[TechRepublic] 10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without

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10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without The Sysinternals utilities offer a powerful, convenient way to knock out all kinds of Windows tasks. Derek Schauland zeroes in on the ones he finds most useful. Read more Resource of the day Transform Your Data Center: How Next-Generation Servers Deliver Radical ROI Read this white paper to explore virtualized servers that eliminate sprawl, cut energy costs, and provide a fast ROI. Learn how a converged infrastructure is easier to manage, less expensive, and responsive to the changing needs of your business. New at TechRepublic   Billable Hours Tracker Keeping track of those billable hours is tedious but essential. So IT consultant Susan Harkins built a little automated tool to make the task a bit easier. Read more 10 ways to deal with a personal or professional weakness If some issue or trait is holding you back, you don't have to resign yourself to it. Here's practical advice for taking steps to overcome whatever hurdles are standing in your way. Read more 10 things you should know about Word 2010's mail merge tools Word's mail merge process has traditionally been viewed as intimidating and complex. But once you master a few basics, you'll discover that Word's mail merge tools are straightforward and easy to use. Read more 10 ways OneNote 2010 can make you more productive Good ideas often get away from us because we don't have an easy way to record them, share them, or find them later. See how a few OneNote tricks can help you document, retrieve, and distribute all the details you need. Read more 10 ways to show off your data in Excel 2010 Excel 2010 offers some nice enhancements for formatting your data, including sparklines, slicers, and icon sets. Katherine Murray explains how to put the new tools to work. Read more Poll: Have you ever missed work to play a video game? The word is that some World of Warcraft fans are taking time off work to play Cataclysm. Can you relate to missing work to play a video game? Read more Five tips for helping your clients save money There are all sorts of ways to help your clients get maximum value from your services -- and that means cost savings for them and future business for you. Read more Tutorial: Excel parsing expressions Parsing data can be a difficult task, and it gets even harder if the entries aren't consistent. Use Excel's string functions to parse inconsistent data. Read more Featured multimedia   Putting the Babbage Difference Engine to work (photos) At the Computer History Museum, CNET gets a look at Charles Babbage's computing and printing machine, designed in the 1840s to rid data sheets of human error. View on site Today's recommended downloads Videocast: Riverbed Steelhead Mobile (Riverbed) Harness the Potential of SOA with an Appliance (IBM) Top Five Reasons to Choose Toad® (Quest Software) Maximized Productivity with Simplified Device Management (Canon) Protecting and Maximizing Stakeholder Value Via Risk Management (Oracle) Members' choice   10 tech tasks you should be able to do in your sleep Nearly all the jobs you tackle will require you to handle certain fundamental tasks. Make sure these essential skills are part of your repertoire. Perennial favorites   Virus & Spyware Removal Checklist 10 tips for effective Active Directory design Take control of the Windows XP pagefile Five tips for getting temp workers up to speed quickly When you manage temporary workers, you face some unique challenges -- especially if they work remotely. BNET's Wayne Turmel shares some strategies for making sure your temps and your team work together effectively. 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 Teardown galleries Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G+Wi-Fi) 2010 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server

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[TechRepublic] Cracking open the Boxee Box (D-Link)

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Boxee Box (D-Link) Teardown Resource of the day Are You Ready for the Second Phase of Server Virtualization? Many enterprises have already completed the first phase of server virtualization: the "easy" stuff. Listen to this TechRepublic webcast and gain a better understanding of the challenges involved with more advanced virtualization projects. New at TechRepublic   Use case for older software: Easier, thinner, and quicker When it comes to working with software, sometimes it just makes sense to use older supporting tools. IT pro Rick Vanover explains the pros and cons of consciously selecting older software titles for certain situations. Read more Office challenge: How can you apply different templates to the same workbook? This week, learn the solution to last week's Outlook challenge and test your Excel skills with a new challenge. Read more Get flawless system backups with SuperDuper for the Mac Vincent Danen finds that a corny name doesn't necessarily mean your backup solution won't get the job done. SuperDuper for the Mac is easy, reliable, offers flawless recovery, and won't break the budget. Read more Update VMware Tools from PowerCLI When it comes to updates, don't overlook VMware Tools. Virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows how to update VMware Tools via PowerCLI. Read more Use Sysinternals Active Directory Explorer to make a domain snapshot Sysinternals Active Directory Explorer is a good forensic tool to see what has changed with an Active Directory domain without too much work. Read more Using OData from Windows Phone 7 Justin James explains his steps for using an Open Data Protocol service from his Windows Phone 7 application. He also discusses possible workarounds for the fact that the OData Client Library does not support authentication. Read more Poll: Developers, what workplace change do you want to see in 2011? If you could an aspect of your development process, would it be a tool upgrade, different tools, a backend system change, or something else? Let us know. Read more How do I use a RAM disk to help speed up disk-intensive applications? Jack Wallen explains how to create a RAM disk on your Windows PC and how it can be used to increase the performance of disk-intensive applications. Read more Featured multimedia   10 most dangerous species of help desk analyst (slideshow) IT veteran Jeff Dray takes a lighthearted look at different types of help desk analysts. Are you or your coworkers on his list? View on site Today's recommended downloads A Powerful Platform for Virtualization (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Your All-Access Pass to Industry-Specific Strategies and Information (IBM) Increase innovation with Google Apps (Google) Improve productivity through real-time collaboration and communication (Google) Improving Hyper-V Performance and Scalability (TechRepublic) Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word In this gallery, Nicole Bremer Nash shows how to make your own charming holiday cards in Microsoft Word. 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 Teardown galleries Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G+Wi-Fi) 2010 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server

