[TechRepublic] Memorial Day Desktop Wallpaper

Windows Desktop TechRepublic Member | May 28, 2012

Desktop Wallpaper: Memorial Day Resource of the day Social Media Analytics: Making Customer Insights Actionable Check out this white paper to learn more about social media analytics and what they can do for your business. Posts from ZDNet   Visual Studio LightSwitch: Will it emerge from sleeper status? The first version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio LightSwitch dev tool has achieved only modest traction in the market. Here’s a set of recommendations from an ardent supporter of the product. Read more Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive: which one is right for you? If you’re a Windows user looking for free online storage, three services stand out from the rest. Although Dropbox, SkyDrive, and Google Drive are superficially similar, there are some big differences. Here’s what to look for. Read more Featured multimedia   Desktop wallpaper: Eclipses Solar and lunar eclipses are some of the most fascinating astronomical events to take place and still be visible from the Earth's surface. View on site Windows 7 Files That Contain Icons As you know, when creating a shortcut you have the opportunity to choose a custom icon. When you do, you’ll see a list of 300 icons that come from the shell32.dll file. However, this isn’t the only native Windows file that contains a whole set of icons. There are others. View on site Cracking Open the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Bill Detwiler cracked open the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight and uncovered how Barnes and Noble made it lighter and gave it an integrated reading light. View on site 50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr. View on site Exhibit explores 'The Art of Video Games' (images) New exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates 40 years of gaming. View on site Today's recommended downloads Optimize the Virtual Environment without Draining Your Resources (Condusiv Technologies) Keeping Your SQL Server Databases Defragmented with Diskeeper (Condusiv Technologies) Download a Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer (Condusiv Technologies) IBM Watson: Milestones in Healthcare (IBM) Solutions for Today's Smart Business (IBM)   Message to subscribers The Windows Desktop newsletter is now a co-branded TechRepublic and ZDNet offering. In addition to tips and tutorials from TechRepublic Windows bloggers, you will get news and insights about Microsoft from ZDNet bloggers Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott. We hope you enjoy this expanded Microsoft Windows coverage. TechRepublic's Microsoft Windows blog ZDNet's All About Microsoft blog ZDNet's The Ed Bott Report blog Connect with TechRepublic Wanted: A BBC Micro for the 21st century Steve Ranger discusses why we need a modern-day successor to the classic eight-bit BBC Micro to inspire the next generation of programmers. 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] Deliverables: Reality and perception in client invoices

IT Consultant TechRepublic Member | May 28, 2012

Deliverables: Reality and perception in client invoices Trust, honesty, and openness with your client are especially important when invoicing for a project that require days or weeks of attention before reaching a milestone. 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 Agile grows up and new challenges emerge The conversation shift from "why should we adopt agile?" to "how can we adapt to agile across the enterprise?" presents a new set of cultural and tactical challenges. Read more Researching your first date with a potential services client Follow these five tips on how to make a great best first impression when you go into an initial meeting with a prospect. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Top tips for troubleshooting your Apple products Don't spin your wheels trying to fix a problem with an Apple product. These tips will help you find the shortest route to a speedy solution. Read more Fedora's crowdsourced open source documentation achievement During the 2012 FUDCON something amazing was pulled off that typifies the open source community. Read more FileMaker intros new database software Erik Eckel introduces the capabilities of the new FileMaker 12 Pro, Go, and Server editions. Read more 10 things you should do when moving to online collaborative project management Online collaborative project management solves many traditional PM problems -- but it can also introduce a few of its own. Read more Getting HTML5 to work on a simple site Justin James reviews The HTML5 Developer's Cookbook and describes using the Modernizr library to convert some features on his site to HTML5. Read more How to switch boot partitions through a VPN tunnel Daryl Lucas explains how he rebooted his office PC into a different OS while tunneled into it through a VPN tunnel. Read more Create an online shopping presence with ease using PrestaShop The open source PrestaShop ecommerce solution comes with more than 200 features. Here's what you need to know to install the all-in-one shopping site. Read more Five things you should know before trying to fix a smartphone or tablet Bill Detwiler shares essential advice for everyone who wants to repair a cracked iPad screen or broken smartphone. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: Add support for legacy help files in Windows 7 Add legacy support for the older Windows Help format to Microsoft Windows 7. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365, and why it's the best office suite on the market. Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report A New Day: How Smarter Computing can Grow Capacity on Flat Costs (IBM) Smarter Planet Leadership Series: Air Canada (IBM) Retail in the Smarter City (IBM) The Evolution of the Electronics Industry (IBM) Perennial favorites   When clients embrace innovation for the wrong reasons IT consultants: Don't let your niche define you IT consultants' four overselling mistakes Telling clients 'I don't know' is acceptable Connect with TechRepublic Wanted: A BBC Micro for the 21st century Steve Ranger discusses why we need a modern-day successor to the classic eight-bit BBC Micro to inspire the next generation of programmers. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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[TechRepublic] Verify AWS files by using keys and signatures

