- Tech Sanity Checkby Jason Hiner, Editor in Chief
- Should Microsoft release Office for iPad and mobile devices? Microsoft Office files are zooming around lots of mobile devices these days, with third party apps used to read them. Is it time for a cross-platform mobile version of Office? Take the poll.Read blog » 18 comments
- Motorola Droid 2 review: Everything you need to know 5 comments
- Poll: Will the average IT department be smaller in five years? 38 comments
- We're entering the decade of the developer 83 comments
- CIOs split on future destiny of the IT department 26 comments
- Career Managementby Toni Bowers, Head Blogs Editor
- Is engineering now a young man's game? Recruiters at Silicon Valley companies lament that in the U.S. there is a shortage of qualified engineers. But unemployment figures show a different picture. So what's the deal? According to a piece by Vivek Wadhwa for TechCrunch, the truth of the situation is that tech companies prefer to hire young,...Read blog » 11 comments
- Would you be a whistleblower? 94 comments
- Clarifying one difference between the cover letter and the resume 12 comments
- Body language dos and don'ts for interviews 31 comments
- Exploring the link between exercise and brain function at work 12 comments
- TR Dojoby Bill Detwiler, Head Technology Editor
- Video: Add Defragment and Disk Cleanup to Windows right-click menu Bill Detwiler shows you how to add the Defragment and Disk Cleanup commands to the Windows right-click menu.Read blog » 9 comments
- Are IT departments abandoning 2010 hardware upgrade plans? 6 comments
- Video: Disable Solve PC Issues notification in Windows 7 13 comments
- Laptop innovation flop: Detachable displays 3 comments
- Video: Restore the Recycle Bin to the Desktop in Windows XP 6 comments
- TechRepublic Out Loudby Sonja Thompson, Senior Editor
- Why I've decided not to be an early Droid X adopter TechRepublic member dcolbert explains why he isn't ready to retire his Droid and all of the accessories for the arguably modest technology improvements in the latest Android uber-phone that's available through Verizon.Read blog »
- Hal 9000 highlights TechRepublic Questions of the Week - September 7, 2010
- TR Community scoreboard for September 3, 2010 - Future of tech? 15 comments
- Vote for your favorite customized desktop 11 comments
- Camera phone challenge: Sports 1 comment
- 10 ThingsHost: Jody Gilbert, Senior Editor
- 10 classic career disasters and lessons learned Those professional missteps and failures often teach us more than our accomplishments and successes. Steve Tobak shares the positive outcomes of some of his negative career experiences.Read blog »
- 10 reasons to make KDE 4.5 your desktop of choice
- 10+ ways to be more productive 14 comments
- 10 ways to get back in the game after a layoff 37 comments
- 10 questions on why IT is not a department anymore: An interview with Julius Tomei
- Five TipsHost: Jody Gilbert, Senior Editor
- Five tips for avoiding staff meeting nightmares Regular staff meetings serve as a platform for resolving problems and hammering out critical decisions... except when they're poorly run. Steve Tobak offers some advice for making sure your staff meetings are actually useful.Read blog » 9 comments
- Five tips to get ready for DNSSEC 18 comments
- Five tips for dealing with rootkits 77 comments
- Five tips for printing Excel data more efficiently 2 comments
- Five tips for using the Word 2010 Navigation pane
- IT LeadershipHost: Toni Bowers
- Comparing traditional and agile project management estimation techniques Rick Freedman compares task-based (traditional PM) and feature-based (agile PM) estimation techniques. He also discusses how the agile estimation technique addresses the human element in estimates.Read blog » 5 comments
- Is President Obama too smart for his own good? 58 comments
- Why software sales models hurt customers and vendors 39 comments
- Three tips for greening the data center 3 comments
- This economy may kill your career 59 comments
- Product SpotlightHost: Mark Kaelin
- Review: Wazala online ecommerce service Wazala is an online service that allows users to create simple stores hosted on a remote server that can be integrated into their own Web site.Read blog » 2 comments
- Review: Kleo Bare Metal Backup 7 comments
- Review: IBM System x3400 M3 Small Business Server 4 comments
- Review: Backupninja backups for Linux 6 comments
- Review: KineticSecure online continuous backup 2 comments
- Network AdministratorHost: Selena Frye
- Free browser tool scans for security problems, eases end user support For any IT professional, a certain amount of friends and family technical support is part of the deal. In this blog post, IT pro Rick Vanover showcases a free tool to help us in that endeavor.Read blog » 10 comments
- Cisco, Citrix team to push desktop virtualization 1 comment
- Five favorite Sysinternals tools and what they do 9 comments
- How do you make the case for more bandwidth? 26 comments
