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Critical problems Android must fix, mistakes that could sink your IT support firm, handling ethical issues the right way

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10 things Android must change to become a long-term player Android could lose its top-dog status if it doesn't address some serious flaws. Justin James runs through some areas that are sorely in need of improvement. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: Improving Patient Care and Efficiency with a Converged Medical Infrastructure Everyone is talking about healthcare. Tune into this webcast to see how converged medical infrastructures are helping to mitigate issues with compliance, security, and rapidly expanding data requirements. 10 mistakes that can send an IT support firm off the rails Keeping a tech support business healthy requires you to do a lot of things right -- but you also need to avoid critical mistakes like these. Read more 10+ things you can do to avoid ethical breaches If you're headed toward an ethical quagmire, a few basic steps can help you find your way back to the high ground. Read more 10 ways to automate the mundane (so you can focus on what matters) Wouldn't it be great if you could focus on supporting critical business initiatives instead of just keeping the lights on? These steps can help. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   The great and powerful Windows Start menu is no longer relevant With Microsoft Windows 8, the Start menu is not going to be a primary part of the GUI anymore, and Greg Shultz believes that is a good thing. Read more Google faults exposed in employee memo A Google engineer accidentally sends out a rant critical of his employer via--get this--Google+. What are the ramifications of an Oops this big? Read more Steve Jobs remembered Steve Jobs has passed away, tech world mourns The Tale of Steve Jobs and the Five Dragons Steve Jobs on career lessons learned Steve Jobs' effect on open source Video: Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs Video: Steve Jobs narrating "Here's to the Crazy Ones" tribute Gallery: Steve Jobs' most revolutionary Apple products Today's recommended downloads Don't Let Everyday Events Take Systems Offline (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Social Business: Advent of a New Age (IBM) Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases (Quest Software) Risky Business (IBM) Who's Managing The Management Tools? (American Power Conversion (APC)) Four ways that iOS 5 will impact IT departments Scott Lowe highlights four of the new features in iOS 5 that he believes will have the most impact on IT departments. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud (Launching soon) Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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Critical problems Android must fix, mistakes that could sink your IT support firm, handling ethical issues the right way

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10 things Android must change to become a long-term player Android could lose its top-dog status if it doesn't address some serious flaws. Justin James runs through some areas that are sorely in need of improvement. Read more Resource of the day Prepare an ERM classification scheme Classification is a key aspect of the record-keeping framework; links between classification, access, and disposal are important for both control and automation. Download whitepaper here 10 mistakes that can send an IT support firm off the rails Keeping a tech support business healthy requires you to do a lot of things right -- but you also need to avoid critical mistakes like these. Read more 10+ things you can do to avoid ethical breaches If you're headed toward an ethical quagmire, a few basic steps can help you find your way back to the high ground. Read more 10 ways to automate the mundane (so you can focus on what matters) Wouldn't it be great if you could focus on supporting critical business initiatives instead of just keeping the lights on? These steps can help. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   The great and powerful Windows Start menu is no longer relevant With Microsoft Windows 8, the Start menu is not going to be a primary part of the GUI anymore, and Greg Shultz believes that is a good thing. Read more Google faults exposed in employee memo A Google engineer accidentally sends out a rant critical of his employer via--get this--Google+. What are the ramifications of an Oops this big? Read more Steve Jobs remembered Steve Jobs has passed away, tech world mourns The Tale of Steve Jobs and the Five Dragons Steve Jobs on career lessons learned Steve Jobs' effect on open source Video: Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs Video: Steve Jobs narrating "Here's to the Crazy Ones" tribute Gallery: Steve Jobs' most revolutionary Apple products Today's recommended downloads Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Prepare an ERM classification scheme KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Information Assurance Education (Regis University) Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases (Quest Software) Four ways that iOS 5 will impact IT departments Scott Lowe highlights four of the new features in iOS 5 that he believes will have the most impact on IT departments. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud (Launching soon) Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] Tips for conducting a tablet deployment test

