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[TechRepublic] Five battery tips for HTC ThunderBolt (and other Androids)

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Tech Sanity Check

TechRepublic Member | March 30, 2011

Editor's note: Learn how to optimize the battery life on the hot new HTC ThunderBolt smartphone (and other Android devices). And, catch the latest on Google's high speed fiber, Dell's iPad FUD, and new data center trends. -Jason

Five battery tips for HTC ThunderBolt (and other Androids)

The HTC ThunderBolt may be breaking land speed records with its 4G LTE connection, but all that speed seriously drains the battery. Here are practical tips for squeezing out more battery life. Read more

Photos: HTC ThunderBolt, the Ferrari of smartphones

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Google brings high-speed fiber Internet infrastructure to Kansas City. Next stop: the rest of America. Read more

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Good for Kansas City that Google will be giving the cityââ¬â¢s citizens, but will other towns even get a chance for affordable Internet broadband deals like this in the future? Read more

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I'm still trying to make sense of the comments made to CIO Australia by Dell's global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organisations, Andy Lark, regarding the iPad. Read more

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Security researchers from WebSense have detected a mass SQL injection attack, which the cybercriminals monetize through scareware, also known as fake security software. Read more

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Hands-on green datacenter research with HP

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[TechRepublic] Basic PowerShell commands you should know

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Basic Windows PowerShell commands you should already know

PowerShell combines the speed of the command line with the flexibility of a scripting language, making it a valuable Windows administration tool. Here are a few basic commands you'll want to master. Read more

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[TechRepublic] Active Directory management tool to try

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Managing Active Directory with ADManager Plus

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