Obsolete tech worth keeping, deciding who can work from home, getting along with vendors

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10 obsolete technologies that are still useful Before you retire that camcorder and cancel your landline service, see why Brien Posey thinks some vintage tech is worth hanging onto. Read more Resource of the day Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Secure your journey to the cloud. Download your complimentary resources from Trend Micro, including white papers, analyst reports & articles. 10 things you should know about your clients (but probably don't) Your client relationships will be stronger if you know a thing or two -- or 10 -- about their needs, preferences, and the business itself. Read more 10 questions to determine whether an employee can work from home If you're thinking about letting staff members telecommute, ask yourself these questions -- about you, your department, and your employees. Read more 10 things you can do to ensure good vendor relationships Your projects will go more smoothly if you get along with your vendors -- and part of the responsibility for a healthy vendor relationship lies with you. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Tweak Windows 8 to remove the Metro Interface We have been saying all along that you can opt out of the tiles interface in Windows 8. Mark Kaelin shows you the registry tweak to make it happen. Read more How to deliver criticism to a sensitive employee Employees who get emotional in the face of criticism are often hard to deal with. Here are some tips for making it easier for you and for them. Read more When subcontractors poach: Watch for these warning signs If you have an inkling that a subcontractor is trying to steal your clients, these red flags might help you confirm or squelch your suspicions. Read more Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 wacky IT office pranks Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths The 10 best tablets of 2011 [UPDATED] Most unusual resume mistakes Today's recommended downloads Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Prepare an ERM classification scheme Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) 30 day trial of Foglight Experience Monitor Appliance (Quest Software) Call for writers: Cloud applications and services TechRepublic is looking for a few good writers on the subject of cloud services and applications. Read the details here. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Smartphones Tech Sanity Check Five Apps

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[TechRepublic] Infographic: The innovations that led to the iPhone

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Infographic: The innovations that led to the iPhone Take a look at a visual history of the people, products, and ideas that led to the modern iPhone, and all smartphones in general. Read more Resource of the day Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Secure your journey to the cloud. Download your complimentary resources from Trend Micro, including white papers, analyst reports & articles. More from TechRepublic   It's a IT job seekers' market: Employers need new tactics to recruit IT pros With unemployment in the tech sector at a 3.3 percent low, employers need to restructure their game plans for recruiting and retaining top talent. Read more iCloud in the business setting: Evaluating the pros and cons Erik Eckel looks at iCloud from the perspective of the small business. Can it be utilized for more than personal storage? Read more Careers are like nature: Only the fittest survive Ever notice that some people have great careers even though they're not the best at what they do? This week, John M McKee says that's because they know the most important rule of success. He shares it in this blog. Read more News from ZDNet   Meg Whitman's ledger: Is she up to running HP? HP has to decide whether its recent issues are about the leadership or its plan to ditch PCs and bolster software and services. Read more Apple's iPad to have 'free run' in holiday shopping season Garter says that until Android can get its hardware, software and services act together, the tablet market belongs to Apple's iPad. Read more Google busts itself for distributing malware Who says Google favors its own properties? When the company's Safe Browsing service checked Google.com, it found that 50 pages resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without... Read more Verizon CEO: There will be a legit No. 3 mobile OS "Carriers are beginning to coalesce around the need for a third ecosystem," says Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. Read more Should good leaders embrace uncertainty? At IBM's Think global leadership summit in New York, MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito urged corporate leaders to embrace serendipity. Read more How to lead the world (in eight easy steps) What does leadership mean in an age of globalization? A panel of experts debated theory and reality at IBM's Think global leadership summit on Wednesday. Read more Windows 8: First steps with the dual personality on tablets I installed Windows 8 on a touch tablet sold with Windows 7 onboard, and while I like the Metro interface the dual personality of the new OS is not natural. Read more UK's delayed national health IT programme officially scrapped The UK's National Health Service is told to scrap the £11 billion IT project to centralize health and patient records, after a string of failures, over-spending and delays. Read more Citrix Analyst Meeting - killer demo Citrix showed the power available when a supplier can deploy a well-integrated set of access virtualization, application virtualization and processing virtualization products. Read more Up for sale Hulu: Now with more than 1 million paying subscribers Hulu has reached a crucial 1 million paid subscriber marks, but plans to sell the company appear to be unshaken. Read more Nikon 1 ILC cameras unveiled: V1 sports small sensor, big price Nikon's flagship interchangeable lens compact camera, the new Nikon 1 V1, has a smaller sensor and lower resolution than similarly high-priced rivals, but packs the features into a small package. Read more Why do Facebook users hate change? Facebook, as a social phenomenon, a greater oddity exists when the site changes its layout or features. Why do Facebook users hate change, or is it a wider societal problem? Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Sony Tablet S Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony Tablet S. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Nvidia, Elpida, Samsung, and UEI. View on site Today's recommended downloads KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Prepare an ERM classification scheme Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) Live Webcast: The Perfect Storm - Drive Customer Satisfaction Up and Costs Down (Citrix Online)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies 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 My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Professions that would benefit from tablet techology Jack Wallen believes the opportunity offered by tablet hardware is seriously overlooked. He lists several industries and professions that would benefit from tablet technology. < ZDNet's Great Debate newsletter We're excited to announce ZDNet's new Great Debate series, where each week we'll pit two experts against each other on a hot topic in tech. Part Oxford-style debate, part Fight Club, you won't want to miss it. Sign up for ZDNet's Great Debate newsletter to follow the action.   Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 wacky IT office pranks Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths The 10 best tablets of 2011 [UPDATED] Most unusual resume mistakes

