- Consultants, what is your IT specialty?
- In November 2007, poll results indicated that top specialties among TechRepublic members who were consultants were Technical Support, Project Management, and Software Development. To provide us with a current snapshot of consultants' IT specialties, please take this quick poll. by Mary Weilage
- Star Trek fans: Don't knock the film reboot until you see it
- Scott Lowe is frustrated by many Star Trek fans' negativity about the J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot. Here's his advice for Star Trek fans: go to the movie, sit back, and enjoy the ride. by Scott Lowe
- Quickly add page numbers to your Word documents
- Sometimes, it's more efficient to take a task into your own hands. See how you can save a little time entering a PAGE field instead of making a trip to the Page Numbers dialog box. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Compute your entire Excel worksheet with a click of the mouse
- You already know how to use Excel's AutoSum feature -- now use it to enter all the formulas with just one click and sum it up. Here's how. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Colorize your Outlook messages to identify e-mail from specific senders
- A simple but highly useful way to stay on top of important e-mail is to have Outlook display messages from different people in different colors. Here's a quick rundown of how to set this up. Expecting important mail? Identify it as soon as it comes...
- Quick copy trick in Excel
- It's easy to copy a column of values in Excel using the keyboard. by Susan Harkins
- IBM wants to replace managers with algorithms for decision-making
- IBM recently talked about nudging out gut calls in everyday management for decisions based on hard, cold facts. But when you boil it all down, Big Blue is talking about providing a bag of algorithms that will automate many of your business decisions. by Jason Hiner
- Three cybersecurity wake up calls that the U.S. missed
- Bob Gourley is one of top CTOs in the United States. In this interview with TechRepublic, learn the career path he took to CTO via the U.S. Navy. Also, hear about three critical U.S. cybersecurity events that he thinks deserved to be taken a lot more seriously. by Jason Hiner
- Hacker vs. Cracker
- The word "hacker" gets used in a pejorative sense by journalists an awful lot. Some people think this is perfectly reasonable; others find it offensive, and recommend an alternative term for that meaning. Read on to find out why. by Chad Perrin
- 10+ ways to keep your Access database in tiptop shape
- A sluggish database can cost your money and waste users' time. Here are some maintenance tasks and general best practices to ensure your database is healthy and operating at peak efficiency. by Susan Harkins
- 10 faulty beliefs that can doom IT leaders
- As an IT leader, you must analyze your thinking to ensure that you're not harboring any false beliefs that could be holding your department back. If you find yourself operating under certain flawed assumptions, you could be jeopardizing the success of your department -- and your own position of leadership....
- Video: Google VP explains how Moderator helped run President Obama's town hall meeting
- White House used Google's moderator program for President Obama's town hall meeting. Vic Gundotra, VP of engineering at Google, explains how people were able to not only ask questions, but to vote for the ones they most wanted to hear answered. by Bill Detwiler
- Video: Will HTML 5 standarize development accross mobile platforms?
- By using HTML 5 standards, Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota predicts, developers will no longer have to choose just one platform to write for. by Bill Detwiler
- Video: Adobe's Flash Catalyst let's developers connect to Facebook's API
- Adobe Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch demos a beta version of Flash Catalyst, a Web development program that allows developers to import pictures and make each shape into a Web element. by Bill Detwiler
- Video: Nokia releases 'point and find' technology
- Nokia Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki predicts that in the near future, people will no longer ask, "Where are you?" and your cell phone will reveal everything about your surroundings. by Bill Detwiler
- Decline in job offers for CS graduates may fill IT consultants' needs
- If your consultancy needs additional help but you can't afford an established IT professional, Susan Harkins says this is the perfect time to consider contracting with a recent Computer Science graduate or hiring one as an intern. by Susan Harkins
- SOA may be taking the risk out of cloud computing
- EDS Fellow Alex Cameron believes SOA is taking the risk out of cloud computing and changing the face of networks. He also no longer sees a difference between internal and external networks. by Joe McKendrick
- Video: TR Out Loud - April 17, 2009
- Is it June yet? Well, since it's not, here's another TROLOV to pacify the TR mob. This episode contains the usual suspects, plus a few more photo contributions from the TR community. by Sonja Thompson
- T-shirt(s) of the week: Star Wars conservation
- April 22 is Earth Day, which leaves you just enough to time to show your support for conservation and the environment without exchanging your hard-earned geek-cred for a hippie tree-hugger rep. How so? Just rush order one of these Star Wars conservation t-shirts. by Jay Garmon
- Don't let the bad economy banish 'no' from your vocabulary
- If you blindly accept any duty or project that comes along, you're not doing yourself or the company any favors. If you're spread too thin, someone or something will suffer for it. Learn how to say no. by Toni Bowers
- 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...
