a perforated edge that enables users to tear off a piece of the antenna to reduce signal distance and, in turn, privacy concerns. Storage: Following through on CEO Joe Tucci’s words that the company was still in the mood to keep its buying spree alive, EMC today acquired Interlink Group and its expertise in IT services geared for Microsoft software. EMC is not the only storage titan busy this week, either. Mario Apicella tracks all the moves in Storage Insider. The news beat: French copyright bill gives Apple a break with its softened stance on DRM. UTStarcom’s CEO gives up his post amidst an accounting scandal. And Ericsson’s CEO lays out his strategy for growth. Technology Industry