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[TechRepublic] Five tips for improving a new PC

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Video: Five tips for improving a new Windows PC Bill Detwiler shares five tips for setting up a new computer that every PC owner should consider before going online. Read more Dell Aero Smartphone Teardown Resource of the day Solve the Desktop Management Challenge Discover desktop virtualization in this white paper. The latest virtualization technologies enable the virtual desktop or application environment to be maintained centrally and delivered to users across the network, leaving you with fewer IT hassles. Additional TechRepublic resources   Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. Read more Video: Remove icons from the Windows Control Panel Bill Detwiler explains how to lock down the Windows Control Panel by removing individual icons or picking the ones that are displayed. Read more Better troubleshooting capabilities with Windows 7 Event Viewer Greg Shultz introduces you to some of the new troubleshooting features found in Microsoft Windows 7 Event Viewer. Read more Office challenge: Why is there always an extra blank page at the end of this document? Learn the solution to last week's Excel challenge and test your skills in this week's Word challenge. Read more 10 tips for troubleshooting PC system slowdowns When PC performance slows to a crawl, a systematic troubleshooting plan will help you zero in on the cause. Deb Shinder runs through likely culprits and describes steps you can take to improve system performance. Read more 10 ways to boost traffic to your Web site You can increase the number of visitors to your Web site by following some pretty simple, practical steps. Brien Posey shares some of the strategies that have worked for him. Read more The top-10 games of the fall (photos) Google Earth tackles the universe (photos) What works and what doesn't inside Google's labs (photos) Nikon Small World winning photographs under the microscope for 2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm systems screen comparisons Featured multimedia   Sony RDP-XF100iP (photos) Take a closer look at the Sony RDP-XF100iP, a portable, rechargeable speaker dock created for the Apple iPod and iPhone. View on site RIM announces the BlackBerry Style (photos) RIM introduces the new BlackBerry Style. View on site Samsung T369 (photos) The Samsung T369 may not be much to look at, but it's a decent prepaid messaging phone. View on site Sanyo Zio SCL-8600 (photos) Sprint's Sanyo Zio will pale in comparison with Sprint's other Android handsets, but it offers functional features and serviceable performance at an affordable price. View on site Featured Webcast A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure Security is a concern as more data is compromised by either malicious attacks or employee carelessness. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to explore the most promising ways that IT leaders can ensure the security of their organization. IT Help Desk Survival Guide, 3rd Ed.   Have extra budget to spend? Then order TechRepublic's IT Help Desk Survival Guide, Third Edition provides tools and tips to help you better manage help desk services, improve end-user support, troubleshoot hardware issues, identify quick fixes to Windows problems, and help users make the most of Microsoft Office. Order the download today! Today's recommended downloads State of Virtualization (Dell) Solve the Desktop Management Challenge (Dell) Using Total Cost of Ownership to Determine Optimal PC Refresh Lifecycles (Dell) Save Money and Increase Collaboration with Google Apps (Google) Estimate Customer Experience ROI in 6 Steps. No Finance Degree Required. (Adobe Systems) End-user bloopers and IT chaos   Computer bloopers and blunders from the technically clueless What not to do in a server room Convicted of endangering their computers? Dirty computers: Revenge of the dust bunnies   10 things I can never find in PowerPoint 2007/2010 If you're having trouble tracking down features you knew by heart in PowerPoint 2003, this list will help you zero in on the options that the newest versions have scattered among various tabs. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Comic Con galleries New York Comic Con 2010 costumes and cosplay Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 costumes and cosplay Chicago Comic Con 2010: Wizard World geeks in costume Comic-Con 2010: Coolest and geekiest costumes Connect with TechRepublic

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[TechRepublic] Carberp replacing Zeus as financial malware threat?

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Carberp: Quietly replacing Zeus as the financial malware of choice Zeus ushered in a new era of malware, but it's slowly losing its effectiveness. Don't celebrate just yet; Zeus's heir apparent, Carberp is ready to take over. Read more Resource of the day A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure Security is a concern as more data is compromised by either malicious attacks or employee carelessness. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to explore the most promising ways that IT leaders can ensure the security of their organization. Security tools should be designed for security When designing security tools, design them for security -- not to push some completely irrelevant ideological bias on your users. Read more Three common IT consultant security blunders IT consultants cannot afford to make a mistake when it comes to security. Erik Eckel offers a refresher on basic security fundamentals. Read more Recover FreeBSD root access when you forgot the password Losing your root password is not necessarily the end of the world. Single User Mode offers the solution to a lost root password. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Review: Blackbox Security Monitor Blackbox Security Monitor is a free tool that serves as a watchdog on your network; reporting and warning the administrator of certain activity. Read more Five tips for getting rid of crapware New computers are being sold with crapware installed. I don't like it. I doubt that you do, either. Here's what we can do about it. Read more Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. Read more Three common IT consultant security blunders IT consultants cannot afford to make a mistake when it comes to security. Erik Eckel offers a refresher on basic security fundamentals. Read more Featured multimedia   Porn studio files IP addresses with court Third World Media, a porn studio has filed with federal court nearly 1,600 IP addresses allegedly belonging to people who illegally shared one of its movies. View on site RIM announces the BlackBerry Style (photos) RIM introduces the new BlackBerry Style. View on site Comic Con galleries New York Comic Con 2010 costumes and cosplay Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 costumes and cosplay Chicago Comic Con 2010: Wizard World geeks in costume Comic-Con 2010: Coolest and geekiest costumes Featured Webcast A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure Security is a concern as more data is compromised by either malicious attacks or employee carelessness. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to explore the most promising ways that IT leaders can ensure the security of their organization. Today's recommended downloads A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure (Canon) The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats (Sunbelt Software) A New Strategy for Today's Information Archiving Challenges (IBM) Free Trial: IBM LotusLive iNotes Email Service (IBM) Free Trial: IBM LotusLive Engage for Online Collaboration (IBM) 10 things I can never find in PowerPoint 2007/2010 If you're having trouble tracking down features you knew by heart in PowerPoint 2003, this list will help you zero in on the options that the newest versions have scattered among various tabs. Connect with TechRepublic

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