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Boxee Box (D-Link) Teardown Resource of the day Are You Ready for the Second Phase of Server Virtualization? Many enterprises have already completed the first phase of server virtualization: the "easy" stuff. Listen to this TechRepublic webcast and gain a better understanding of the challenges involved with more advanced virtualization projects. New at TechRepublic   Use case for older software: Easier, thinner, and quicker When it comes to working with software, sometimes it just makes sense to use older supporting tools. IT pro Rick Vanover explains the pros and cons of consciously selecting older software titles for certain situations. Read more Office challenge: How can you apply different templates to the same workbook? This week, learn the solution to last week's Outlook challenge and test your Excel skills with a new challenge. Read more Get flawless system backups with SuperDuper for the Mac Vincent Danen finds that a corny name doesn't necessarily mean your backup solution won't get the job done. SuperDuper for the Mac is easy, reliable, offers flawless recovery, and won't break the budget. Read more Update VMware Tools from PowerCLI When it comes to updates, don't overlook VMware Tools. Virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows how to update VMware Tools via PowerCLI. Read more Use Sysinternals Active Directory Explorer to make a domain snapshot Sysinternals Active Directory Explorer is a good forensic tool to see what has changed with an Active Directory domain without too much work. Read more Using OData from Windows Phone 7 Justin James explains his steps for using an Open Data Protocol service from his Windows Phone 7 application. He also discusses possible workarounds for the fact that the OData Client Library does not support authentication. Read more Poll: Developers, what workplace change do you want to see in 2011? If you could an aspect of your development process, would it be a tool upgrade, different tools, a backend system change, or something else? Let us know. Read more How do I use a RAM disk to help speed up disk-intensive applications? Jack Wallen explains how to create a RAM disk on your Windows PC and how it can be used to increase the performance of disk-intensive applications. Read more Featured multimedia   10 most dangerous species of help desk analyst (slideshow) IT veteran Jeff Dray takes a lighthearted look at different types of help desk analysts. Are you or your coworkers on his list? View on site Today's recommended downloads A Powerful Platform for Virtualization (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Your All-Access Pass to Industry-Specific Strategies and Information (IBM) Increase innovation with Google Apps (Google) Improve productivity through real-time collaboration and communication (Google) Improving Hyper-V Performance and Scalability (TechRepublic) Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word In this gallery, Nicole Bremer Nash shows how to make your own charming holiday cards in Microsoft Word. 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 Teardown galleries Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G+Wi-Fi) 2010 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server

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