The Enterprise Cloud TechRepublic Member | May 28, 2012

How to perform security checks on AWS files using keys and signatures Nick Hardiman walks you through the process of verifying AWS files by working with public keys provided by Amazon and using digital signatures. Read more Resource of the day Optimizing Your Virtual Platform Without Messing it Up Read this white paper to learn how to come up with a virtualization strategy that optimizes your network while avoiding costly pitfalls. Read it now to learn more. Google Apps v. Office 365: Calendar features Ian Hardenburgh continues his comparison charts of Google Apps and Office 365 apps and features with this detailed look at the Calendar offerings. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Review: Wuala cloud storage Wuala's mesh network and security model for file encryption definitely make it worth serious consideration. Read more Three tools for better searching in Google Apps There are at least three third-party add-on tools that provide better and faster searching for Google App users. Read more Modernize group brainstorming with Google Apps Use a shared Google spreadsheet to facilitate the success of your next brainstorming session. Read more IT service skills: Why this gap needs urgent plugging The jobs of IT service managers now extend well beyond their old fiefdoms of helpdesks and maintenance. But that shift has created an urgent need for relevant skills. Read more On the road? My seven tips for keeping hackers at bay Hackers aren't always miles away. They can be sitting next to you waiting for the chance to get into your device and onto your network. Read more Featured multimedia   Five tools to tame your photo management chaos If you're being buried in an avalanche of images, one of these tools may help you regain control. View on site Today's recommended downloads Running Diskeeper and V-locity on SAN connected systems (Condusiv Technologies) Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership (SuccessFactors) 24 Technical Considerations for a Defragmentation Solution (Condusiv Technologies) Download a Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer (Condusiv Technologies) Office 365 Migration Guide: Approaches, Techniques and Challenges (Quest Software) Connect with TechRepublic Wanted: A BBC Micro for the 21st century Steve Ranger discusses why we need a modern-day successor to the classic eight-bit BBC Micro to inspire the next generation of programmers. 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] Android browser showdown

App Builder TechRepublic Member | May 28, 2012

Android browser showdown gallery Resource of the day Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks What's slowing your network down? Find out fast with powerful, free software that gives you a network-wide at-a-glance view of fragmentation accumulation. Discover bottlenecks before they cost you time and effort tracking them down. Additional TechRepublic resources   Three ways game developers can avoid cloning Two attorneys offer gaming companies advice on actions to take that may help them avoid becoming victims of cloning. Read more Use Contacts in Windows Phone 7 development Learn how to use Contacts when developing WP7 apps, and read about two approaches for using the data from this class. Read more Create a custom checkbox in your Android app When dealing with a checkbox in Android, a custom selector is assigned to the button property. This is important to know before following this Android tutorial. Read more HDmobile: All the important standards rolled into one Joshua Burke takes a look at HDmobile by TranSwitch, which is a complete mobility solution that converges standards to offer high definition video connectivity. Read more Scuba dive with FOSS? There's an app for that Looking to try a new summer activity? Marco Fioretti highlights some open source software that helps scuba divers keep track of their vital dive data. Read more Five things you should know before trying to fix a smartphone or tablet Bill Detwiler shares essential advice for everyone who wants to repair a cracked iPad screen or broken smartphone. Read more How the iPad is helping save Greece In the midst of a stormy economic crisis, Greece was able to save $140 billion in debt with the help of the Apple iPad and some great software. Read more ASUS gets it right with the TF300, but is it too late? Donovan Colbert is impressed with the ASUS TF300, and he can use it to complete most of his IT work. With the proliferation of iOS devices, do you think it's too late for Android tablets? Read more Featured multimedia   Five tools to tame your photo management chaos If you're being buried in an avalanche of images, one of these tools may help you regain control. View on site Today's recommended downloads Silver Peak VXOA: A Foundation for Universal WAN Optimization (Silver Peak Systems, Inc.) Optimize the Virtual Environment without Draining Your Resources (Condusiv Technologies) Improved Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets (APC by Schneider Electric) Get Your Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 - Server Edition (Condusiv Technologies) Diskeeper 2011 Server Edition - Free Trial (Condusiv Technologies) Connect with TechRepublic Wanted: A BBC Micro for the 21st century Steve Ranger discusses why we need a modern-day successor to the classic eight-bit BBC Micro to inspire the next generation of programmers. 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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