[TechRepublic] Watch for mines when you're tired and hurried

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When you're tired and hurried, watch out for the mines! Minesweeper is Chip Camden's game of choice when he needs to evaluate his alertness. He offers advice on what to do if you determine your brain is in low power mode. Read more Resource of the day Get Your Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 Increase performance and efficiency for the most powerful systems in your network--the servers. Discover how Diskeeper 2011 prevents disk fragmentation before it happens and optimizes data flow for a productivity boost. Don't get blamed for client data security breaches An independent IT consultant discusses how to minimize your liability if a client's sensitive project data is hacked or stolen. Read more Social coding -- the next wave in development New social coding tools are enabling a revolution in product development. Rick Freedman reveals what he sees as the key stumbling block for social development. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Ready, set, Lion! How to rein in users eager for the new Mac OS Mac OS X Lion is out, but the ability of users to download an OS as easily as they do Angry Birds might not sit well with IT. Erik Eckel provides some tips for applying caution to the over-eager user. Read more Indian and American developers square off In this programming news roundup, read about the ASP.NET MVC 4 roadmap, ReSharper 6, CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse, a BlackBerry Messenger coding event, and more. Read more HTML5: Attributes, semantic markup, redefined elements The HTML5 specification, while not entirely finished, is scheduled to be near completion sometime around the year 2020 or 2022 timeframe; however, currently most browsers do allow for several attributes, semantic markup, and redefined elements and these are just some of the changes that can be incorporated into coding for web documents today. Read more Enterprise: 95 percent are choosing iPad over Android tablets New Android tablets continue their onslaught into the market, but new data from Good Technology shows that the world's largest companies are shunning them for iPads. Read more 10 ways to keep IT emergencies from derailing your vacation Vacations are sacred. They're for decompressing, relaxing, and having fun -- not for putting out fires back at the office. Don't let your work interfere with your downtime. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air (2011 13-inch) Bill Detwiler cracks open Apple's 2011 13-inch MacBook Air. Inside the ultra-thin notebook he found hardware from Intel, Toshiba, Hynix, and Broadcom. View on site 5 hidden, awesome Lion features (photos) If you think that gestures and Mission Control are Lion's hottest features, look again. We rounded up five little-known, but awesome Lion features that you might have missed. View on site Gallery: Top 10 iPad accessories Here are a bunch of accessories that may come in handy when you take your iPad to work - or bring it on a business trip. View on site Slideshow: How to restore a hard disk with Windows 7 System Image Recovery In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery to revive an unbootable Windows system. View on site Molly's 10 favorite Android apps (CNET 100) CNET TV's Molly Wood finishes off the 2011 CNET 100 series with her favorite Android apps. From travel tools to comic readers, she offers her top picks. View on site Today's recommended downloads Don't Let Fragmentation Slow Down Your Modern Storage Environment (Diskeeper) Maximized Server Security, Performance and Value (TechRepublic) 30 day trial of Foglight Experience Monitor Appliance (Quest Software) Get Your Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 (Diskeeper) Help Diverse Platforms Play Well Together (Quest Software) Perennial favorites   Should IT consultants pay for their stupid mistakes? The consultants who give the rest of us a bad name The clients who give consulting a bad name 10 things you should never say on the job Ever had one of those heart-stopping moments when you realize you've said just the wrong thing at work? Here are some guidelines to keep that from happening again. 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 Google+ coverage on TechRepublic Why Google Plus is about to change the Web as we know it Four ways Google+ will end up in your workplace The top 10 features missing from Google Plus 7 Google+ essentials (photos)

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