[TechRepublic] Virginia Rometty will be new IBM CEO

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IBM's CEO hand-off: Rometty to take over for Palmisano Virginia Rometty will take over for Sam Palmisano effective Jan. 1. Now women run both HP and IBM. Read more Editor's note Today's top story is a quick news hit on IBM officially naming Virginia Rometty as its next CEO. Also, if you do email filtering, note that this newsletter will now come from "Jason Hiner | TechRepublic" so set your filters accordingly. -Jason Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report More from TechRepublic   Get drastic: 15 IT best practices to kill Gartner analyst Ken McGee has a radical assessment of IT and what CIOs need to do about. Read his principles of the "new CIO manifesto." Read more HP to revive the TouchPad as a Windows 8 tablet? The HP TouchPad's enduring legacy may be how many times it returned from the dead. Here's the latest report of its revival. Read more How Microsoft could (but probably won't) take over the world again Microsoft could be uniquely positioned to take over a number of market segments if they properly leveraged some of their existing product lines. Read more Smartphone technology of the future Deb Shinder takes a look at a few features that are rare or not found at all in today's phones that will likely be standard on the smartphones of the future. Read more Predicting the future of tablets in the enterprise Patrick Gray offers some insight about what we can expect to see next for tablets, particularly in the enterprise space. Read more News from ZDNet   Every Android device now infringes Apple patent: Slide to unlock Apple has received a confirmed patent for the "slide to unlock" control in use on every Android phone and tablet in existence. Read more Amazon's third quarter misses mark; Outlook sluggish Amazon's September quarter and fourth quarter outlook failed to live up to expectations. Strong orders for Amazon's new Kindles are requiring increased investment. Read more It's official: SEO is not spam, says Google In this short, I steer your attention to Google's head of their Web spam team, Matt Cutts, who states a resounding "SEO is not spam." Read more Windows 8 to increase PC production costs ODMs and brand vendors squabble over who will cover the additional costs. Read more Steve Jobs might have 'finally cracked' the simplest TV UI, but here's a problem he didn't solve When it comes to TVs, UI isn't everything. Read more Report: Sprint plagued by nationwide iPhone 4S speed issue Maybe Sprint's big bet on the iPhone 4S wasn't such a good decision after all. Read more 23 percent of companies offer customer support via Facebook Almost one-quarter of companies offer customer support via Facebook, according to a new study by MarketTools. Read more Facebook launches HTML5 Resource Center Facebook recently launched the HTML5 Resource Center. Now that the company has ported the Facebook Platform to the mobile world, it is pushing hard with its love for HTML5. Read more Featured multimedia   Microsoft's OmniTouch turns any surface into a touchscreen (photos) Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University have shown off technology that can turn any surface into a touchscreen. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Optimize Team Performance (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Private Cloud Systems and Software (IBM) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) Live Webcast: Mobile Devices, Mobile Workers - What's an IT Pro to do? (Citrix Online)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Is the ICANN delegation process offering stability or just more questions? With applications for top level domains expected to soar with ICANN's application process starting this week, you wonder if this is the Wild West of the Internet or just another route to board the congested subway system for next stop dropoff? Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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[TechRepublic] Windows 7 command-line tools for the IT ninja

