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Quick symbols
Insert special symbols quickly by adding a custom toolbar tool or using a specially assigned keyboard shortcut. by Susan Harkins
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Tips for holiday tech support
If you're going to be supporting friends and family in between servings of turkey and pumpkin pie, here are a few things to bear in mind beforehand. by William Jones
Tags: William Jones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Family
The safest way to sanitize input: avoid having to do it at all
Sanitizing user input is a critical part of secure software development, but software can be made more secure by avoiding having to sanitize input altogether. by Chad Perrin
Tags: Ruby, E-mail, Web Development, Shell, Scripting Languages, Online Communications, Software/Web Development, Chad Perrin
Questing before the age of WoW
World Of Warcraft is the top online destination for questing today, but long before Kil'jaeden the Deceiver ever dreamed up the Lich King, there was another quest to be had. Almost all modern questing games can be traced back to Sierra's King Quest. This video has a run through and...
Tags: Games, Lich King, Personal Technology, John Sheesley
Despite economic turmoil tech geeks want gadgets
Despite stock market losses, bank failures, and worries about deflation, technology geeks still want their gadgets. TechRepublic's Geek Gift Guide 2008 brings together reviews and photos of some of the best geek gifts on the market for the holiday shopping season. by Mark Kaelin
Tags: Benefits, Retirement Plans, Financial New, Human Resources, Cloud Computing, 401(k), Roku Inc., Marketing, Productivity, Gadget
Conflict between Rich Internet Apps and SOA? Say it isn't so
Joe McKendrick says the issues between Rich Internet Applications and mashups and the Service-Oriented Architecture-based infrastructure need to be resolved because these issues represent the path of least resistance to service orientation. by Joe McKendrick
Tags: Rich Internet Application, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Software, Joe McKendrick, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Internet
It is easy to run Windows Vista on Mac OS X
It is indeed possible to run both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X at the same time on a single personal computer. The key is VMware Fusion, a virtualization platform that allows you to run Windows in an OS X environment. by Steven Warren
Tags: Steven Warren, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), VMware Inc., Software, VMware Fusion, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, VM
How do snapshots work in VMware Workstation?
Snapshots in VMware Workstation is a great feature. It allows you to have 1 virtual machine vm with dozens of different scenarios. In this post, I take a deeper look at snapshots in VMware Workstation. by Steven Warren
Tags: Snapshot, Steven Warren, Workstations, Desktop Virtualization, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VMware Workstation
Do you have an information agenda?
The information agenda is an enterprise-wide plan for creating, delivering, and exploiting trusted information. Do you have one? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Information, Management, Information Agenda, Operational Planning, Asset Management, Strategy, Business Operations, Toni Bowers
Acting like a winner will ensure you are
Company leaders often hire and promote people with whom they feel the most comfortable . Anyone wanting to get ahead should recognize this and act accordingly. In this blog, John M McKee provides several ideas about how to behave when you get a bigger role. by John McKee
Tags: Leadership, Management, Winner, Leader, Role, Team Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Job
Create a complex type using XML schema inheritance
Using inheritance, it is possible to create a complex type and then create an element that extends it by adding elements or attributes. Edmond Woychowsky shows how he fudged inheritance using XSLT. by Edmond Woychowsky
Tags: UTF-8, Web Development, XML Schema, Type, XML, Edmond Woychowsky, Software/Web Development
Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
It's never a good thing to be let go from a job. But, believe it or not, some ways are better than others. by Deb Perelman
Tags: Workforce Management, Deb Perelman, Layoff, Human Resources, Pink Slip, Salary
The many voices of Locrian_Lyric
TR member Locrian_Lyric has agreed to entertain everyone with his own weekly TR Out Loud segment. In this first installment, he captures the voices of two cartoon characters. by Sonja Thompson
Tags: Voice, Telecommunications, Sonja Thompson
Thanksgiving hacked: How to cook with high voltage
Are you like most mad scientists, wondering how to put that fantastically decorative Jacob's Ladder to more practical use? Or, are you a typically underfed IT pro with access to excess copper wire and soldering guns, but nary a hot plate in sight? Then you, sirs and madams, are really...
