[TechRepublic] America's next top Android

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HTC ThunderBolt review: The new smartphone king of 2011 The HTC ThunderBolt is Verizon's first smartphone to run on its 4G LTE network. The speed of the ThunderBolt is so fast it's almost ridiculous, but it does come at a price. Read more Resource of the day Which Small Business Endpoint Protection Software Performs Best? Among all the small business endpoint security products available today, which rank the highest? PassMark Software conducted objective performance testing on five publicly available products. See the results when you download this white paper. More from TechRepublic   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 Fine tune the Windows 7 Search Index for better performance In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to delve in and begin tuning the Windows 7 Search Index. Read more 10 best practices for Windows security Security risks continue to grow for organizations both large and small. Brien Posey offers 10 suggestions for making sure your networks are as well protected as possible. Read more News from ZDNet   Mobile to the hilt: nine out of ten employees bring own technology to work, survey says Have we reached a tipping point in which the workplace has become completely inundated by mass consumer technology? Read more Samsung starts mass production of 'world's first' transparent LCD panel In other Samsung news, an announcement has come from headquarters in Seoul that the tech giant has commenced mass production for the "world's first" transparent LCD panels. Read more Apple's iPad and tablet parade will boost IT spending, says Gartner Sales of media tablets such as Apple's iPad, Samsung's Galaxy Tab and an army of other competitors from RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard will give global IT spending a boost, says Gartner. Read more Microsoft to file antitrust complaint vs. Google in EU Microsoft will file a complaint with the European Commission alleging anticompetitive behavior in Europe's search market. Read more Acer CEO Lanci resigns: In search of an aggressive tablet strategy Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci resigned and Chairman J.T. Wang will take over as interim chief. Lanci apparently disagreed with Acer's board about the development and future of the company. Read more Facebook passes 250 million mobile users mark, overhauls mobile site Facebook is launching a new mobile site for the 250 million mobile users that use the social network on a monthly basis. Read more Time to celebrate World Backup Day 2011 Today is April Fools Day eve, so to speak, but among techies, it's become known as World Backup Day. If you don't want to look like a fool when your computer crashes, keep reading. Read more Lessons we can all learn from the false-postive 'keylogger' fiasco Yesterday a post on NetworkWorld made the false claim that Samsung was shipping notebooks infected with a keylogger. This claim has turned out to be false. So what lessons can all learn from the... Read more What's happened to Honeycomb? The first Android 3.0 tablet, Motorola's Xoom, has been available for more than a month now. Others companies have been talking about their Honeycomb tablets, but none are shipping in the U.S.... Read more All HP ePrint-enabled printers are ready for Google Cloud Print If there was actually a race, then Hewlett-Packard has beat other printer manufacturers to fully supporting Google Cloud Print. Read more Sharepoint: IT doesn't kill businesses, people do Sharepoint 2010 is now a credible platform player for collaboration and business social networking. The larger challenge: Changing user perceptions of what the tools are for, and what you can do... Read more 10.6.7 update addresses iTunes bug with 13" MacBook Air Apple yesterday released a 10.6.7 update for 13" MacBook Airs that addresses an issue that makes the system unresponsive when using iTunes. Read more Windows 8 M3 build contains new wallpaper, twin UI bits, and more Windows 8 information keeps trickling out slowly. Here to add to the mix is a new wallpaper and some additional information. Read more Baseball's Internet Opening Day It's baseball season's opening day, and thanks to MLB.TV you can watch your team's opening day almost anywhere you have a a broadband Internet connection. Read more Featured multimedia   Photos: HTC ThunderBolt, the Ferrari of smartphones The HTC ThunderBolt is the first smartphone on Verizon's 4G LTE network. This gallery includes extensive unboxing photos, comparisons with other top devices, and screenshots of 4G speedtests. View on site Acer launches dual-screen tablet-notebook The dual 14-inch touch screens make it operate like a tablet but the specs put it on par with a laptop. View on site Making amazing light art with the Kinect (photos) Artist Audrey Penven has a new gallery exhibit that showcases her images made with infrared photography of light from a Kinect. View on site 20 online topography tools for web designers Do you need help with elements of style, word spacing, font selection, vertical motion, blocks and paragraphs, line height, converting px to em, and other design details? Ryan Boudreaux presents his list of some of the best online topography tools available for web designers. Here are the first 20 with 20 more to come. View on site Today's recommended downloads Put this Watchdog on the Job for Constant Security Monitoring (Dell) Discover the Dell SecureWorks Difference (Dell) Cyber Terrorists? Zombie Machines? Protect Your SMB from the Latest Threats (TechRepublic) Toward a More Impenetrable Firewall (Dell) Protect Your Network at its Vulnerable Edges (Dell)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the world of technology. You'll get my opinions, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner Proper etiquette in a New Age Tricia Nelson, aka TR member Tigger_Two, provides some examples of proper etiquette that should still apply today in our device-driven world. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! 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[TechRepublic] HTC ThunderBolt review, best smartphones of 2011