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[TechRepublic] How to speed up a sluggish Mac

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How to speed up a sluggish Mac Wil Limoges shares his tips for speeding up a Mac that seems bogged down by performance problems. Read more Resource of the day KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here Install OS X Lion from a bootable flash drive Bill Detwiler shows you how to create a bootable USB flash drive and use it to install OS X Lion. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   iCloud in the business setting: Evaluating the pros and cons Erik Eckel looks at iCloud from the perspective of the small business. Can it be utilized for more than personal storage?Read more OS X Lion passwords vulnerable to hack that allows admin access OS X security takes a hit as it is revealed that a trivial hack could allow any user to change other users' passwords and gain full administrative access to the system. Read more Featured multimedia   Apple Thunderbolt Display (photos) Apple's new Thunderbolt Display is not just sleek and huge, it can also turn any Thunderbolt-enabled Macbook into a high-end workstation in a matter of seconds. View on site Five super useful iPad Safari tricks (photos) We uncovered five very useful, built-in tools you can enable right now in Safari for iPad. Surf faster, be more efficient, and become a browsing master with these easy tips. View on site Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 wacky IT office pranks Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths The 10 best tablets of 2011 [UPDATED] Most unusual resume mistakes Today's recommended downloads KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Prepare an ERM classification scheme Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Cloud Security Demo (Symantec) Professions that would benefit from tablet techology Jack Wallen believes the opportunity offered by tablet hardware is seriously overlooked. He lists several industries and professions that would benefit from tablet technology. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Smartphones Tech Sanity Check Five Apps

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[TechRepublic] Microsoft's love affair with security has lost its passion

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Microsoft's love affair with security has lost its passion Debra Littlejohn Shinder is beginning to feel as if the romance has gone out of Microsoft's love affair with security. Read more Resource of the day KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here More from TechRepublic   Sony Tablet S teardown: Wild wedge-shaped case hides unique hardware Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony Tablet S and finds internal hardware that's as unique as the Android tablet's wedge-shaped exterior. Read more iCloud in the business setting: Evaluating the pros and cons Erik Eckel looks at iCloud from the perspective of the small business. Can it be utilized for more than personal storage? Read more Professions that would benefit from tablet techology Jack Wallen believes the opportunity offered by tablet hardware is seriously overlooked. He lists several industries and professions that would benefit from tablet technology. Read more Tweak Windows 8 to remove the Metro Interface We have been saying all along that you can opt out of the tiles interface in Windows 8. Mark Kaelin shows you the registry tweak to make it happen. Read more News from ZDNet   Did Al Gore confirm new 'iPhones' coming in October? How much does the former Vice President know about the iPhone 5? Read more Google's Schmidt bends the truth on Android's openness to Senators Google's Eric Schmidt's testimony in front of the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee suggests that Android is open for all. But that may be bending the facts. Read more Google's Schmidt, Senators bicker over whether links were 'cooked' A Senator charges that Google is cooking links to favor its own properties. Google's Eric Schmidt said "I can assure you we haven't cooked anything." Read more Google goes to Capitol Hill: Messaging wars next Google's Eric Schmidt will be grilled by a Senate committee, but the real messaging wars have already started. Read more HP reportedly pondering Whitman for Apotheker CEO swap Leo Apotheker's days as HP's CEO look to be over after less than a year at the helm. Read more Will ousting Apotheker at HP make any difference? A baying media seems ready to write Leo Apotheker's epitaph. But will it make any difference? Read more Microsoft tries to block Linux off Windows 8 PCs Microsoft may say that Linux isn't enemy number one anymore, but they sure still act like it is. Read more Will Windows 8 block users from dual-booting Linux? Microsoft won't say Some are concerned that Microsoft's coming Windows 8 secure-boot technologies and policies could result in users being unable to dual-boot Linux alongside Windows 8. Microsoft officials aren't... Read more The big Windows 8 tablet challenge Windows 8 is much more than a tablet OS, and that may be its downfall in the hot mobile market. Read more Even supercomputers have their limits Australian scientists fret about processing capacity; see cloud computing as a solution. Read more Microsoft boosts dividend 25 percent to attract new investors Microsoft's share price is stagnating, and long-term investors are asking for a greater return. Is it time for Steve Ballmer to go? Read more Facebook increases status update character limit to 5,000 Facebook has increased the status update box character limit to 5,000. At the same time though, it has removed the status update box from the News Feed. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Sony Tablet S Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony Tablet S. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Nvidia, Elpida, Samsung, and UEI. View on site Alternative fuels get a workout in fleets (photos) Fleet operators are leading-edge users of a range of alternative fuels, including EVs, hybrids, natural gas, and propane. View on site Today's recommended downloads KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Prepare an ERM classification scheme Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Cloud Security Demo (Symantec) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies 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 My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Professions that would benefit from tablet techology Jack Wallen believes the opportunity offered by tablet hardware is seriously overlooked. He lists several industries and professions that would benefit from tablet technology. < ZDNet's Great Debate newsletter We're excited to announce ZDNet's new Great Debate series, where each week we'll pit two experts against each other on a hot topic in tech. Part Oxford-style debate, part Fight Club, you won't want to miss it. Sign up for ZDNet's Great Debate newsletter to follow the action.   Hot TechRepublic blog posts The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks 10 wacky IT office pranks Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths The 10 best tablets of 2011 [UPDATED] Most unusual resume mistakes

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