- 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...
- A New CIO's 100-Day Plan
- When new CIOs start, they have to immediately create momentum and build credibility. High expectations are held by the business community, senior executives, and the IT organization itself ? and starting off on the right foot is critical to managing those initial expectations. To manage this initial roller coaster ride,...
- IT Dojo: Build a complete IT toolkit for go-anywhere tech support
- Whether you're traveling across the city or going from one side of the building to the other, there's nothing more irritating than being on a support call and not having the right tools. Since experience is always the best teacher, TechRepublic asked its members for advice in compiling a list...
- Glary Registry Repair 3 (Windows)
- Glarysoft Registry Repair is an advanced registry cleaner for Windows that allows you to safely scan, clean, and repair registry problems. Problems with the Windows registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. Glarysoft Registry Repair allows you to fix your registry and optimize your PCs performance...
- IBM Smart SOA Tutorial
- The forces of change are all around us. Organizations need the agility to adapt rapidly and the adoption of SOA can help provide this agility and enable change. This animated tutorial explains how IBM's Smart SOA approach provides basic to advanced guidance for pursuing SOA projects allowing you...
- 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:...
- 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...
- 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...
- Problems with Your Computing Environment? Discover How Virtualization Can Help
- From Server Virtualization to Power & Cooling, see how the world of Virtualization can help lower your costs and drive efficiencies.
- Understanding Networking Fundamentals
- View Available Dates and LocationsA strong foundation of basic networking concepts is fundamental to a successful career in information technology, and in our popular Understanding Networking Fundamentals course, you'll gain those real-world, practical skills. In addition, this course includes 1-year access to our 50-book Online Networking Reference Library with...
- Cracking Open the Dell Adamo
- Dell hopes to take a little air out of Apple's sails with the ultrathin, ultrapricey Adamo. Watch as iFixit and TechRepublic crack open the Dell Adamo and compare it to the MacBook Air. by Bill Detwiler
- Resource Guide: 10 Tech Skills You Should Develop Over the Next Five Years
- If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late...
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- If you're a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. Justin James lists the skills you'll want to work on now to maximize your future job prospects. by Justin James
- Disaster Preparedness: How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan
- Like most business development and major IT projects, a business continuity plan requires an investment of time and resources. Business leaders looking for the greatest return on their investment tend to put off business continuity until disaster strikes - a critical mistake that can jeopardize a business's survival.
- Keep stakeholders in the loop with this project status report template
- Download this template to effectively communicate project status to stakeholders and keep everyone on the same page. This updated template, created by project management expert Tom Mochal, will enable you to keep stakeholders apprised of the current status of a project and will help ensure that there...
- Disk Investigator 1.31 (Windows)
- Disk Investigator helps you to discover all that is hidden on your computer hard disk. It can also help you to recover lost data. Display the true drive contents by bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors. View and search raw directories, files, clusters, and system...
- 10+ IT pros share the utilities and tools they can't live without
- One way to make your job a little easier is to find out which tools other IT pros rely on -- and then try them out for yourself. Susan Harkins extracted a list of favorite tools from 13 IT pros, whose roles range from consultant to developer to net admin...
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