- Live Webcast: Turn a Limited VPN Connection into Anytime, Anywhere Remote Access
- While overcoming legacy VPN deployment barriers is certainly no party, implementing a simple and efficient remote-access solution can tangibly increase employee productivity without burdening IT. Join this live TechRepublic Webcast to hear from...
- Webcast, 2008-01-10
- Images: Favorite views of Saturn
- Members of Ciclops, hardcore fans of Saturn and the Cassini probe, voted on their favorite images returned from the ringed planet. by CNET News.com...
- Image gallery, 2008-01-06
- Danica Patrick talks racing tech at CES 2008
- When companies come to CES, many draw a crowd with movie stars, professional athletes, and even a band or two. Indy car driver Danica Patrick was at GoDaddy.com's tent, where TechRepublic's Jason Hiner caught up with her. Danica explained the...
- Video, 2008-01-09
- Photos: Gates' last call at CES?
- Microsoft's chairman gives what is likely his last keynote address at CES. He measures humor with a serious look at the future. by CNET News.com...
- Image gallery, 2008-01-07
- CES 2008 Unveiled: Samsung, Logitech, NETGEAR and AMD
- During the CES Unveiled event, Bill Detwiler got a sneak peak at some of the devices and technology vendors will showcase during CES 2008. Bill looked at Samsung's Ubicell femtocell base station, several products from Logitech and Netgear, and AMD's...
- Video, 2008-01-06
- Live Webcast: Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot
- Massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) and phishing attacks get the headlines, but invisible attackers pose a far more common threat to your network. This live 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast from Cisco on January 10 will show you how...
- Webcast, 2008-01-10
- Sanity check: Will startups or big companies have a bigger impact on tech in 2008?
- For the past four decades, the tech industry has had a romantic infatuation with startups. Much of that is due to the fact that many of today's biggest billion dollar tech giants began as fledgling startups in basements and garages. In the 1970s and...
- Blog, 2008-01-06
- Uncover Windows XP's built-in image resizing utility
- If you've ever had to resize a group of digital picture files, you've likely launched your image editing program and then resized each image individually -- this is an extremely time-consuming task. Windows XP has a built-in image resizing utility...
- Blog, 2008-01-08
- CES 2008 Pre-show news and predictions
- TechRepublics Bill Detwiler, Jason Hiner, and Shawn Morton jumpstart TechRepublic's CES 2008 coverage with a late-night, pre-show rap session. They explain their strategy for covering the more than 2,700 vendors, discuss the impact Warner Bros....
- Video, 2008-01-06
- Brand new year - Same old pet peeves
- Well its New Year Resolution time and for a fleeting minute I thought about making one. It was going to be entitled, Im not going to let these things get to me this year. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it wasnt going to...
- Blog, 2008-01-06
- Bill Gates may have inadvertently revealed poor Vista sales
- Bill Gates may have inadvertently revealed that Microsoft's flagship Windows Vista operating system is faring poorly compared to Windows XP. Gates, speaking at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this week in Las Vegas, boasted that Microsoft has...
- Blog, 2008-01-08
- Geek Trivia: Double (trouble) figures
- When you see the word googleplex, odds are good that you have one of three reactions: What's a googleplex? Hey, that's Google's headquarters. Somebody doesn't know how to spell that number. Yes, as many of you undoubtedly are aware, Google,...
- Blog, 2008-01-08
- Practice Cisco router configuration using a free emulator
- A few months ago, I wrote "Eight ways to strengthen your Cisco networking skills," and the second suggestion I listed for improving your abilities was to use a simulator. However, while simulators are useful, there's something even better that you...
- Blog, 2008-01-10
- How do I... Remote desktop to a Windows XP PC from Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Vista adds several layers of system security above and beyond what was used in Windows XP. In general, that is a good thing. However, those added layers of security sometimes interfere with an end user's experience. The Remote...
- Blog, 2008-01-08
- Photos: Motorola's new phones
- The company touts the Rokr E8 music phone and Moto Z10 video phone as part of its plan to broaden its portfolio of products. by CNET News.com...
