[TechRepublic] WiMAX gets launch date for New York, LA, and San Francisco

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WiMAX gets a launch date for New York, LA, and San Francisco Three of the primary tech epicenters of the U.S. are about to have not one but two 4G networks to choose from by the end of 2010. Read more Resource of the day Free Trial: IBM LotusLive Engage for Online Collaboration LotusLive Engage is a full-range suite of online collaboration services designed to help you drive business. It delivers the essential collaboration tools you need before, during and after your online meeting. Try this free 30-day trial! More from TechRepublic   Windows Phone 7: Ready to fill the gap, or 12 months too late? Jason Hiner has two conflicting ideas about where Windows Phone 7 is headed. Read both and then vote for the one you think is more likely. Read more Adobe tops one million Flash downloads on Android Adobe has more than one million downloads of Flash Player 10.1 on the Android market, but it still has a few kinks to work out on the mobile front. Read more Five ways to be profitable in IT consulting No IT consultant wants to get caught in an engagement that costs him lots of time and effort and makes him very little money. Here are five ways to avoid that situation. Read more News from ZDNet   Are Windows Phone 7 slates waiting in the wings? Don't get your hopes up Is there a secret Windows Phone slate waiting in the wings? I'd say the answer is no. Here's why. Read more IT supervendors: They can buy innovation, but can't maintain it Enterprise technology supervendors are busy gobbling up acquisitions in a strategy that equates to buying R&D. However, that model is unsustainable in the long run, argues Gartner's head of research. Read more Gartner: Rise of tablets will pinch handheld devices but not notebooks The tablet PC market is on the verge of an explosion and, because of their "all-in-one" nature, other electronic devices - think e-readers, handheld gaming devices and portable media players - could feel the pinch the hardest. Mini-notebooks could take the hardest hit. Those are the red-flag warnings issued by... Read more The great-grandfather of open source Open source is necessary to avoid monopoly. It's shared infrastructure that gives businesses a level playing field from which to compete on a higher plane. It's an American idea first put forward almost 200 years ago by Henry Clay. Read more Windows Phone 7: Arriving Late to the Smartphone Buffet Microsoft shows up late to the smartphone party and wonders "Hey, where did everyone go?" Read more AAPL tops $300: Still waiting on Michael Dell's apology The clashing values of quality vs. commodity, and hardware innovation vs. supply chain innovation can be seen in the historic feud of Apple and Dell. This past week, when Apple stock closed at $314, it's hard to remember the days when the "common wisdom" of the technology market was that... Read more Adobe releases Acrobat X: Solves student portfolio challenges These aren't your father's PDFs, to steal a phrase from Oldsmobile. Read more Apple news event rumor roundup With an Apple news event only days away, rumors are rife as to what new delights will be unveiled to tempt people to part with their cash. Let's take a quick tour of what's being predicted. Read more Apple's news event: What's the likelihood that rumors are accurate? Once again, on the heels of an Apple news event, the blogosphere is buzzing with speculation about what the company might introduce on Wednesday. We handicap some of the rumors as we wait for the big event later this week. Read more Apple's iPad goes to campus: A look at the opportunities, hurdles A bevy of universities have Apple iPad pilots underway. Here's a look at the bandwidth requirements and other moving parts involved with supporting an influx of iPads. Read more Will the new MacBook Air be underpowered? Rumors surfaced over the weekend that Apple might announce a new MacBook Air at this week's special event on Wednesday -- but if it still has a Core 2 Duo, I'm not buying. Read more Microsoft trashing OpenOffice is a good thing When people pay attention all the money in the world won't change their minds. And when it's a choice between spending money on something or downloading it, I like my chances, no matter how many attack ads Microsoft puts out. Read more Intel launches "Free Press" an online news magazine Intel is frustrated with the lack of in-depth reporting because journalists have to cover many beats. Which is why it has launched its own news magazine... Read more Does cyberbullying exist, and is technology to blame? Does 'cyberbullying' actually exist? Is Facebook or text messaging to blame, or just a conduit to the inevitable: people taking advantage of a neutral technology? Read more Featured multimedia   How do I move my entire Windows XP installation into Windows 7 with Paragon Go Virtual? In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use Paragon Go Virtual, which is a free tool, to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and run it with Windows Virtual PC. View on site MIT Media Lab celebrates 25 years (photos) The lab opens its doors to outsiders during a 25-year anniversary celebration, showing, among other things, work from the Fluid Interfaces group. View on site Google Earth tackles the universe (photos) Thanks to a partnership with Slooh, Google Earth will now feature a new layer of high-res images of deep space taken by users. View on site The top-10 games of the fall (photos) Though the number of games may be a bit underwhelming compared with holiday seasons past, this year holds a few gems that we think are worth checking out. View on site 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 Migrating your standard Lotus Notes applications to Microsoft SharePoint (Quest Software) Cooling strategies for high-density racks and blade servers (American Power Conversion (APC)) ROI Speak! Use Business Language to Make Your Case for Talent (Oracle) Give Your Long-Term Data Storage Plan a Green Makeover (Quantum) A New Strategy for Today's Information Archiving Challenges (IBM) Best of Tech Sanity Check   The truth about iPad: It's only good for two things Leaderboard: The 10 best Android smartphones We're entering the decade of the developer The dirty little secret about Google Android Follow Jason Hiner on Twitter for real-time updates on the latest tech news   Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! 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[TechRepublic] Downloads

