| TechRepublic Out Loud | 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 Full Blog | Question of the Week | What happened to my Windows and how can I fix it? After a restart, my windows start asking how I would like to start windows (safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, start normally, last know good configuration) and then will return to the same scenario even after you have picked your choice. How do I fix it? -- yapanitz Read Full Question | Wanted: Your Best Tips and Tricks If you have cool tips or tricks that you'd like to share with your TechRepublic peers -- from navigating your OS, keyboard shortcuts, or even uncovering hidden Easter eggs -- simply click here to send them in. If we feature your tips or tricks in the TechRepublic Out Loud blog, we'll send you some TechRepublic swag! | | | Member Photo Galleries | Quite a few TR members have pets at home, and this is the purrrfect place to show them off. This week's "pet of the week" is puppies, submitted by TR member - karen. View Full Gallery | Swag Central | Each week, we randomly select three TechRepublic members -- listed below (in Orange) -- to receive some TechRepublic swag. | | Geoff@... | redking44 | Deadly Ernest | | If your name appears above (again - in Orange), simply send us an email with your mailing address, and you'll soon be sporting your very own TechRepublic swag. Just remember, you only have until 11:59pm ET, Friday, December 3rd, 2010 to let us know you spotted your name! (Please send all correspondence from your registered email with TechRepublic.) | | |  |  | Connect with TechRepublic | | | Community Happenings | Help create TechRepublic's FAQ What do you think are the best practices for being involved in the TechRepublic community? We will compile some of the best answers in the upcoming FAQ on the site. Read Full Blog | ............................................................................................. | Smartphones Learn how to deploy and manage smartphones in your enterprise, and see reviews and photos when new smartphones are released. Automatically sign up today! | ............................................................................................. | Lunch and Learn: Microsoft Office 2010 TechRepublic's Lunch and Learn MS Office 2010 collection provides new ready-to-deliver presentations along with speaker's notes, handouts, and preformatted e-mail invitations to help you expose your users to Outlook 2010, Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010. Read Full Description | | TechRepublic Blogs | The five most overhyped tech products of 2010 Jason Hiner: The pace of technology innovation quickened in 2010 but there were still plenty of overhyped products floating around. Here are the top five. Read Full Blog | ............................................................................................. | The Novell deal is done: Let the patent scandals begin Jack Wallen finally voices his opinion on the Microsoft-manipulated Novell deal. Do you agree with Jack's take? Read on and let everyone know. Read Full Blog | ............................................................................................. | Don't be fooled by the argument against unique passwords The "security is not secure" argument seems to be getting quite popular these days, and it makes security sound awfully easy. Chad Perrin warns that when something sounds too good to be true, it usually isn't. Read Full Blog | ............................................................................................. | 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 Full Blog | ............................................................................................. | Five tips for getting a good price on a laptop If you're looking for a laptop, there are deals to be had -- as well as inflated prices, hidden costs, and outright scams. Brien Posey shares some shopping do's and don'ts to help you get your money's worth. Read Full Blog | | | | |
TechRepublic Daily Digest TechRepublic Member | November 29, 2010 | |  | | | 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 | |  |  | | | |
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