[TechRepublic] The five most overhyped tech products of 2010

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The five most overhyped tech products of 2010 The pace of technology innovation quickened in 2010 but there were still plenty of overhyped products floating around. Here are the top five. Read more Resource of the day Learn the Secret to Designing Great Products There's an "a-ha" moment when you realize the secret to building great products and software depends on requirements management. Explore a case study on the use of Jama Contour and discover best practices to achieve faster development cycles. New at TechRepublic   You are probably breaking at least one law with your computer right now Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers continues to grow in its reach and its complexity. To help you avoid any infractions, we've revised this list to include new and pending laws and recent rulings. Read more Acer's big guns: 10-in, 7-inch and dual-screen tablets After lots of tablet promises, Acer has finally unveiled its line of 2011 tablets, including 7-inch, 10-inch, Windows, Android, and dual screen tablets. Read more Project Management: Death by deliverables Project deliverables can go wrong is when they become disconnected from the actual business objectives of the project, and morph into an end in themselves. Read more Hal 9000 highlights TR Questions of the Week - Nov. 29, 2010 The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, SpinRite6, event monitoring software, locking down folder structures in Windows, and much more. Read more Should you make clients sign off on their bad decisions? Chip Camden answers a reader's question about whether their consultancy should have a document for clients to sign that acknowledges the risks when they decline a best practices proposal. Read more Google exec: 60% of businesses could dump Windows for Chrome OS Google continues to send mixed messages about Chrome OS. The latest comes from a Google exec who says Chrome OS could be an enterprise replacement for Windows. Read more How to inhibit highlighting while you print Highlighting Word text can be helpful, but those same highlights are pretty ugly on the printed page. Fortunately, you can hide them while you print the document. Read more TR Community scoreboard for Nov. 26, 2010 - Facebook firing gone bad? In the hottest discussion of this past week, Toni Bowers shared information about a pending lawsuit over someone being fired because of their Facebook comments. Find out what other discussions and TechRepublic members were the most active on the boards. Read more Mobile device policy considerations and tips Westminster College recently drafted its first formal mobile device policy, which covers smartphones and cell phones. Scott Lowe highlights the primary areas the IT department considered when drafting the policy. Read more Featured multimedia   Green-tech taxpayer Thanksgiving (photos) Large recipients of DOE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds may want to be thankful this year to U.S. taxpayers. View on site Today's recommended downloads Migrating your standard Lotus Notes applications to Microsoft SharePoint (Quest Software) 3 Critical Security Products for the Price of Renewing Antivirus: Free Trial (Shavlik Technologies) Secure Data Management for Private Clouds (Oracle) Communication Services: The Truth Behind True Convergence. FREE Report (Sprint) Deploying virtual environments quickly and easily (IBM) Poll: What is on a geek's mind when it comes to gifts in 2010? As part of our geek gift coverage each year, we ask members about their gift giving and receiving plans. We want to know: What is on your mind in 2010? TechRepublic newsletters   Get smartphones news, product reviews, and need-to-know lists in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things Dinosaur Sightings galleries Computers from the 1970s Computers from 1980-1983 Computers from 1984-1989 Photo memories of 18 first computers Vintage Computer Festival showcases technology from the 1970s and 1980s

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