[TechRepublic] Most-anticipated tech products of 2011

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Most-anticipated tech products of 2011 (photos) Resource of the day Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility New technologies and devices are providing ever more mobility options. Companies must decide where to invest to maximize mobility's productivity boost. Listen and quickly learn what trends are driving these mobility initiatives. More from TechRepublic   Connect to a PPTP VPN from your Android phone The Android platform has an outstanding built-in VPN connection tool. Jack Wallen describes how Android users can set up and connect to a VPN with the help of a PPTP VPN. Read more Ways to improve your mobile computing experience From smartphones to iPads to netbooks and high-powered laptops, our mobile options have gone through the roof. But not everyone is using the devices to their full advantage. Deb Shinder offers practical advice for getting more from mobile computing. Read more Five tips for deciding whether to virtualize a server Not all servers are suited for virtualization. Be sure you consider these possible deal-killers before you try to virtualize a particular server. Read more News from ZDNet   Graphene won't replace silicon in CPUs, says IBM In an about-face move, IBM has revealed that graphene can't fully replace silicon inside CPUs reports Bit-tech, a UK-based hardware enthusiast site. The reason? A graphene transistor can't actually be completely switched off. Read more Review: Wallee iPad mount (verdict: killer) One on the killer applications for the iPad is hanging it on a wall. It sounds silly at first, but there's a lot of new ways to use tablets, and wall mounting is one of them. Read more How to Tell You're a Gadget Addict: the Bag Tree Spending far too much on gadgets should be enough proof of your addiction to gadgetry, but there's one piece of evidence that you can't ignore, the bag tree. Read more Facebook raises $1.5 billion, puts value at $50 billion Facebook said today that it has raised $1.5 billion in a two-part transaction that puts the company's value at about $50 billion. In a statement this afternoon, CFO David Ebersman said the investment gives the company "greater financial flexibility to explore whatever opportunities lie ahead" but, for now, the company... Read more Is Yahoo causing Windows Phone 7 data-upload concerns (and more Microsoft news from the week) More Microsoft news from around the Web, including the latest on data-uploading issues with WP7, continuing brain drain and a Seattle SaaS startup with deep Microsoft roots. Read more The Pentalobe: Apple's screwy attempt to keep iPhone 4 locked won't work Many many years ago, back when Cable TV was still young, a friend of mine who liked to tinker with electronics (we'd call him a hacker today) figured out a way to get inside the cable box and unlock access to premium channels like HBO and Showtime. But it wasn't... Read more Sears and Best Buy planning pre-Super Bowl HDTV sales If you're planning a Super Bowl party, you should really have a state-of-the-art HDTV. To help, Sears and Best Buy are having some pre-Super Bowl promotions. Read more Vudu 2.0: user interface updated, optimized for HD quality Vudu has gotten a facelift, and this new and improved 2.0 version should be ready for most compatible TVs and Blu-ray players now. Read more New Windows Phone 7 jailbreak in the pipeline Following in the footsteps of the now dead ChevronWP7 jailbreak tool, Windows Phone developer Julien Schapman is planning to release a more robust unlock tool called WP Device Manager , according to WinRumors. Read more Apple brings out universal iPhone bumper ahead of Verizon release It was previously reported that cases and bumpers made for AT&T's iPhone 4 wouldn't fit the new Verizon model. Apple has a new solution. Apple has crafted a universal iPhone bumper with a larger cutout around the mute button to accommodate its lower placement on the CDMA edition. While... Read more Photos of upcoming HTC smartphone line-up leaked Images of what appears to be HTC's new line-up of smartphones have been leaked and have everyone buzzing about what these models could be. Read more Larry Page as Google CEO: His top 5 challenges On the surface, the changing of Google executive roles looks harmless. But new Google CEO Larry Page will have some challenges ahead. Welcome to the world of CEO. Read more Verizon to challenge FCC's net neutrality order Verizon will challenge the Federal Communications Commission's Net neutrality issued as 2010 was winding down. The gist: The FCC doesn't have the Congressional authority to act. Read more Featured multimedia   NASA tech breakthroughs that led to innovations NASA has spurred incredible advances in technology over the years. This gallery shows some of the modern inventions for which the space agency is ultimately responsible. Examples include semiconductors, joysticks, and memory foam. View on site Repairing a plasma TV step by step (photos) Check out step by step photos from my TV repair project. View on site Motorola Cliq 2 (photos) The Motorola Cliq 2 delivers a usable design and agreeable performance, but we were hoping for more feature improvements over its Cliq predecessors. View on site Slideshow: Access the real Administrator account in Windows 7 In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz explains how you can activate and use the real Administrator account in Microsoft Windows 7. View on site Today's recommended downloads Small Business Protection Guide (Symantec) Businesses Thrive with Google Apps (Google) Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy (Google) Cloud Computing Plus IBM Services: A Partnership for a More Resilient Business (IBM) Which Small Business Endpoint Protection Software Performs Best? (Symantec)   About this newsletter The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my opinions, rants, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner Poll: Has Steve Jobs or Bill Gates made the greater contribution to tech? The legacies of both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are solidified in the technology pantheon, but which one ultimately made the bigger contribution. Vote here. 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 CES 2011 coverage on TechRepublic CES 2011: The biggest winners and losers Breakthrough device of CES: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon LTE 4G ioSafe external drive takes shotgun blast and keeps working How the stars aligned against Microsoft at CES 2011 More CES 2011 blogs and galleries