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Legal issues consultants should know about Don't get blindsided by some legal misstep you never even heard of. Calvin Sun runs through the nitty-gritty issues all consultants should be prepared for. Read more Resource of the day Getting Started with In-Memory Databases in ASE 15.5 Sybase ASE 15.5 allows users to optimize certain aspects of database transaction handling—also known as ACID properties—to deliver high performance. Read this white paper to learn the advantages of fully integrated in-memory database support. Better troubleshooting capabilities with Windows 7 Event Viewer Greg Shultz introduces you to some of the new troubleshooting features found in Windows 7 Event Viewer. Read more 10 things I can never find in PowerPoint 2007/2010 If you're having trouble tracking down features you knew by heart in PowerPoint 2003, this list will help you zero in on the options that the newest versions have scattered among various tabs. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Review: Blackbox Security Monitor Blackbox Security Monitor is a free tool that serves as a watchdog on your network, reporting and warning you about certain activity. Read more Featured multimedia   How do I move my entire Windows XP installation into Windows 7 with Paragon Go Virtual? See how to use the free Paragon Go Virtual tool to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and run it with Windows Virtual PC. View on site Fractal art galleries Chaoscope fractals showcase the beauty of chaos Fractal art from the XaoS zoomer Amazing flame fractals take your breath away Flame Fractals continue to dazzle Featured Webcast A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure Security is a concern as more data is compromised by either malicious attacks or employee carelessness. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to explore the most promising ways that IT leaders can ensure the security of their organization. Today's recommended downloads A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure (Canon) The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats (Sunbelt Software) The Value of PC Refresh with Microsoft Windows 7 (Dell) Best Practices for Windows 7 Migration (Dell) Windows 7 Migration Planning (Dell) Members' choice   10 things you should never do on a consulting job There are plenty of ways to shoot yourself in the foot when you're out on a job. Jack Wallen lists a few of the worst offenses. Perennial favorites   Computer hardware inventory list Build a simple timesheet in Excel The PathPing Gadget Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Connect with TechRepublic

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[TechRepublic] IT consultants, document your work!

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IT consultants, document your work! Chip Camden lists three benefits of creating thorough documentation for your clients. He also identifies what sorts of things you should document. Read more Resource of the day Technology Report: Energy-Efficient Cooling for Data Centers Beat the heat in your data center. Compare the efficiency benefits of row-based cooling with other common cooling architectures. Security fundamentals for IT consultants Erik Eckel highlights three common security failures that stand out from his years of IT consulting work. Make sure your clients are protected from these blunders. Read more Five ways to be profitable in IT consulting No IT consultant wants to get caught in an engagement that costs him lots of time and effort and makes him very little money. Here are five ways to avoid that situation. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   GnuCash COULD be a QuickBooks killer Jack Wallen has to regularly deal with the shortcomings of Quickbooks. In this open source blog entry he proposes the features that GnuCash needs to become that infamous Quickbooks killer. Is it possible? Read more Export a Project 2007 task-based issue log to Excel When you share a Microsoft Project 2007 issue log, you may have to put the file in a different format so clients can read it. Here's how to export that file to Microsoft Excel. Read more Poll: Does not having a CS degree limit your job options? With a glut of talent in the market, it is possible that a Computer Science degree may be a major differentiator, particularly for developers. What do you think? Read more Hate networking? Here are some tips I recently had the opportunity to ask Devora Zack, author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, for some tips for those in the TechRepublic membership who aren't comfortable with networking. Read more Hal 9000 highlights TR Questions of the Week - October 18, 2010 The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with smart IT, Mac OS VPN server routing, fingerprint sensors, flash drives, admin privileges, downloads, PSP, and much more. Read more Featured multimedia   How do I move my entire Windows XP installation into Windows 7 with Paragon Go Virtual? In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use Paragon Go Virtual, which is a free tool, to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and run it with Windows Virtual PC. View on site Configure and use shadow copy in Microsoft Windows When it comes to saved files on a hard drive, users have been known to delete, modify, and otherwise render useless important documents and then want them restored to their previous condition. The shadow copy feature in Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 goes a long way toward making that restoration just a few mouse clicks from reality. That is, if you have turned shadow copy on and have it configured properly. Mark Kaelin outlines the steps for you in this How do I tutorial. View on site What works and what doesn't inside Google's labs (photos) After all the code is written, product developers put their visions to the test in front of real people inside the Google Usability Testing Labs. View on site Featured Webcast A Strategy for Keeping Your Data Secure Security is a concern as more data is compromised by either malicious attacks or employee carelessness. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to explore the most promising ways that IT leaders can ensure the security of their organization. 500 Things Every IT Pro Needs to Know   If you have extra budget to spend, TR Pro's 500 Things Every Technology Professional Needs to Know is a wise investment. You'll get tips on the Windows Registry, optimizing and maintaining your PCs, and much more. Order it today! Today's recommended downloads Learn how to accelerate your success with engaging learners in a live webinar (Citrix Online) An ERP Platform Strategy Based on Industry-Standard Servers (Intel) A New Strategy for Today's Information Archiving Challenges (IBM) The Economic Impact of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (Red Hat) The Top 5 Strategic Technologies to Grow Your Business (TechRepublic) Perennial favorites   Sanity saving tips for newbie IT consultants Six ways IT consultants can build their reputation 10 things consultants can do to stay organized Web-based tools recommendations for IT consultants Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Fractal art galleries Chaoscope fractals showcase the beauty of chaos Fractal art from the XaoS zoomer Amazing flame fractals take your breath away Flame Fractals continue to dazzle Connect with TechRepublic

