[TechRepublic] Samsung Fascinate ruined by Verizon meddling

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Samsung Fascinate review: How Verizon meddling ruined an excellent Android phone The Samsung Fascinate could have been one of the top Android devices, but Verizon sabotaged it by manipulating it for the carrier's own gain. See how. Read more Logitech Revue (Google TV): photos Resource of the day ITSM in the Cloud - A Change in the Weather Whatever your opinion of "cloud computing," there can be no doubt that it has firmly entered into the IT lexicon. But what exactly is cloud computing? Join us and hear insights on cloud computing and its increasing role in IT service management. Review: Writeboard Online Collaboration Service The Writeboard Online Collaboration Service is a user-friendly, online collaboration tool that will bring your offices together. Read more The top 10 Android smartphones (for now) A hot new Android phone seems to hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, Jason Hiner put together this list of the 10 best Android smartphones, based on the quality and value of each device. Read more Skyfire 2.0 browser for Android blows away the competition Jack Wallen says Skyfire stands out as one of the best and fastest browsers for Android. Here are highlights of Skyfire 2.0's unique features. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 ways to share your Word 2010 documents The need for collaboration technologies keeps growing, and Word 2010 includes a number of features that address that need. You might be surprised at how many ways there are to share your Word content. Read more 10 most popular technology courses Want to boost your tech skills but don't know quite where to start? Here are the current most popular tech courses, according to TechRepublic's Training channel. Read more The best tools and methods to track down suspect IP addresses and URLs Jack Wallen provides some basic recon tools and methods for finding IP addresses and URLs that you may need to track down for purposes of blocking, contacting, or satisfying simple curiosity. Read more Geek Gifts 2010: Personal Soundtrack Shirt The Personal Soundtrack Shirt, which was originally an April Fool's joke, comes with 20 pre-programmed sounds - but you can also load your own MP3 files and discreetly play them (and adjust the volume) with a battery-operated, wired remote. Read more Geek Gifts 2010: VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV With built-in Wi-Fi and Internet apps, the VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV is a very good television at a very reasonable price. Read more Featured multimedia   Apple MacBook Air Teardown (2010 11-inch) Bill Detwiler cracks open the redesigned 2010 11-inch MacBook Air. See the hardware inside Apple's ultra-thin notebook. View on site Apple iPad galleries 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths 20 iPad competitors to watch Apple iPad: The biggest annoyances Cracking open the Apple iPad 3G Featured Webcast ITSM in the Cloud - A Change in the Weather Whatever your opinion of "cloud computing," there can be no doubt that it has firmly entered into the IT lexicon. But what exactly is cloud computing? Join us and hear insights on cloud computing and its increasing role in IT service management. Today's recommended downloads State of Virtualization (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) Learn the Advantages of ASE 15.5 In-Memory Databases (Sybase) Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software (Uptime Software) Optimized Desktop Infrastructure Using Dell Flexible Computing Solutions (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) Free White Paper: Realizing the Full Benefits of Virtualization (American Power Conversion (APC)) Defragmentation Applications   UltraDefrag tool MyDefrag 4.2.6 Smart Defrag Defraggler Bookmark the Product Spotlight Blog   Testifying as an expert witness in computer crimes cases As an IT pro, it's possible that you may be called to testify as an expert witness in cybercrime cases if your training and expertise qualify you. Deb Shinder tells potential expert witnesses what to expect and how to prepare. TechRepublic newsletters   Get net admin tips, tech tutorials and news, and off-topic posts in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Network Administrator Five Tips IT News Digest Geekend

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[TechRepublic] Policy creation often falls on IT leaders

