[TechRepublic] How Microsoft brought the NT core to ARM

Windows Desktop TechRepublic Member | July 16, 2012

Experiment 19: The back story of Microsoft's work to bring NT core to ARM A new Microsoft Research page acknowledges efforts dating back to 2008 to move the Windows NT core to ARM, which ended up impacting both Windows RT and Windows Phone 8. Read more The other hidden cost of running Windows on a Mac: battery life Thinking of buying a MacBook so you can run Windows on it? You might want to think again. A year's worth of data suggests that you'll pay a steep price in battery life. Read more Resource of the day On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business If you thought luck only happens to a select few, you're wrong. Serendipity can be planned and fostered to occur early and often. How you ask? Good question. Don't miss this webcast with Lane Becker, the author of "Get Lucky," as he shows how to guarantee success. Posts from TechRepublic   10 ways to speed up Windows 7 You don't have to live with a Windows 7 machine that's becoming unbearably slow. Here are 10 basic steps that will optimize system performance. Read more Microsoft and Google may not like it but they're marching to Apple's drumbeat Every so often a force appears in technology that carries all before it. For the moment, Apple is just such a phenomenon. Read more It's time to build the USS Enterprise Read about one engineer's proposal that we should build a ship that resembles Star Trek's USS Enterprise within the next 20 years. What do you think of his idea? Read more Featured multimedia   Product Spotlight: UniBlue SpeedUpMyPC 2012 View on site Saving Luke's 'Star Wars' home in Tatooine (pictures) We take a look at a few famous "Star Wars" locations as they stand now in the sands of Tunisia, and the inspiring story of how fans restored the small hut known as the Lars homestead. View on site Today's recommended downloads On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) PHD Virtual Citrix XenServer Backup Software Trial Download (PHD Virtual Technologies) Have You Supersized Your Data Center? Avoid the Pitfalls of Oversizing (APC by Schneider Electric) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Analytics and the Smarter Planet (IBM) Favorite Windows Tips   Quick Tip: Shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7 Quick Tip: Create a new partition with Windows 7 tool Quick Tip: Get more Send To choices in Windows Explorer with one keystroke Quick Tip: Speed up menus in Windows 7   Connect with TechRepublic Techies: Overfed, overworked, and overtired Techies are eating too much, working into the night and not getting enough sleep, according to a recent survey. Is a job in IT incompatible with a healthy lifestyle? 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] Deciding who pays for a client-related expense

IT Consultant TechRepublic Member | July 16, 2012

Deciding who pays for a client-related expense Get general guidelines on when consultants or their clients should pay for such expenses as travel, necessary equipment and software, and paid software licenses. 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   From the trenches: Troubleshooting and securing SonicWall Consultant Bob Eisenhardt recounts a recent experience working with a small office's SonicWall V200. If you've ever tangled with one of these devices, these tips might help. Read more Why a small business can benefit from an IT consultant Because the first year of a new business tends to be the "make it or break it" moment, small businesses can benefit from hiring an IT consulting firm for a number of reasons. Read more Mozilla does the unthinkable Mozilla made the jaw dropping announcement they are (sort of) halting the development of the single most important open source email client, Thunderbird. Jack Wallen offers his take on this odd news. Read more Use VBA to find late finish dates in Microsoft Project 2010 Reduce your project administration burden by using VBA code to identify late tasks within the context of your overall Microsoft Project 2010 schedule. Read more Agile Platform's Lifetime makes application deployments a breeze Read about the OutSystems Agile Platform 7.0's new Lifetime application deployment and lifecycle management feature. Read more Testing the limits of cloud scalability: Real-world results Thoran Rodrigues describes a recent experience that involved spinning up 70 cloud servers for an intensive data-processing project. Here is what he learned from this real-world experiment. Read more Featured multimedia   Five good mapping apps for various needs Mapping apps are available for every conceivable need -- from getting simple directions to navigating a venue to learning about the world. View on site Slideshow: Detailed performance troubleshooting with the Windows 8 Task Manager Processes tab Delve deeper into the many layers of performance information available in the Windows 8 Task Manager Processes tab. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) PHD Virtual Citrix XenServer Backup Software Trial Download (PHD Virtual Technologies) 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 Techies: Overfed, overworked, and overtired Techies are eating too much, working into the night and not getting enough sleep, according to a recent survey. Is a job in IT incompatible with a healthy lifestyle? 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] How to add Cloudwatch monitors to auto-scale AWS