Tags: Manufacturing, Management, Food & Beverage, Jay Garmon, Strategy, Food
BlackBerry Storm has the stuff to leapfrog the iPhone in the enterprise
The first touch screen BlackBerry has finally arrived and the iPhone is clearly in its crosshairs. Learn the pros and cons of the new BlackBerry Storm and see how well it stacks up against the iPhone as a business device. by Jason Hiner
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Jason Hiner, BlackBerry Storm, Touch Screen, Smart Phone, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Smart Phones
Poll: Would you choose the iPhone or the Storm as your primary smartphone?
Apple is trying to bring the iPhone to the enterprise, while RIM is trying to produce an iPhone-like device to run on its enterprise-ready smartphone platform. If you had the choice between these two touchscreen devices, which would you pick? Take our poll. by Jason Hiner
Tags: Jason Hiner, Touch Screen, Smart Phone, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Components, Handhelds, Hardware, Smart Phones, Peripherals
Video: See why Verizon's new BlackBerry is stirring up a Storm
The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most widely anticipated IT products of 2008. In this special episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives, get a look at the hits and misses of the Storm and see how well it stacks up against the iPhone as a business device....
Tags: Jason Hiner, Verizon Communications Inc., Management, BlackBerry Storm, Video, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Strategy
Customer service isn't just one thing, it's the only thing
When considering the purchase of a piece of equipment or a service from someone, the quality and price of the product is a big consideration, but it's not the only one. The biggest consideration, at least in my opinion, is the level of the customer service behind the product -...
Tags: Customer Service, Joe Rosberg, Software, Antec, Product Marketing, Monitor, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Should programmers know more than just programming?
It has become less common for programmers to know business and technical skills on top of their programming skills. Do you think programmers should know more than just how to code? Take this quick poll. by Justin James
Tags: Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Justin James, Programmer, Software/Web Development
HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear
Netgear has released the new Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB111) and Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit (XAVB101). by Selena Frye
Tags: NetGear, HDXB111, Powerline, Selena Frye
Hotmail Login
I have a user who is running WinXP and frequently uses Hotmail as a backup when her office email goes down. After loading Ad-Aware SE she can no longer login to her Hotmail account from this system. After creating a new Hotmail account for a different user, we...
Tags: e-mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Developr, MSN Hotmail
How to stop Office/Outlook 2003 from synchronizing
This seems to be a common and frustrating problem, and I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere. My computer periodically tells me that Microsoft Office 2003 is synchronizing folders. While it's doing that - and it takes awhile - not much else ca
Tags: ebecca@..., microsoft officer 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2003, software, Microsoft Office, synchronization, computer, outlook 2003, synchronizing
The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You also know that creating an operating plan without a longer-range strategic view is like driving a...
Tags: Management, Plan, Strategy, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc.
IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP
Booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive gives you great IT support tool. For example, you can make a troubleshooting toolkit for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you could always have your favorite support applications at your fingertips.In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic's Head Technology...
Tags: pe builder, bootable usb, usb flash drive, microsoft windows xp, bios, bootable device, it dojo
10 Firefox extensions you can't live without
Whether you want to speed access to the Web sites you regularly visit, keep better tabs on your tabs, or protect your system from potentially dangerous active content, there's a Firefox extension ready to help you out. Jack Wallen shares his list of favorite time-saving, browser-enhancing add-ons.This download is also...
Tags: Firefox Extension, Jack Wallen, Tab
Download this project plan template
If you've taken on a small to midsize project that doesn't warrant a full-scale plan in Microsoft Project, download this Excel spreadsheet template sent in by a TechRepublic member for quick and easy project management.
Tags: Management, Microsoft Excel, TechRepublic Inc., Project Management, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office, It Operations, It service Management, Strategy
Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP
Plenty of third-party programs claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, most of them simply make Registry edits. Here are four manual tweaks that experienced IT professionals can make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596009186 Published: February 2005 Author: Preston Gralla Chapter:...