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[TechRepublic] 2011 must-have games, Shuttle Discovery repairs, Roku XDS teardown

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Games I plan to buy in 2011 Portal 2, The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, and Stacking are three of the titles on Nicole Bremer Nash's games wish list for 2011. See what other games coming out this year interest her. Read more Shuttle Discovery in the repair shop (photos) Resource of the day Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy Google Apps is earning headlines for its cost savings and productivity benefits, but many have questions about its security and privacy. Get answers to these important questions directly from the team responsible at Google. Kepler-10b planet makes Earth seem like a paradise NASA's Kepler mission recently discovered a rocky world that is 1.4 times the size of Earth circling a star about 560 light-years away. Get more details about the exoplanet named Kepler-10b. Read more IBM Watson supercomputer beats Jeopardy champs in practice round IBM's Watson supercomputer won a practice round against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and raised a lot of questions about the capabilities of artificial intelligence. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Programming news: Mono 2.8.2, Joomla 1.6, WP7 tips Read about PHP 5.3.5, PHP 5.2.17, BitzerMobile, the BlackBerry tablet OS SDK, a Windows Phone 7 design cheat sheet, the "await" keyword, and more. Read more Camera phone challenge: Snow and ice You have from now until Friday, January 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM EST to submit camera phone photos of snow and/or ice. We will send the participants of our three favorite submissions some free swag! Read more Featured multimedia   Roku XDS Teardown Bill Detwiler cracks open the Roku XDS Streaming Media Player 1080p in this TR Dojo teardown gallery. View on site Most-anticipated tech products of 2011 (photos) What tech products are we most excited to check out in 2011? Here's a look at the contenders. View on site Nintendo 3DS in NY: hands-on We take a closer look at the Nintendo 3DS and its games at Nintendo's official US unveiling in New York City. View on site TechRepublic's camera phone challenge: Resolution What better way to start out a new year than to challenge the TechRepublic community to submit quality resolution camera phone photos. Take a look at the entries. View on site Repairing a plasma TV step by step (photos) Check out step by step photos from my TV repair project. View on site Desktop Wallpaper: Park Wildlife The wildlife found in park systems around the world can be truly amazing. Here are just a few images from the animal kingdom that can serve as interesting desktop wallpaper. View on site Boeing's 787 faces sky full of competition (photos) The 787 Dreamliner may be one of the most efficient jets in commercial history, but there's plenty of other planes in the sky. View on site TiVo Premiere app for iPad (screenshots) Take an in-depth look at a killer app for TiVo Premier users with iPads. View on site Sony PSP2 concept designs (photos) With rumors swirling that Sony will announce the next PlayStation Portable, the PSP2 in late January, we take a look at the various concept designs for the product. View on site Today's recommended downloads Successful Virtualization of SQL Server: It's All About Infrastructure (VMware) Storage Solutions for a Smarter Planet (IBM) Server Virtualization: When Less Is More (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility (Dell, Inc. & Intel, Inc.) How XML Is Changing the Data Warehouse (IBM) Poll: Has Steve Jobs or Bill Gates made the greater contribution to tech? The legacies of both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are solidified in the technology pantheon, but which one ultimately made the bigger contribution. Vote here. 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 CES 2011 coverage on TechRepublic CES 2011: The biggest winners and losers Breakthrough device of CES: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon LTE 4G ioSafe external drive takes shotgun blast and keeps working How the stars aligned against Microsoft at CES 2011 More CES 2011 blogs and galleries

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[TechRepublic] Encrypt and manage your valuable information