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[TechRepublic] Test your DNS name servers for spoofability

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Test your DNS name servers for spoofability In 2008, Dan Kaminsky discovered a way to poison a DNS name server's cache, and then figured out to prevent it. Two years later, some DNS name servers are still not updated. Here's how to check your DNS name servers. Read more Resource of the day Learn How Dell Helped One Leading Firm Migrate to Windows 7 For a business that conducts 100 percent of its business online, a robust, highly available, and stable IT infrastructure is a must. Read this case study to learn how Dell helped one leading firm complete an enterprise-wide Windows 7 migration. OpenPGP encryption tools benefit from new developments Some things are changing in the world of OpenPGP public key encryption protocol implementations. Chad Perrin looks at up-and-coming netpgp for basic encryption and decryption capabilities. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Five+ tips to ensure PCI DSS compliance When Michael Kassner helped a friend get through a PCI DSS compliance audit, he found out the hard way that it's no small task. His advice will help you take the right steps to protect cardholder data. Read more 10 free anti-malware tools worth checking out The cost of anti-malware apps keeps rising. Luckily, there are effective tools you can use to prevent and remove infections without spending a dime. Read more Smartphone enterprise security risks and best practices If your organization allows users to connect their smartphones to the corporate network, read about potential security risks, and learn best practices for your company's smartphone policies. Read more Get flawless system backups with SuperDuper for the Mac Vincent Danen finds that a corny name doesn't necessarily mean your backup solution won't get the job done. SuperDuper for the Mac is easy, reliable, offers flawless recovery, and won't break the budget. Read more Featured multimedia   Worst cell phones of 2010 (photos) There was a lot to like in cell phones this year, but we also found quite a few duds. CNET takes a look back at the handsets that bombed. View on site Teardown galleries Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G+Wi-Fi) 2010 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server Today's recommended downloads Innovative, Responsive, Agile: What Converged Infrastructure Can Do for IT (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Storage Solutions for a Smarter Planet (IBM) Industry Panel Discussion: Modernizing the Desktop (VMware) The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers (Diskeeper) Upgrading to Windows 7? Download this Readiness Assessment First (Dell, Inc. & Intel, Inc.) Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word In this gallery, Nicole Bremer Nash shows how to make your own charming holiday cards in Microsoft Word.

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[TechRepublic] Enterprise tech trends we?ll see in 2011

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Enterprise tech trends we’ll see in 2011 While he doesn't have chicken bones, magic potions or divining sticks, Patrick Gray makes his best guesses for what we will see in technology in the coming months. Read more Resource of the day Leadership Training: Development Methods That Work Top HR experts share their insights on the vital importance of executive-level support and involvement in successful leadership training programs. There is no such thing as a recession-proof job It seems like every business site has a list of recession-proof jobs. But a recent piece in the U.S. News and World Report indicates there is no such thing. Read more Five+ tips to ensure PCI DSS compliance When Michael Kassner helped a friend get through a PCI DSS compliance audit, he found out the hard way that it's no small task. His advice will help you take the right steps to protect cardholder data. Read more Understand Exchange 2010 licensing options Scott Lowe helps you make sense of Exchange Server 2010's numerous licensing options. He also provides a description of the external connector license. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 free anti-malware tools worth checking out The cost of anti-malware apps keeps rising. Luckily, there are effective tools you can use to prevent and remove infections without spending a dime. Read more Use DNS benchmarking tools to optimize performance We expect DNS responses to be correct and returned in a reasonable amount of time. Learn how to make sure that happens. Read more Update VMware Tools from PowerCLI When it comes to updates, don't overlook VMware Tools. Virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows how to update VMware Tools via PowerCLI. Read more Mitigate risks when customizing CRM, ERP, and CMS systems Here are some things you can do to ensure that your changes to a CRM, a CMS, an ERP, and the like cause minimal pain when the base system needs to be updated. Read more Six biggest mobile stories of 2010 CNET's Bonnie Cha looks at the top headlines from the mobile industry in 2010. Tell us what you think was the biggest mobile story of the year. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: The 12 best Android smartphones A hot, new Android phone seems to hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, here's our updated list of the 12 best Android smartphones, based on the quality and value of each device. View on site Teardown galleries Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Samsung Galaxy Tab (Sprint) Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G+Wi-Fi) 2010 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server Project Management Resource Kit   TechRepublic's Project Management Resource Kit features 70+ tips from experienced PMs about Agile PM, how to get the most out of Microsoft Project 2007, and more. Purchase the download today! Today's recommended downloads IT Pain Relief for Mid-Market Businesses through End-to-End Infrastructure Virtualization (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) An In-Depth Look at ROI: Achieving Your IT Goals With Less. (Riverbed) Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy (Google) Lighten your IT impact on the environment (Eaton) Desktop Virtualization: Analysis & Piloting (Dell, Inc., Intel, Inc. & Citrix Systems) Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word In this gallery, Nicole Bremer Nash shows how to make your own charming holiday cards in Microsoft Word. 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 Featured training courses   PMP Exam Prep Boot Camp IT Project Management Introduction to Project Management Introduction to Information Technology Management and Leadership Skills Browse all training courses Presented by Global Knowledge

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