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HTC ThunderBolt review: The new smartphone king of 2011 The HTC ThunderBolt is Verizon's first smartphone to run on its 4G LTE network. The speed of the ThunderBolt is so fast it's almost ridiculous, but it does come at a price. Read more Photos: HTC ThunderBolt, the Ferrari of smartphones Resource of the day Take a Free "QuestDrive," No Install Required Take Quest Authentication Services for a free "QuestDrive." Check out this web-based virtual environment that lets you test Quest solutions without loading software in your production environment. TechRepublic launches native apps for iPhone and Android After upgrading the mobile version of the site earlier this year, TechRepublic is now launching native apps for iPhone and Android. Read more CTIA Wireless 2011 highlights roundup Catch up on the smartphone and tablet news and see product photos from the CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, FL. Read more Why IDC's 2015 Nokia-Microsoft predictions are bunk Larry Dignan lists four reasons why IDC's crystal ball for the smartphone industry in 2015 may be a bit cracked. Windows Phone 7 is the no. 2 OS behind Android, courtesy of the Nokia deal. Read more 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 Legal considerations regarding smartphone use for business Deb Shinder presents a number of legal questions to take into consideration when you write your company policies governing smartphone use. Read more Disable the Windows Mobility Center with a registry tweak To disable the Windows Mobility Center you only need to make one tweak to the Windows Registry file. Mark Kaelin shows you how in this Quick Tip. Read more Should there be an 'app for that?' According to Patrick Gray, there are several opportunities in the mobile space for a CIO to increase his or her visibility within the organization. Read more Spotlight on Intuit's GoPayment for Android phones Intuit GoPayment is an easy and reliable way to collect credit card payments on a mobile device. Here's what you need to know before signing on for the service. Read more 10 gadgets you should get rid of... maybe The New York Times recently listed several consumer electronics you may not need, from digital cameras to e-books. Is this common sense or heresy? Andrew Nusca offers his take. Read more Featured multimedia   Best smartphones of 2011 ... for now Now that CES, MWC, and CTIA are all wrapped up it is a good time to go through and list what we can consider the top 10 smartphones for the first half of 2011. That will likely change this summer when Apple announces a new iPhone and more Android devices hit the streets. View on site Inside a Verizon Wireless Super Switch CNET takes a break from CTIA 2011 to tour a Verizon Wireless Super Switch. One of five in Florida, the Super Switch routes voice and data calls for the central Florida region. View on site Today's recommended downloads Take a Free "QuestDrive," No Install Required (Quest Software) Managing a Successful Transition to IFRS (Oracle) Protect Your Network at its Vulnerable Edges (Dell) Toward a More Impenetrable Firewall (Dell) The Future of Financial Reporting: A Marketing Perspective (Oracle) Perennial favorites   Set up an Exchange account on your Android phone Add a second Exchange account to your iPhone 4 Connect to a PPTP VPN from your Android phone 25 must-have iPhone apps for productive geeks The five best Android calendar apps Proper etiquette in a New Age Tricia Nelson, aka TR member Tigger_Two, provides some examples of proper etiquette that should still apply today in our device-driven world. TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, the latest IT news updates, product reviews, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Sanity Check Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things Net admin galleries 10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without 10 more Sysinternals tools to simplify routine Windows admin tasks 12 of the most recommended network monitoring tools Network diagrams highly-rated by IT pros

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[TechRepublic] Find hidden commands with the Option key

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Finding hidden commands with the Option key Vincent Danen shares some of the hidden commands in Mac OS X that you can get to by using the Option key. Read more Resource of the day Take a Free "QuestDrive," No Install Required Take Quest Authentication Services for a free "QuestDrive." Check out this web-based virtual environment that lets you test Quest solutions without loading software in your production environment. Firefox 4 extensions won't install on Mac OS X Bill Detwiler overcomes two problems installing Firefox 4--Cisco AnyConnect stops the Firefox installation and corrupt files prevent extensions from installing. Read more 10 gadgets you should get rid of... maybe The New York Times recently listed several consumer electronics you may not need, from digital cameras to e-books. Is this common sense or heresy? Andrew Nusca offers his take. Read more TechRepublic launches native apps for iPhone and Android After upgrading the mobile version of the site earlier this year, TechRepublic is now launching native apps for iPhone and Android. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Make simple work of backing up terabytes of data on Mac OS X Erik Eckel highlights two storage systems that offer the capability of backing up large amounts of data without the expense of Fibre Channel solutions. Read more Cleverfiles Disk Drill file recovery for the Mac Derek Schauland tries out the Disk Drill file recovery program for the Mac. It could help make a user's day in the event of accidental deletions or corrupted files. Read more Legal considerations regarding smartphone use for business Deb Shinder presents a number of legal questions to take into consideration when you write your company policies governing smartphone use. Read more Featured multimedia   Amazon Cloud Drive (photos) Take a closer look at the Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services from Amazon, which offer an easy, inexpensive way to take your music collection and other files to the cloud. View on site London throng queues up for iPad 2 Hundreds of people lined up to buy an iPad 2 as the second-generation Apple tablet went on sale in England. Hundreds more gawkers came to watch. View on site Net admin galleries 10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without 10 more Sysinternals tools to simplify routine Windows admin tasks 12 of the most recommended network monitoring tools Network diagrams highly-rated by IT pros Today's recommended downloads Take a Free "QuestDrive," No Install Required (Quest Software) Regulatory Reporting using XBRL: The SEC Viewpoint (Oracle) Discover the Dell SecureWorks Difference (Dell) Moving to Google Apps in 3 Days (Google) Cyber Terrorists? Zombie Machines? Protect Your SMB from the Latest Threats (TechRepublic) Proper etiquette in a New Age Tricia Nelson, aka TR member Tigger_Two, provides some examples of proper etiquette that should still apply today in our device-driven world. TechRepublic newsletters   Get net admin tips, tech tutorials and news, and off-topic posts in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Network Administrator Five Tips IT News Digest Geekend

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