The Enterprise Cloud TechRepublic Member | July 16, 2012

How to add Cloudwatch monitors to auto-scale your Amazon Web Service Nick Hardiman details the steps involved in adding CloudWatch monitors to keep tabs on your AWS performance so that auto-scaling will work properly. Read more Resource of the day Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones You need the ability to support users on today's most popular platforms -- including iPhones and iPads. LogMeIn Rescue can help. Test drive LogMeIn Rescue for free and start providing complete on-demand remote support to customers and colleagues. Additional TechRepublic resources   Testing the limits of cloud scalability: Real-world results Thoran Rodrigues describes a recent experience that involved spinning up 70 cloud servers for an intensive data-processing project. Here is what he learned from this real-world experiment. Read more Start using your first Azure IaaS VM in less than 15 minutes John Joyner shows you the easy steps to starting up your first Azure IaaS virtual machine. In this example, he deploys a Windows 2008 R2 server image. Read more Cloud security: Why the future's bright - but not if you're on the dark side If we are to keep the crooks and fraudsters at bay, we'll have to think differently about the way we store our data. The cloud provides a wonderful opportunity to do just that. Read more 10 ways to optimize business analytics in your organization Business analytics enables companies to make better decisions and become more competitive -- but only if it's approached the right way. Read more ICANN and gTLDs: Six steps you should take to protect your brand Companies need to check whether any of the new generic top-level domains are confusingly similar to their own brands - and where that's the case, they need to know what action to take. Read more Featured multimedia   Product Spotlight: UniBlue SpeedUpMyPC 2012 View on site Embrace your inner nerd at Comic-Con Preview Night The San Diego Comic-Con's Preview Night has become the defacto convention kick-off, and this year did not disappoint with everything from seven Iron Man suits of armor to James Bond's boat. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Ten ways to protect your company and still allow BYOD BYOD in the enterprise certainly has its benefits, but also some dangerous pitfalls. So how do you protect your company and still allow your team to bring in their own smartphones and tablets? This live webcast will show you. Today's recommended downloads On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) The Evolution of the Electronics Industry (IBM) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) WhiteWater West Drives Agility, Tackles Unprecedented Growth with NetApp and Microsoft (NetApp) Analytics and the Smarter Planet (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Techies: Overfed, overworked, and overtired Techies are eating too much, working into the night and not getting enough sleep, according to a recent survey. Is a job in IT incompatible with a healthy lifestyle? 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] Create a Hello World iPhone app

App Builder TechRepublic Member | July 16, 2012

Create a Hello World iPhone app Learn how to implement the classic Hello World app for the iPhone -- no coding required. The tutorial also has the added bonus of supporting multiple orientations. Read more Resource of the day On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business If you thought luck only happens to a select few, you're wrong. Serendipity can be planned and fostered to occur early and often. How you ask? Good question. Don't miss this webcast with Lane Becker, the author of "Get Lucky," as he shows how to guarantee success. Additional TechRepublic resources   Development options for the BlackBerry 10 platform At BlackBerry 10 Jam Singapore, Paul Mah learned that RIM has invested heavily in the developer ecosystem and about its development options for the upcoming platform. Read more Why mobile Flash didn't pan out There was a time when having Flash on a mobile device was a selling point, but now that time is over. Can HTML5 fill its place? Read more Infographic: Windows Phone has stopped losing market share This Statista infographic by comSCore shows the recent stability of Microsoft Windows Phone market share in the United States. Read more Curated Android app markets: QA prep and possible rejection Before you submit an Android app to a curated store, read these tips on passing the QA process and responding in a productive way if your app is rejected. Read more Poll: Is the Google+ App better on an Apple iPad? The Google+ App for the Apple iPad wants to run your next event and host your next online hangout. Will it? Read more Poll: Do you say 'yes' to freelance consulting work? Some developers are full-time consultants, while others moonlight or opt not to dip their toes in consulting work. Do you accept freelance consulting gigs? Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (2012) Bill Detwiler cracks open the 13-inch MacBook Pro (2012) and finds few design changes but many significant hardware updates. View on site Five helpful Google Chrome extensions Extensions make it easy to add convenience and functionality to the Chrome browser. Here are five good ones worth checking out. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Cloud-managed security vs. on-premise security: How to choose When it comes to cloud computing, there are benefits to growing businesses, but security is an issue that is always raised. This webcast explores advantages to both cloud and on-premise security solutions. Discover which is right for you. Today's recommended downloads On Demand Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) IDC Report: Increasing IT Infrastructure Performance in Midsized Firms (NetApp) PHD Virtual Citrix XenServer Backup Software Trial Download (PHD Virtual Technologies) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) Connect with TechRepublic Techies: Overfed, overworked, and overtired Techies are eating too much, working into the night and not getting enough sleep, according to a recent survey. Is a job in IT incompatible with a healthy lifestyle? 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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