- Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows
- Justin James wanted to learn what is new in Mono 2.0, so he interviewed Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono, and Joseph Hill, Product Manager at Novell. Find out what is and is not included in the latest release. by Justin James
- IT Dojo travels to Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008
- This week, I'll be attending Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Jason Hiner, TechRepublic Editor-in-Chief, and Larry Dignan, ZDNet Editor-in-Chief, will also be covering the event. Gartner expects nearly 6,000 attendees to attend the event's keynotes, presentations, one-on-one meetings with Gartner analysts, and the expo show...
- IPv6: Security concerns
- When compared to IPv4, IPv6 is certainly new and improved, yet there are some security concerns that we need to be aware of. This podcast will address several of these issues as well as talk about how to avoid pitfalls during the transition to IPv6. by Michael Kassner
- Are our applications and systems truly fit for purpose?
- Despite two decades of evolution we are still vulnerable to all kinds of malicious attacks by people who want to extort money form us or who have sheer malice as their motivation, but the news isn't all bad, the World wide Web, the cause of much malice, is also the...
- Avoid e-mail mistakes with a single setting
- Control when Outlook sends messages to avoid embarrassing mistakes. by Susan Harkins
- U.S. Presidential candidates and open source
- Jack Wallen tackles a tough topic here: Which US Presidential candidate would most likely support open source. After combing the net for as much support as he could, Jack has discovered one candidate might likely be a strong supporter of open source. Read on to find out. by Jack Wallen
- The "real" Mordor is...Transylvania (duh)
- The intricately described geography of the world of Lord of the Rings borrows liberally from the geography of Europe. How much so? Well, UCLA cartographer and geologist Peter Bird has mapped out much of Middle Earth as it would appear on actual Earth. by Jay Garmon
- An independent IT consultant's code of ethics
- Do independent IT consultants require a specific code of ethics? Chip Camden thinks so. Read the code of ethics he presents to his clients, and then let us know if there's anything that you would change in his list. by Chip Camden
- Do IT pros smoke too much?
- In a time when none of us can look up without reading the results of some random study conducted somewhere, we thought we'd add to the burden. Take our meaningless poll! by Toni Bowers
- FACTA "Red Flags Rule": Concern for security managers?
- Although most of the Red Flag requirements apply to hiring and credit processing practices as well as those related to health facility admissions, PII and ePHI protection are also included. So what does this mean to security managers? It depends by Tom Olzak
- Sanity check: WiMAX is about a lot more than just faster mobile broadband
- While the U.S. launch of WiMAX marks the debut of fast wireless Internet, the overall implications of this technology are much broader. See how this could shake up the cellular world and usher in a new breed of software, devices, and business applications. by Jason Hiner
- IPv6: Who's in charge?
- Have you ever wondered about the Internet addressing scheme? Where did it come from? Who's in charge? How is address duplication prevented? All valuable questions; especially since the answers will help us better understand IPv6. by Michael Kassner
- Three tips for cost crunching network projects without loss of quality
- With the economic climate as it is, many organizations are being pressed to do more with less, and the network is no exception. Rick Vanover offers a few ways that savings can be made on network projects. by Rick Vanover
- KeepVault's online backup service sees massive price increase... no word from company
- KeepVault, a great online backup service I recommended last month, has seriously raised their prices without informing existing users. Although their old pricing was unsustainable and needed adjusting, poor communication from the company will probably result in customer defection. by Scott Lowe
- Add a popup window to a PowerPoint slide
- Animate callouts on a PowerPoint slide to display optional information with just a quick click. by Susan Harkins
- 10 tips to help IT leaders to succeed during tough economic times
- Managing your business and your career during tough times requires you to focus on the right stuff, both professionally and personally. Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior recently shared her tips for leaning into the current economic headwinds. Take a look and then add your advice to the discussion. by Jason Hiner
- What has the economic meltdown done to your IT projects?
- One of the, if not the primary, factor to take into consideration when rolling out a new IT project is ensuring there's an available budget for it. With the economy in a near meltdown, budgets are disappearing as fast as Wall Street investment banks. Has it affected you yet? by...
- An 80's forerunner of the Mac vs. PC ads
- Apple has a pretty long history of PC envy. Even before the Mac, Apple made direct comparisons between itself and the PC. Here's an ad showing why an Apple IIc was a better choice than a PCjr. by John Sheesley
- Video: Five ways to keep your own IT staff from stealing company secrets
- The arrest of a network administrator who hijacked the city of San Francisco's network brought attention to a dangerous and often ignored threat--your own admins. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses security practices to protect company secrets from the very people who should be keeping them safe. by...
- Can open source survive acquisition by proprietary companies?
- There has been a string of high-profile acquisitions of open source projects by big-name companies, such as Sun's purchase of MySQL. Can open source survive these mergers, or is it a death knell for further code development? by 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- The HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Challenge
- In a first time, head-to-head comparison, HP recently put EVA4400 virtualization capabilities to the test against a traditional disk array from EMC CLARiiON CX3-10. Watch this HP Enterprise TV presentation to see why 5 technology professionals found the new HP StorageWorks EVA4400 easier to operate and a greater time saver...
- 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...
- 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...
- Recover Files (exe)
- Recover Files is an award winning program that can undelete / recover deleted files after they have been deleted. Recover Files is a professional file recovery software that allows it's user to recover accidentally deleted files. Even files removed from the Recycle Bin, network drive, compact flash card, portable devices,...
- 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.
- 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:...
- Network Security Checklist
- Now more than ever, you depend on your network for your most important business operations, such as communication, inventory, billing, sales, and trading with partners. Many small and medium-sized businesses do not have adequate network security. Here's how to make sure you do. View and complete this...
- 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...
- 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...
- How TechRepublic cracked open the iPhone 3G
- Following up on our Cracking Open gallery of the first iPhone, TechRepublic editors joined Apple's launch-day madness to secure an iPhone 3G for disassembly. Jason Hiner and Bill Detwiler recount their experiences battling long lines, Apple's iTunes meltdown, and limited supplies at AT&T stores.Bill explains how Mark Kaelin and he...
- 10 mispronunciations that make you sound stupid
- Right or wrong, people often judge you by the way you pronounce things. Say a word incorrectly and POW -- they've pegged you as a provincial, poorly educated moron. Toni Bowers offers a list of commonly mangled words so you can double-check your own pronunciation. by Toni Bowers
- Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 3G
- Apple's iPhone 3G arrived on Friday with a bevy of new enterprise-ready features, including Exchange support, business-grade security, and third-party applications powered by an SDK. As with the first iPhone, we waited in line, bought our phone, signed an AT&T contract, and promptly began to crack open the case. Come...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- high cpu utilization of rtvscan.exe
- We have several windows 2000 servers and bunch of windows xp clients. All the servers have norton corporate edition and xp machines have managed norton clients.Everything worked fine until installing update rollup for service pack 4 on the server. Now the rtvscan.exe will take up 50% of cpu cycles on...
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