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Policy creation often falls on IT leadership With social networking policies becoming the bailiwick of IT in small to medium-sized companies, IT leaders may need some help. Read more NASA Images: More desktop wallpaper from the space program Resource of the day The advantages of row and rack-oriented cooling architectures This white paper contrasts room, row, and rack architectures and shows why row-oriented cooling will emerge as the preferred solution for most next-generation data centers. (Sponsored by APC) Never assume an employee knows his own performance issues Human beings have a remarkable ability for retrospective sense-making. Here's how to be prepared for that in an employee performance review. Read more Participate in the TechRepublic and Global Knowledge 2011 IT Skills and Salary Survey Want to be a part of important research into what IT pros earn and what training and certs matter most? Then you should participate in the 2011 TechRepublic and Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Survey. Read more Are you "too sensitive" for your career? In business, being regarded as “too sensitive” may not be to your benefit. However, if you are truly a highly sensitive person, knowing you're too sensitive can help. Read more Five tips for managing your LDAP data LDAP is a complex system, and successfully setting up and maintaining it can be tricky. Jack Wallen shares a few key bits of advice to help make LDAP more manageable. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   The top 10 Android smartphones (for now) A hot new Android phone seems to hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, Jason Hiner put together this list of the 10 best Android smartphones, based on the quality and value of each device. Read more 10 ways for road warriors to avoid snags and snafus From small aggravations to huge headaches, a lot can go wrong when you hit the road. Veteran globetrotter Brien Posey offers some advice that will help you stay productive when you travel. Read more Configuring VLANs for vSphere virtualization One of the best features of the virtualized infrastructure is the ability to have VLANs presented to guest VMs through a virtual switch. Rick Vanover goes back to basics to show how to bring a VLAN to an ESXi host. Read more Set the PowerShell execution policy via Group Policy IT pro Rick Vanover shows how to centrally manage the PowerShell execution policy in this quick Windows Server tip. Read more Apple iPad galleries 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths 20 iPad competitors to watch Apple iPad: The biggest annoyances Cracking open the Apple iPad 3G Featured Webcast Results-Based Management: A Smart Strategy for the Global, Mobile Workforce How do you manage people who aren't in the office and you can't see? How do you know they're really working? Learn how the combination of flexibility and results-based management is transforming the nature of work and fundamental to your success. IT Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, 4th Edition   Have extra budget to spend? Then order TechRepublic Pro's IT Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, 4th Edition. This download includes guidelines and tools for creating training documents, personnel, support, and inventory forms, computer usage and security policies, and privacy statements. Order it today! Today's recommended downloads Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Technology Report: Energy-Efficient Cooling for Data Centers (American Power Conversion (APC)) ITSM in the Cloud - A Change in the Weather (Citrix Online) Migrating your standard Lotus Notes applications to Microsoft SharePoint (Quest Software) Results-Based Management: A Smart Strategy for the Global, Mobile Workforce (Citrix Online) Testifying as an expert witness in computer crimes cases As an IT pro, it's possible that you may be called to testify as an expert witness in cybercrime cases if your training and expertise qualify you. Deb Shinder tells potential expert witnesses what to expect and how to prepare. 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

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[TechRepublic] Don't assume employees know their own performance issues

