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Steampunk: A way of life for some designers   Resource of the day What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.     Additional TechRepublic resources   A geek's guide to the fall TV lineup Wally Bahny says the fall lineup of TV shows may provide the average geek with at least several hours of entertainment a week outside of video games. What geeky TV shows are you watching? Read more Zombie-themed college course: Would you sign up for the class? Studying zombies in college sounds like the setup for a bad joke about exhausted students, but Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg is actually offering an English 333 level course on zombies at the University of Baltimore. 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10 things you should know about supporting mobile devices The explosion of mobile device usage in business has led to some tricky and unexpected support challenges. Brien Posey lists some of the concerns IT pros should be aware of. Read more   Resource of the day What are the highest paying job roles? IT Professionals - Find out in the 2010 activeTechPros IT salary & skills report. Be a member for free access. * * * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals Join activeBizPros and identify the highest paying job roles in your country with our salary benchmark wizard.   10 must-have Linux desktop enhancements Among the variety of enhancements for the Linux desktop, there are a few gems that will really blow you away. Jack Wallen pinpoints some additions you'll definitely want to try. Read more 10 steps to setting up page numbering in Word sections If you've ever been outfoxed by Word's page numbering options in a multiple-section document, here's good news: Controlling how the pages in each section are numbered is actually pretty easy. Susan Harkins demystifies this Word feature. Read more   Additional TechRepublic resources   How do I customize the Windows 7 Start Menu? Microsoft Windows 7 allows you to customize the Start Menu in many different ways. Mark Kaelin shows you how this relatively simple process works. Read more       Don't let clients make you the scapegoat If clients need a scapegoat, they might think that an outside consultant is the perfect patsy. Learn how to spot when a prospect is setting you up for failure. Read more   Geek hobby galleries A tantalizing look at hobby robotics Astrophotography by AstronomyBoy Astrophotography: The ultimate geek hobby Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style Computer desk, steampunk style   Featured Webcast Straight Talk about Agile, ALM, and Cloud Listen to Forrester analyst Dave West and Kevin Hancock, Director of Services at CollabNet, address the most current trends, challenges, and frequently asked questions on Agile development, application lifecycle management (ALM), and the cloud. Today's recommended downloads What are the highest paying job roles? Straight Talk about Agile, ALM, and Cloud (CollabNet) Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software (Uptime Software) Free Trial: IBM LotusLive iNotes Email Service (IBM) Free Trial: IBM LotusLive Engage for Online Collaboration (IBM) Members' choice   Five tips for speeding up Windows XP performance You may be able to improve a sluggish Windows XP system with a trip to the Performance Options dialog box. Here are a few tweaks worth trying.   More Five Tips favorites   Five tips for improving Linux security Five tips for becoming a better leader Five tips for keyboard cleanup Five tips for handling hostile clients   Automatically sign up for the Five Tips newsletter   Screenshots: 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths Jason Hiner has said that the Apple iPad is only good at two things but that it's really good at those two things. As a result, he's compiled a list of his 20 favorite apps for taking advantage of the iPad's strengths.   adshere adshere   TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, product reviews, and smartphones news in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Product Spotlight Smartphones Five Tips       adshere