Meet Google's secret weapon for fighting Apple and Microsoft

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | April 23, 2012

Meet Google's secret weapon for fighting Apple and Microsoft TechRepublic editor Jason Hiner tells the back story of Motorola's Webtop software, which just may give Google a big advantage in the brave new world of post-PC devices. Read more Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! More from TechRepublic   Flashback infections declining, but Mac users urged to be more vigilant 10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi Review: Firefox's unofficial 64-bit variant Waterfox My laptop is so dumb - why can't technology give me something smarter? Verizon's HopeLine funds scholarship program for abused women News from ZDNet   Can Motorola Mobility's Webtop bail out Google's Chromebook? Microsoft releases 1.0 version of Skype for Windows Phone Dell tunes into customer feedback for new Precision workstations ASUS Transformer Pad: To compete with iPad go cheap Windows 8 tablets: Not open for business Hands-on with the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover (video) The day software ate Cisco Aviva mistakenly sacks 1,300 employees by email News from CNET   Samsung teases next Galaxy with countdown clock Samsung launches Galaxy S III teaser, takes subtle shot at Apple Adobe makes the CS6 sales pitch Five reasons Adobe's CS6 subscription is smart For digital video to live, the 30-second pre-roll ad must die Microsoft gets bad rap from former employee How Windows Phone can help your profile as a developer Intel's Ivy Bridge waits on Windows 8 Torvalds receives 2012 Millennium Technology Prize HTC One S and crazy-expensive headphones are the top-reviewed tech this week Italy to launch Ferrari-style high-speed train Featured galleries   Cracking Open the HTC Titan II Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? (Oracle) Protect Critical Data in Physical & Virtual Environments (Quest Software) The Right Way to Prove Identity & Establish Trust (Quest Software)   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). Connect with TechRepublic CIO Insights newsletter: Subscribe today! TechRepublic's CIO Insights newsletter highlights the world of technology and business from the point of view of CIOs, IT directors, and other senior tech professionals. Go go to our Newsletters page to subscribe to CIO Insights today. 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

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[TechRepublic] More USB troubleshooting tools

Windows Desktop TechRepublic Member | April 23, 2012

Editor's note Last week you asked for more USB troubleshooting utilities and this week Greg Shultz delivers. More troubleshooting with Microsoft USB View and other USB utilities Greg Shultz takes a closer look at USB troubleshooting and answers questions raised by readers. Read more Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Easter Eggs Resource of the day E-Form Video Demo We spend so much of our lives waiting. It used to be signing and processing documents was on this list, but no longer. Watch this video for a demo of how leading products in the field handle E-Forms. Review: Firefox's unofficial 64-bit variant Waterfox The Waterfox project attempts to take advantage of 64-bit processing power for web browsing. Matt Nawrocki uncovers a problem with that premise. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Titan II teardown shows replaceable battery, similarities with Lumia 900 Bill Detwiler cracks open the HTC Titan II and finds a unique twin-circuit-board design, replaceable battery, and simple-to-open case. Read more New TR Pro product can help your IT career Looking for a lot of IT career advice in one publication? Check out TR Pro's 500 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in Your IT Career: Volume 2. Read more Two ways to build dynamic charts in Excel Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Excel 2007 and 2010 it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method. Read more Connect your iPhone to Microsoft Office 365 Office 365, the cloud-based collaboration platform from Microsoft, can actually be iPhone-friendly. Will Kelly shows you how to connect your iPhone to Office 365. Read more Featured multimedia   Scenes from PAX East 2012 PAX East was held in Boston, MA, on April 6 - 8, 2012. Take a look at some of the costumes from this year's event. View on site Today's recommended downloads Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership (SuccessFactors) Security Management: Staying Out Of Your Way (EMC Corporation) Blade Servers: Easier Management, Better Power Usage and Quicker ROI (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) EMA: Data Driven Security (EMC Corporation) Slicing Data Center Inefficiencies (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Favorite Windows Photo Galleries   Add image thumbnails to Microsoft Windows Explorer? Add Macs to a Windows Vista workgroup Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Easter Eggs Looking back at Microsoft Windows 98 Easter Eggs   Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! 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 Cracking Open 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] Project your Android phone's screen onto a larger display

App Builder TechRepublic Member | April 23, 2012

Project your Android phone's screen onto a larger display Learn three ways to get your Android phone display onto a large overhead screen so you can show off your killer app during your next demo or presentation. Read more Resource of the day Blade Servers: Cost effective, Change-Ready Solution With great performance, efficiency, and adaptability, your IT stresses just may disappear. Read this white paper, co-sponsored by Intel, to learn more about blade server technology and how it can help you. Additional TechRepublic resources   Developer news: Go 1, FileMaker 12, IE10 Compact Inspector Read about Appcelerator Titanium 2.0, MAVIS, whether to make a "full" site vs. a mobile site, RubyTeach 2012, Eclipse Spring Training, and more. Read more Windows Phone 7: The OS/2 of this generation? With the highly-capable Nokia Lumia 900 off to a shaky start, the long-term trajectory of Windows Phone 7 remains as uncertain as ever. Read more Continue to test and measure ad performance for your Android app If you plan to monetize your Android app with advertising, it's wise to continually test and measure which ad networks are performing well for it. Read more Microsoft's new open source initiative Microsoft has formed the Microsoft Open Technologies arm and is ready to help facilitate the relationship between open source and MS. Are you ready to don your tinfoil cap? Here is Jack Wallen's take. Read more MuirWebs develops private app store option Erik Eckel introduces one solution to the "app store problem" for those in enterprise IT who need more control in software management -- the private app store. Read more Does your flashlight app know where you are? Probing Android permissions Android permissions are difficult to understand. Michael Kassner interviews a research team using the "wisdom of the crowd" to clarify what a permission actually does. Read more Are sysadmins and Google evil hackers? Do almost half of systems administrators read the emails of their co-workers? And has Google found a way into the content-management system of News Limited? Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the HTC Titan II Bill Detwiler cracks open the HTC Titan II. Inside the Windows Phone 7.5 handset, he found hardware from Qualcomm, Samsung, Broadcom and others. View on site Today's recommended downloads Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? (Oracle) E-Form Video Demo (IBM) Why LotusLive Won Out for One Translation Agency (IBM) Slicing Data Center Inefficiencies (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) ESG Security Management Maturity Model (EMC Corporation) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! 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

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