- What your multinational's systems have in common with East Germany's Stasi 3 comments
- Servers and StorageHost: Mary Weilage
- What are your long-term plans for Exchange? Has your organization migrated to Exchange 2010? Or are you planning to move off of Exchange and move to another service? Share your IT department's plans for Exchange with the community.Read blog »
- Build .VHDs offline with Server Manager 3 comments
- Limit profile size with Group Policy 10 comments
- Understand Exchange 2010 SP1's new capabilities
- IDC: 3Par's storage market share is 0.58 percent
- IT ConsultantHost: Chip Camden
- Address employee performance issues before your consulting firm suffers If an engineer at your IT consultancy exhibits any of these warning signs, it may be time to talk about their performance. Here are tips on how to handle these tough situations.Read blog »
- Evaluate your consulting expertise using the Dreyfus model 74 comments
- Minimize errors during client moves by planning ahead 13 comments
- Where are the women in IT consulting? 113 comments
- Make more money without getting new clients 7 comments
- IT SecurityHost: Chad Perrin
- Security vs. popularity Security is not obscurity. Popularity is not the only reason MS Windows is so poorly secured in general use. Maybe. Chad Perrin explains why this might be.Read blog » 35 comments
- HP Officejet All-in-One: An unlikely spy tool 35 comments
- Are microkernels the future of secure OS design? 35 comments
- Quantum Hacking cracks quantum crypto 15 comments
- Securely disposing data on hard drives and other storage media 51 comments
- Linux and Open SourceHost: Jack Wallen
- Get text-mode calendar and TODO lists with Calcurse Vincent Danen recommends Calcurse, a lightweight calendaring and TODO application for command-line purists.Read blog »
- Could Oracle fracture open source community? 49 comments
- Drive and partition backups with dd 18 comments
- OpenOffice saves a company budget 97 comments
- Use open source Calibre to help you manage your e-book library
- Macs in BusinessHost: Selena Frye
- New Safari updates for OS X and Windows fixes flaws Apple's latest updates for the Safari browser fix some arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities that existed for both OS X and Windows versions.Read blog »
- How is VirtualBox on the Mac? 10 comments
- Three things to know about Parallels Desktop for Mac 8 comments
- AutoCAD returns to the Mac after nearly 20 years 9 comments
- Installing development tools with fink 3 comments
- Microsoft WindowsHost: Mark Kaelin
- Answers to some common questions about symbolic links Greg Shultz provides detailed answers to the most common questions he received last week about symbolic links.Read blog » 4 comments
- Poll Results: Should Microsoft fire Steve Ballmer? 23 comments
- How do I quickly share Linux directories with a Windows network? 18 comments
- 10 reasons why Windows Terminal Services is growing more popular 7 comments
- Poll: Do you use the Microsoft Windows Media Center? 80 comments
- Microsoft OfficeHost: Susan Harkins
- How do I delete all tab stops in a Word document? There is a quick and easy way to delete all the tab stops in a Word document. Susan Harkins explains.Read blog »
- Office challenge: Why won't my Forms option buttons work? 1 comment
- Draw a border around table text in Word
- Turn off Word's Mini Toolbar 29 comments
- Office poll: How important is Office certification? 9 comments
- Programming and DevelopmentHost: Justin James
- Apple relaxes restrictions on third-party tools In a move that may be welcome news for users of Adobe's Creative Suite, Apple said that it will relax restrictions on its App Store review guidelines.Read blog »
- Poll: Do you need a third major mobile development platform? 7 comments
- A fresh look at Rails and Ruby 18 comments
- Generating an XML schema 3 comments
- Programming news: Rails 3.0, F# 2.0, Dryad, NuCaptcha 4 comments
- SmartphonesHost: Mary Weilage
- Control smartphone usage with Exchange 2010 ActiveSync Exchange 2010 includes controls to help IT departments provide mobility services and enable automated methods by which user's devices are required to adhere to organizational policies.Read blog »
- Android to control half smartphone market, say analysts
- Save battery life on your Android phone with Advanced Task Killer 9 comments
- Samsung Epic 4G: Killer keyboard and UI on a powerful Android phone 4 comments
- The Great Land Grab author talks mobile app development 1 comment
- GeekendHost: Mary Weilage
- Fan Expo 2010 attracts more attendees than space allowed TechRepublic member JamesRL recently attended Fan Expo 2010 in Toronto. He shares highlights from the science-fiction, comics, horror, anime, and gaming convention.Read blog »
- Star Trekian quantum teleportation breakthrough 21 comments
- How sci-fi fans can contribute to science 1 comment
- Skies of Glory lets iPhone and Android gamers square off 3 comments
- Superhero sci-fi tales for mere mortals 21 comments
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