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Editor's note In this week's TR Dojo episode, I ask the question "Is there still value in "troubleshooting" PC problems?" Let me know what you think. Also, be sure to check out the roundup of recent Cracking Open galleries below. Windows 7 command-line tools for the IT ninja Bill Detwiler reveals four lesser-known command-line tools for IT pros who troubleshoot Windows 7 problems. Read more Resource of the day A Safer Strategy to Protect Distributed Data Download this data sheet about IBM Information Protection services. Discover how you can ensure business continuity, control costs, and find peace of mind with the right cloud-based data backup for your servers and PCs. Additional TechRepublic resources   Keyboard shortcuts let you quickly format Word documents Bill Detwiler demonstrates Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that can help you quickly and easily format your documents. Read more Free and open source text editors every developer should try Even if you work in an IDE, a good text editor is always handy to have. Bill Detwiler looks at five text editors every developer should try. Read more How to connect Lion to Exchange servers Erik Eckel addresses a common problem -- trying to get Lion Mail connected to Exchange servers. Here are some tips for how to do it. Read more Only half of you have downloaded Windows 8 In a recent poll I asked how many TechRepublic members had downloaded Windows 8 Developers Preview. There weren't as many downloads as I would have guessed. Read more Office challenge: How to use input values as default values in an Access form This week, test your Access skills with this fairly common efficiency request from data input personnel. Read more 10 reasons to be wary of Google in business Google caters well to consumers, but it falls short of meeting the business needs of larger organizations. Here are the biggest areas of concern. Read more   Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 4S Cracking Open the Motorola Droid Bionic Lapdock Cracking Open the Amazon Kindle 2011 Featured multimedia   SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Steamcon III was held in Seattle on October 14-16, 2011. Take a look at some of the Steampunk costumes from this year's event. View on site New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay New York Comic Con 2011 was held on October 13-16. Take a look at some of the costumes and cosplay during the four-day event. View on site Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon The first-ever GeekGirlCon was held in Seattle, WA, on October 8-9, 2011. Take a look at some of the photos that were captured by attendees. View on site Today's recommended downloads Improve Organizational Communications to Drive Business Results (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Sharing Simplified - Consolidating Multiple File-sharing Technologies (Box.net) Live Webcast: Entry Level Business Intelligence: Hands on Data, Hands Off Management (TechRepublic) IDC white paper: A New Era in Midrange storage (IBM) Discovering The Next Frontier (IBM)   About this newsletter TR Dojo is built around a philosophy of constant learning. Our bi-weekly newsletter is my chance to share real-world lessons, IT best practices, and advanced technical tips. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Google's Dart: An object-oriented JavaScript alternative Todd Fluhr looks at Google's web-programming language Dart, which even at its unfinished stage, says a lot about Google's plans to dominate the mobile consumer market. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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[TechRepublic] Windows 7 command-line tools for the IT ninja

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Editor's note In this week's TR Dojo episode, I ask the question "Is there still value in "troubleshooting" PC problems?" Let me know what you think. Also, be sure to check out the roundup of recent Cracking Open galleries below. Windows 7 command-line tools for the IT ninja Bill Detwiler reveals four lesser-known command-line tools for IT pros who troubleshoot Windows 7 problems. Read more Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report Additional TechRepublic resources   Keyboard shortcuts let you quickly format Word documents Bill Detwiler demonstrates Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that can help you quickly and easily format your documents. Read more Free and open source text editors every developer should try Even if you work in an IDE, a good text editor is always handy to have. Bill Detwiler looks at five text editors every developer should try. Read more How to connect Lion to Exchange servers Erik Eckel addresses a common problem -- trying to get Lion Mail connected to Exchange servers. Here are some tips for how to do it. Read more Only half of you have downloaded Windows 8 In a recent poll I asked how many TechRepublic members had downloaded Windows 8 Developers Preview. There weren't as many downloads as I would have guessed. Read more Office challenge: How to use input values as default values in an Access form This week, test your Access skills with this fairly common efficiency request from data input personnel. Read more 10 reasons to be wary of Google in business Google caters well to consumers, but it falls short of meeting the business needs of larger organizations. Here are the biggest areas of concern. Read more   Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 4S Cracking Open the Motorola Droid Bionic Lapdock Cracking Open the Amazon Kindle 2011 Featured multimedia   SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Steamcon III was held in Seattle on October 14-16, 2011. Take a look at some of the Steampunk costumes from this year's event. View on site New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay New York Comic Con 2011 was held on October 13-16. Take a look at some of the costumes and cosplay during the four-day event. View on site Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon The first-ever GeekGirlCon was held in Seattle, WA, on October 8-9, 2011. Take a look at some of the photos that were captured by attendees. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report What is Smarter Computing? (IBM) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program Managing Data and Controlling Risk (IBM) Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions (Cisco Systems, Inc.)   About this newsletter TR Dojo is built around a philosophy of constant learning. Our bi-weekly newsletter is my chance to share real-world lessons, IT best practices, and advanced technical tips. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Google's Dart: An object-oriented JavaScript alternative Todd Fluhr looks at Google's web-programming language Dart, which even at its unfinished stage, says a lot about Google's plans to dominate the mobile consumer market. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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