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Never assume an employee knows his own performance issues Human beings have a remarkable ability for retrospective sense-making. Here's how to be prepared for that in an employee performance review. Read more Resource of the day Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software Easily manage, measure, and monitor all your physical, virtual, and cloud assets across platforms, applications, domains, and multiple datacenters. New at TechRepublic   Writing a Good Social Media Policy This presentation by Rick Vanover appeared at TechRepublic Live 2010 in Louisville, KY, on July 1-2, 2010. Read more 10 ways careers may change in the future The employment landscape continues to evolve, with changes in educational requirements, salary expectations, work schedules, and job roles. Alan Norton looks at current trends and offers a few predictions. Read more Are you "too sensitive" for your career? In business, being regarded as “too sensitive” may not be to your benefit. However, if you are truly a highly sensitive person, knowing you're too sensitive can help. Read more Quickly find protected cells in Excel Use conditional formatting to format protected or unprotected cells. Read more Review: Writeboard Online Collaboration Service The Writeboard Online Collaboration Service is a user-friendly, online collaboration tool that will bring your offices together. Read more Tips for your Team Foundation Server 2010 migration Before you upgrade your organization from Team Foundation Server 2008 to Team Foundation Server 2010, read these migration tips from developer Justin James. Read more Geek Gifts 2010: VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV With built-in Wi-Fi and Internet apps, the VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV is a very good television at a very reasonable price. Read more Five tips for getting your IT project funded in a tough economy In an atmosphere of drastic spending cuts, IT projects can be a tough sell. Here are a few strategies that will give your tech initiatives a fighting chance. Read more 10 ways for road warriors to avoid snags and snafus From small aggravations to huge headaches, a lot can go wrong when you hit the road. Veteran globetrotter Brien Posey offers some advice that will help you stay productive when you travel. Read more Featured multimedia   Zune through the years (photos) Take a look back through the history of the Microsoft Zune portable media player and subscription music service. View on site Today's recommended downloads Break the Disk Barrier with In-Memory DBMS Technology (Sybase) Estimating a Data Center's Electrical Carbon Footprint (American Power Conversion (APC)) Simply a better NAS - Virtual Cloud File Server (Nasuni) Optimize Your Data Center for the Greatest Value and the Lowest TCO (American Power Conversion (APC)) An Improved Architecture for High-Efficiency, High-Density Data Centers (American Power Conversion (APC)) Testifying as an expert witness in computer crimes cases As an IT pro, it's possible that you may be called to testify as an expert witness in cybercrime cases if your training and expertise qualify you. Deb Shinder tells potential expert witnesses what to expect and how to prepare. 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 Apple iPad galleries 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths 20 iPad competitors to watch Apple iPad: The biggest annoyances Cracking open the Apple iPad 3G

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[TechRepublic] More NASA images and multi-threaded backups too

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NASA Images: More desktop wallpaper from the space program 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   Use Robocopy's multi-threaded feature to quickly backup your data in Windows 7 Greg Shultz shows you how to take advantage of Robocopy's multi-threaded copy feature to create an exact mirrored duplicate of your user profile folder. Read more Poll Results: Does loving your operating system really make sense? See how your TechRepublic peers answered this question: Does loving your operating system really make sense? Read more 10 most popular technology courses Want to boost your tech skills but don't know quite where to start? Here are the current most popular tech courses, according to TechRepublic's Training channel. Read more Review: Writeboard Online Collaboration Service The Writeboard Online Collaboration Service is a user-friendly, online collaboration tool that will bring your offices together. Read more Intel's Peter Biddle on AppUp, the Atom processor, and more In this interview, Intel's Peter Biddle discusses the future of Intel mobile digital consumer devices, app markets, and vendor relationships, and whether Intel can stay relevant in this extremely competitive segment. Read more Geek Gifts 2010: VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV With built-in Wi-Fi and Internet apps, the VIZIO M470NV 47-Inch 1080p LED LCD HDTV is a very good television at a very reasonable price. Read more Featured multimedia   World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo costumes at BlizzCon 2010 There were plenty of things to see at this year's BlizzCon, which was held on Oct. 22-23, 2010, including costumes, previews of upcoming games, and celebrities. Here are some photos from BlizzCon that were taken by attendees. View on site Apple iPad galleries 20 apps that play to the iPad's strengths 20 iPad competitors to watch Apple iPad: The biggest annoyances Cracking open the Apple iPad 3G 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 Support More Virtual Machines without Sacrificing Performance (Intel) Best Practices Guide: Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware (VMware) Aberdeen Report: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) for SMBs (SAP) Audio Conferencing 2.0: Control Costs & Simplify Administration (Citrix Online) ITSM in the Cloud - A Change in the Weather (Citrix Online) Favorite Windows 7 Tips   How do I mail merge in Word 2007? How do I add and customize sidebar gadgets in Microsoft Windows Vista? How do I build my own external hard drive enclosure? How do I change file extension associations in Windows Vista?   Testifying as an expert witness in computer crimes cases As an IT pro, it's possible that you may be called to testify as an expert witness in cybercrime cases if your training and expertise qualify you. Deb Shinder tells potential expert witnesses what to expect and how to prepare. 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

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