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Four tips for conducting a tablet deployment test Patrick Gray says a tablet deployment test can help organizations determine if tablets are right for their business needs. He offers four tips that can help a test deployment go more smoothly. Read more Resource of the day Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Secure your journey to the cloud. Download your complimentary resources from Trend Micro, including white papers, analyst reports & articles. How to install a virtual instance of Ubuntu Linux on a Toshiba Thrive tablet Jack Wallen walks you through the steps of installing a virtual instance of Ubuntu Linux on a rooted Toshiba Thrive tablet. Read more Android tablets could still transform the market Donovan Colbert has faith that Android tablets will rise from obscure dark horses to overtake the iOS incumbent. Do you think the iPad will always be king? Read more Six enterprise-grade uses for adopting tablets today Patrick Gray believes that there are several compelling applications for adopting tablets in the enterprise. Do you agree, or do you think that tablets are primarily a consumer device? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Amazon's Kindle Fire just nuked the tablet market: Winners and losers Amazon just split the tablet market with Apple. The Kindle Fire is subsidized because you'll shop more. Apple will stay high-end. Every tablet maker in the middle is screwed. Read more Best practices for designing Android apps Developer Kyle Miller shares basic tips that will make your job of designing Android apps easier. Read more Android tabs hurt my head The official way of handling tabs in Android now relies on "a trick." William Francis makes the case for why he demonstrates the "old" way of doing tabs. Read more Featured multimedia   Archos 80 G9 (photos) Check out these photos of the Archos 80 G9, which is just a smaller version of the 101 G9. View on site Velocity Micro Cruz T408 tablet (photos) Take a closer look at the Velocity Micro Cruz T408, an 8-inch Android tablet priced at an affordable $239. View on site Velocity Micro Cruz T410 tablet (photos) Take a closer look at the Velocity Micro Cruz T410, a $299 Android 2.3 tablet with a 10-inch screen. View on site The phones (and tablet) of CTIA Fall 2011 CTIA was the first time we got photos or video for 17 news phones (and a tablet.) View on site Today's recommended downloads Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Prepare an ERM classification scheme Information Assurance Education (Regis University) Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases (Quest Software) Perennial favorites   Enterprise: 95 percent are choosing iPad over Android tablets Tablets are for people who hate computers Tablets at work: Disney uses iPads to drive construction project Five tips for improving your tablet experience Four ways that iOS 5 will impact IT departments Scott Lowe highlights four of the new features in iOS 5 that he believes will have the most impact on IT departments. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise TR Dojo 10 Things Steve Jobs remembered Steve Jobs has passed away, tech world mourns The Tale of Steve Jobs and the Five Dragons Steve Jobs on career lessons learned Steve Jobs' effect on open source Video: Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs Video: Steve Jobs narrating "Here's to the Crazy Ones" tribute Gallery: Steve Jobs' most revolutionary Apple products

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[TechRepublic] CSS3: How to implement the box-shadow property

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CSS3: How to implement the box-shadow property Ryan Boudreaux uses multiples examples of CSS3 code to illustrate the effects that are possible with the box-shadow property. Read more Resource of the day Improved Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets Don't wait until overheating causes servers to fail. Plan the right cooling solution for your IT wiring closet or server room now. There's an improved method for wiring closet cooling specification. Learn about it in this white paper. How to prevent code rot Software developers call neglected code that stops working code rot. Chip Camden explains why this often occurs and how to avoid such trouble. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Inside your server request logs: Apache and IIS Justin James takes a closer look at the data in your Apache and IIS server logs. Here's how to read them so you'll be able to troubleshoot more efficiently. Read more Balancing the website design between business objectives and user experience Ryan Boudreaux looks at the challenge of balancing the business needs of an organization with creating a good user experience when you design a client's website. Read more First look at CSS3 web design elements Ryan Boudreaux goes over some of the developments in CSS3 design elements and offers some coding examples making use of the new features. Read more Working with CSS3 background images Ryan Boudreaux goes over some examples of writing CSS3 code for background images that you can begin to implement now. Read more Featured multimedia   A tour of iOS 5 on the iPhone As Apple issues its iOS 5 update for the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPad Touch, CNET goes deep to see how it looks and how it performs. View on site Today's recommended downloads Take this Important Step in Endpoint Security (Viewfinity) Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases (Quest Software) Key Methods for Managing Complex Database Environments (Quest Software) Taming the Explosion of Information (IBM) Fuel Your Growth With Data (Dun & Bradstreet) Camera phone challenge: Seeing is believing You have until Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM EDT to submit photos of things you might not believe if your camera phone didn't see them. Get more details. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones Steve Jobs remembered Steve Jobs has passed away, tech world mourns The Tale of Steve Jobs and the Five Dragons Steve Jobs on career lessons learned Steve Jobs' effect on open source Video: Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs Video: Steve Jobs narrating "Here's to the Crazy Ones" tribute Gallery: Steve Jobs' most revolutionary Apple products

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