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[TechRepublic] Better troubleshooting means less frustration

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Better troubleshooting capabilities with Windows 7 Event Viewer Greg Shultz introduces you to some of the new troubleshooting features found in Microsoft Windows 7 Event Viewer. Read more Resource of the day Upgrading to Windows 7? Download this Readiness Assessment First Assess your hardware, software, user, and infrastructure readiness before you make the move to Windows 7. Download the Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment to ensure a smooth migration to Windows 7 and reduce costly and unpleasant surprises. Poll: Does augmenting search with social media bring better results? The TechRepublic Windows Blog member poll question: Does augmenting search with social media bring better results? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Survey: Corporate IT budgets looking good for 2011 Technology executives are seeing their budgets rising in 2011 and that money will be allocated to new projects, according to a Wedbush survey. Read more Manage Windows service recovery with program execution When a Windows service will not run, it can be a very frustrating experience for Windows administrators. IT guru Rick Vanover offers admins sanity saving tips. Read more Sharks smell blood when a leader is in trouble Ever wonder why a leader who was previously successful suddenly seems to lose it? To help provide insight into an issue that can affect an entire organization, executive leadership coach John M. McKee uses the example of an executive in such a position. Read more Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions. Read more IT consultants, document your work! Chip Camden lists three benefits of creating thorough documentation for your clients. He also identifies what sorts of things you should document. Read more Featured multimedia   New York Comic Con 2010 costumes and cosplay New York Comic Con was held on October 8-10, 2010. See what costumes and cosplay were at the show. View on site Fractal art galleries Chaoscope fractals showcase the beauty of chaos Fractal art from the XaoS zoomer Amazing flame fractals take your breath away Flame Fractals continue to dazzle 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. 101 Windows XP tips, tweaks, and hacks   Have extra budget to spend? Then order TR Pro's 101 Microsoft Windows XP Tips, Tweaks, and Hacks You Need to Know These tips will help you troubleshoot problems, achieve better performance, and configure your system. You'll also get tweaks and hacks that allow you to customize Windows XP to suit your needs. Order the download today! Today's recommended downloads The Value of PC Refresh with Microsoft Windows 7 (Dell) Windows 7 Migration Planning (Dell) Upgrading to Windows 7? Download this Readiness Assessment First (Dell) Learn How Dell Helped One Leading Firm Migrate to Windows 7 (Dell) Best Practices for Windows 7 Migration (Dell) Perennial favorites   Add a logo and technical support information to System page 10 things you can do to increase performance Uncover the performance benefits of the Favorite Links list Take advantage of tools to monitor memory usage in Windows 7 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Roundup   Photos of the 10 inaugural Windows Phone 7 devices Microsoft flipped the switch on Windows Phone 7 on Monday and unveiled the first 10 devices that will run the new OS. See photos of all 10. TechRepublic newsletters   Get smartphones news, product reviews, and need-to-know lists in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things Connect with TechRepublic

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