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Five tips for standing up against your boss If you need to confront your boss over work issues, wait until you're calm, be prepared, and have a couple of rhetorical tricks up your sleeve. Read more Resource of the day Desktop Virtualization: Analysis & Piloting Analysts and experts are saying companies are moving fast to test drive desktop virtualization. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to learn more about the importance of a Desktop Virtualization pilot for your organization Hottest new tips   Five contingency planning tips for independent consultants Independent consultants can mitigate the consequences of an extended illness or a disability by implementing a contingency plan. Here are tips on what to consider. Read more Five power tips for LibreOffice users Once you begin to know your way around the LibreOffice suite, you can add a few advanced techniques to your repertoire. Jack Wallen offers five tips to get you started. Read more Five tips for using SmartArt in Office 2010 Sometimes the best way to convey information is by using a diagram. In those situations, you may want to take advantage of SmartArt to put together a stylish illustration. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   What the experts think about the viability of an Internet kill switch Media coverage abounds over the so-called "Internet kill switch" and its potential for harm. Michael Kassner went straight to the bill sponsors and to several tech experts for insight. Read more Talent management will be tricky in 2011 All indications point to increased hiring in 2011. With this increase, however, will come some challenges for hiring managers. Read more Add an Exchange account on Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 devices are beginning to make their way into the enterprise. If you need to add an Exchange 2007 or 2010 account to your WP7 device, follow the steps in this tutorial. Read more 56 geek movies of 2011 Green Lantern, X-Men: First Class, Cowboys & Aliens, Captain America: The First Avenger, and the alien buddy picture Paul are just five of the more than 50 geeky films coming out this year. Find out which movies this Geekend contributor plans to see opening night. Read more 10 tech trends to watch in 2011 Based on the results of surveys conducted at The Experts Conference last year, analysts at Quest Software have put together this set of predictions for the upcoming year. Read more Today's recommended downloads Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility (Dell, Inc. & Intel, Inc.) Save Money and Increase Collaboration with Google Apps (Google) End-to-end Business Visibility with On-demand ERP (TechRepublic) Desktop Virtualization: Analysis & Piloting (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) The Best Places to Live are Going Google (Google) Gallery: Recommended network access control (NAC) tools Jack Wallen offers some recommendations for network access tools and a few tips about their best use. What are your favorite NAC tools? TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, product reviews, and smartphones news in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Product Spotlight Smartphones 10 Things Tech history galleries Computer History Museum opens new exhibit Babbage's Difference Engine and other historic computers Colossus and other vintage computers from The National Museum of Computing Vintage Computer Festival showcases technology from the 1970s and 1980s

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