- Image gallery, 2008-01-08
- Sanity check: The top developments in business technology from CES 2008
- While CES is primarily a consumer technology event, many of the products and announcements at the show also have important implications for business and IT. Here's my list of the top developments in business technology from CES 2008. NETGEAR...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- Two ways to envision a project in order to select the correct resolution techniques
- Every few months someone comes to me and asks for help with the same problem. They don't know it's the same problem. In fact, it manifests differently each and every time. Fortunately a wise old man once taught me the difference between...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- Interview coaching - don’t tell the employer he has warts
- My brother in-law has been interviewing for a new position within his organization lately and he called me up last week for help with a particular question - "How would you improve the operations in our area?" This is one of those "Danger Will...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- I can't get a zero-length string in PL/SQL
- One of the things I wind up doing a lot in my code is looping thru some data structure, say an HTML option list or a SQL result set, and concatenating the results into a single string so that it can be printed to a text file or an HTML stream. One...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- Using gestures for input to electronic devices
- From keyboards to wireless controllers for motion-sensing, the means for interacting with machines is undergoing a deep change. An excerpt from TechNewsWorld: In one demonstration by 3DV Systems at the International Consumer Electronics Show in...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- Hitachi, Fujitsu and Toshiba mulling over forming hard-drive company?
- There are unconfirmed reports that Hitachi, Toshiba and Fujitsu may be in talks to form a company dedicated to hard drive and storage technologies. An excerpt from News.com: The new company would combine the limping hard drive divisions of...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- New leader for Fedora Project
- Paul Frields will be taking over leadership of Red Hat's Fedora project from Max Spevack. An excerpt from Redhat archives I am very pleased to announce that Paul Frields has accepted a job with Red Hat, and he will be taking over as Fedora...
- Blog, 2008-01-13
- Malware variants giving anti-virus firms a tough time
- Anti-virus companies are finding it hard to keep up with the new variant of malicious applications sprucing up over the web. An excerpt from Ars Technica: The explosive growth in variant detection is another example of how the Storm worm and...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- Blame the sun if your cell phone reception is bad
- The beginning of Solar Cycle 24 is finally here and that has implications for all of us. For example, anyone who uses a cell phone, GPS receiver, or satellite television may encounter more frequent reception problems, especially as the solar cycle...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- Sites spewing trojans, stump security researchers
- The Register reports on a large scale outbreak of malicious attacks originating from several hundreds of sites. An excerpt from Register: Over the past four days, 15 per cent of the blocked malicious traffic has come from just a few hundred...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- Recognise the Value of the Helpdesk
- Often the helpdesk is seen as a bit of a dead weight that the rest of the organisation has to carry. They cant write code, they cant configure routers or even run cables. So why do we put up with them? The way the helpdesk works is a key part...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- Renovating the Xerox brand
- Xerox, the global document management firm and a pioneer in IT is undergoing a brand makeover to take it beyond the image of a copier company. An excerpt from BusinessWeek: A new corporate logo is the most visible change in the makeover that...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- Green theme at CES 2008
- Two products for charging mobile devices with sunlight and water are glimpses in the way things will emerge in future. An excerpt from PC World: Voltaic Systems' Generator briefcase, scheduled for release this spring at a not-so-cheap $599, lets...
- Blog, 2008-01-12
- CES 08: Jawbone gets into the press' ear
- One of the best marketing gimmicks of CES was the Jawbone headset trade-in. If you took another manufacturer's Bluetooth headset to the Jawbone booth, Jawbone would give you one of their $119 headsets for free. This was a great way to get their...
- Blog, 2008-01-11
- Interface design is security design
- It is becoming popular to talk about dealing with people as a factor in security these days. The idea is that social factors contribute as much to security as technological factors. In other words, any security professional who only concerns...
- Blog, 2008-01-11
- Cisco IOS Command Chart (IOS v.12+)
- Becoming proficient with Cisco equipment means remembering a whole new set of commands. These command charts give you a quick way to look up the needed IOS commands and switches when you need them.
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- TechRepublic Power Checklist: Securing Windows XP
- If you have just finished installing Windows XP and you think the work is done, you're wrong. Some of the most important steps to getting Windows XP u ...
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