Tags: Registry, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, O'Reilly Media Inc.
Explore the benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the inside out
The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and networking into a single chassis that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, supports virtually all applications, and uses less...
Tags: Blade Servers, Servers, IBM eServer BladeCenter, Benefit, IBM Corp., Hardware
Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX
The Area 51 ALX systems from Alienware are their cream of the crop, flagship, desktop computers. Our review unit came with three nVidia GeForce 280 GTX video cards, each carrying 1GB of dedicated GPU RAM. We had to crack open the case to see what a case full of video...
Tags: Video Card, geekend, Video, Components, Video Cards, Hardware, Alienware, TechRepublic Inc., Cracking open, Marketing
TCP/IP Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is a necessary part of supporting any network installation. Determining and repairing problems can consume a lot of time, especially if you don't know what to do or how to do it correctly and quickly. This On Demand Web Seminar explains how you might consider troubleshooting different problems that...
Tags: Tcp/Ip, Networking, Network, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Productivity
Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive
Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any lengthof time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PCunbootable. What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just byinserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it...
Tags: USB flash drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Brien M. Posey MCSE
System Explorer (exe)
This full-featured system analyzing tool lets you take a sneak peek at everything that's going on in your system, from currently active processes to installed drivers, including also network collections, startup applications and Internet Explorer add-ons, if you have any. you can end any active process or delete items from...
Tags: Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Antivirus, Productivity, Process, Web Browsers, Internet
Cracking open the iPhone, video 1 ? Getting started
After waiting in line, spending $600, signing a two-year AT&T contract, and activating the iPhone, we decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart -- in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open style. In addition to our extensive photo gallery, we filmed three video clips in which TechRepublic?s...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Video, Apple iPhone, Marketing, Corporate Communications
Sanity check: Five reasons why Windows Vista failed
With Windows Vista's public perception in shambles and most IT departments stubbornly refusing to adopt it, has the time come for an early post-mortem on Vista? Here are the top five reasons why Vista has failed. Hint: Most of them aren't technical. by Jason Hiner
Tags: Jason Hiner, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, IT Department
The Case for Document Management
Are you asking how to avoid court-imposed sanctions? Are you wondering how to keep the escalating costs of electronic and paper discovery to a minimum? Whether the objective is to handle litigation, deliver new contracts, or projects, companies today need solutions that promote teamwork. However, common bottlenecks...
Tags: Compliance, Computhink, Document Management, Management, Content Management, Software, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Finance
New Deployment Methods For Desktops
The benefits of storage consolidation and centralized management are well known - they include lower costs, better information protection, and improved IT efficiency. Server consolidation using virtualization software is aimed at generating these same results. A recent trend in many large IT organizations goes beyond server virtualization...
Tags: EqualLogic, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Virtualization
How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation
In order to be successful, you must master the persuasion process, which will enable you to deliberately create the attitude change and subsequent actions necessary for persuading others to your way of thinking. In other words, you have to be able to "sell" your ideas in order to make changes...
Tags: Free Trade, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Negotiation, Finance
10+ essential (and free) Windows applications
When George Ou builds a new Windows computer, he installs a dozen of his favorite free apps. Not only do they fill essential functions, they're all well-behaved installers and uninstallers: no crashing the computer or gunking it up. See how to make the most of your computer without spending a...
Tags: Windows Application, Computer, Productivity, Photograph
Windows cannot access specified device, path or file...
I have a problem that has developed on my user account. When I try to open any EXE file or MDB file on a network drive I get the following message.Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.I...
Tags: firewall, permission, exe, windows, networking, mdb, software, windows xp sp 2, security, Microsoft Windows
Adjust these performance options to speed up Windows XP
Scott Lowe explains how several time-tested adjustments can greatly increase the performance of Microsoft Windows XP. by Scott Lowe
Tags: Operating Systems, Processor, Paging, Scott Lowe, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Performance, Human Resources, Software, Microsoft Windows XP

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