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Free Password Manager 1.0.6 (Windows) Free Password Manager is a freeware program to help you systematize and store any kind of valuable information in an encrypted database. With this program, you safely store all your passwords, logins, credit card numbers, access codes, and any other confidential information in one place. [License: Free] Read more Resource of the day Seize Change as Your Greatest Opportunity with Responsive Process Management Find the solution that will empower your company to respond to changing conditions as they occur. Capitalize on change and use it to find opportunities, drive efficiencies, and reduce risk. You can do it all with Progress Software. New software downloads   CRMHaven 4.7 (Windows) CRMHaven is a shared address book. Your contacts are shared (if you have multiple users in your groups) so any changes you make are immediately reflected on their computers. [License: Free to try] Read more Shred It - Search and Destroy 1.0 (Windows) This program allows the user to search the computer for any files/folders and registry entries that have a certain keyword in it, and destroy those searched components. [License: Free] Read more Inventory Tracker Plus 2.8.8.5 (Windows) Inventory Tracker Plus helps you keep track of products and supplies. Generate invoices and reports on inventory for printing or exporting to other programs. [License: Free to try] Read more Disk Sorter (64-bit) 2.5.16 (Windows) DiskSorter is a free, fast, and easy-to-use file classification utility allowing one to classify and categorize files in one or more disks, directories, network shares, and NAS storage devices. [License: Free] Read more Macallan Mail Solution 5.00.00.022 (Windows) Macallan Mail Solution is a freeware mail server for Windows XP and 2000 that works with clients such as Microsoft Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook. [License: Free] Read more Web IdeaTree 5.40 (Windows) WIT is an information manager and a web site builder that makes it easy to create, organize, and maintain your Web or Intranet site. [License: Free to try] Read more DB Solo 4.0 (Mac) DB Solo is a powerful yet affordable cross-platform database development and management tool for both developers and DBAs. With its rich feature set, it is comparable to tools that are orders of magnitude more expensive. [License: Free to try] Read more Power Manager Full for Android 1.6.2 (Mobile) Power Manager Full for Android adds new power settings to the phone and allows you to quickly view and change other phone settings depending on different conditions. [License: Purchase] Read more Disclaimer: CBS Interactive Inc. is not responsible for the content of the publisher's descriptions or user reviews on this site. We encourage you to determine whether this product or your intended use is legal. We do not encourage or condone the use of any software in violation of applicable laws. CBS Interactive Inc. does not sell, resell, or license any of the products listed on the site. We cannot be held liable for issues that arise from the download or use of these products. Incorrectly editing the Windows Registry can cause serious problems requiring the reinstallation of your operating system and may lead to the loss of data. TechRepublic does not and will not support problems that arise from editing your registry. Additional TechRepublic resources   Review: Backup4all Professional makes backups simple for everyone Backup4all Professional is a simple to use backup tool that will reliably have your backups safely placed where you need them. Read more Review: Recover files with NTFS Walker NTFS Walker is a portable application that contains its own NTFS drivers that allow it to "walk through" the entire file structure, bypassing the need for the Windows operating system. Read more Featured multimedia   10 favorite web-based administration tools Jack Wallen profiles his 10 favorite web-based tools for everything from administering servers to creating an online blog. View on site Desktop Wallpaper: Park Wildlife The wildlife found in park systems around the world can be truly amazing. Here are just a few images from the animal kingdom that can serve as interesting desktop wallpaper. View on site Today's recommended downloads Optimized Desktop Infrastructure Using Dell Flexible Computing Solutions (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) The Key to a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure (IBM) Performance Plus Cost Savings: It's Possible with IBM (IBM) Free White Paper: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Open Source Software (Oracle) Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy (Google) Popular search term: Freeware   TweakNow WinSecret 2011 3.0.8 (Windows) Process Monitor 2.94 (Windows) Glary Utilities 2.31.0.1098 (Windows) Wake-On-LAN Sender 1.8 (Windows) IPNetInfo 1.27 (Windows) CoolTerm 1.3.1 (Windows) VUWER 1.4.2 (Mac) Search for more freeware Poll: Has Steve Jobs or Bill Gates made the greater contribution to tech? The legacies of both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are solidified in the technology pantheon, but which one ultimately made the bigger contribution. Vote here. 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 CES 2011 coverage on TechRepublic CES 2011: The biggest winners and losers Breakthrough device of CES: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon LTE 4G ioSafe external drive takes shotgun blast and keeps working How the stars aligned against Microsoft at CES 2011 More CES 2011 blogs and galleries

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