Standby battery performance fix for Surface RT 8.1
Standby battery performance fix for Surface RT 8.1
Donovan Colbert offers a possible fix for Surface RT 8.1 Preview users who have updated to 8.1 RC and are now experiencing poor standby performance. Read more →
CleanMyMac2 tidies Mac systems
CleanMyMac2 tidies Mac systems
Erik Eckel takes a look at CleanMyMac 2. Find out why he believes that smart Mac users would do well to keep a copy of this app in their toolboxes. Read more →
Fine-tune a System76 machine to meet your needs
Fine-tune a System76 machine to meet your needs
Jack Wallen spent months considering how to replace his desktop workhorse, and he finally purchased a System76 Leopard Extreme. Find out how he fine-tuned the system to perfectly meet his needs. Read more →
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12 Apps of Christmas, Day 3: FlightTrack
Some TechRepublic editors and bloggers highlight their favorite app in this 12 Apps of Christmas series. The third app, recommended by Donovan Colbert, is FlightTrack.
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12 Apps of Christmas, Day 2: RunKeeper
Some TechRepublic editors and bloggers highlight their favorite app in this 12 Apps of Christmas series. The second app, recommended by Deb Shinder, is RunKeeper.
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Standby battery performance fix for Surface RT 8.1
Donovan Colbert offers a possible fix for Surface RT 8.1 Preview users who have updated to 8.1 RC and are now experiencing poor standby performance.
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My Server 2012 R2: Handy connectivity via Windows mobile devices
If your company uses Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, these free My Server apps will enable easy file access and server management capabilities from Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8 devices.
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CleanMyMac2 tidies Mac systems
Erik Eckel takes a look at CleanMyMac 2. Find out why he believes that smart Mac users would do well to keep a copy of this app in their toolboxes.
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12 Apps of Christmas, Day 1: Grocery iQ
Some TechRepublic editors and bloggers highlight their favorite app in this 12 Apps of Christmas series. The first app, recommended by Sonja Thompson, is Grocery iQ.
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Fine-tune a System76 Leopard Extreme to meet your needs
Jack Wallen spent months considering how to replace his desktop workhorse, and he finally purchased a System76 Leopard Extreme. Find out how he fine-tuned the system to perfectly meet his needs.
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Five utilities for managing your contacts
Here are five third-party utilities for managing your contacts.
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Five Apps: Utilities for managing your contacts
Take a look at these third-party utilities for managing your contacts.
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iOS and OS X prove flexible, capable messaging platforms
Take a tour of Apple's messaging capabilities, including mail support and operations on iOS devices and OS X systems using both Microsoft and Apple programs.
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Roundup: IT pros debate impact of tech alliance for NSA reform
TechRepublic's roundtable of IT experts share thoughts on NSA reform in light of the newly formed Global Government Surveillance Reform alliance of eight leading technology companies.
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Five ways for IT pros to shine in 2014
When you take stock of your career achievements and failures, be sure to also look ahead and consider forming these good habits.
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Android flashlight app tracks users via GPS, FTC says hold on
Buried deep in the Brightest Flashlight Free app's EULA is language that let's the maker collect and resell user location data. An FTC complaint leads to better user notification and deletion of all e...
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How does Google Search really work?
Find out the innards of how Google Search functions and how your business appears in the results.
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Screenshots: iOS and OS X messaging platforms
Take a tour of Apple’s messaging capabilities, including mail support and operations on iOS devices and OS X systems using both Microsoft and Apple programs.
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Weigh the value of achieving PMP certification
Can a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification help consultants or others involved in project management stay ahead? What does a PMP certification tell a potential client or employer? Here'...
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It's time to cowboy up
To cowboy up means that when things get tough you have to get up, dust yourself off, and keep trying. Executive and leadership coach John M. McKee says that it's time for leaders at all levels to do j...
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Learn additional uses for Cisco IOS access control lists
Network administrators typically use access control lists (ACLs) to stop traffic or permit only specified traffic while stopping all other traffic. While this is the primary use of ACLs, there are man...
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A closer look at femtocells
Femtocell technology has been hailed as an alternative to deliver the advantages of fixed mobile convergence. Poised for commercial launches by Telcos around the world in 2009, we take a closer look ...
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Is perfectionism killing your career?
In a time when adaptability is the name of the game for success, the rigidity of perfectionism may be an unwanted trait.
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Pass the paste: How creative exercises make training stick
Using glue and construction paper as a teaching tool may seem more fitting for a kindergarten class than a technical class for adults. But these basic school tools can also be used to create lesson pl...
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Talking Shop: When is a help desk call really an emergency?
Help users understand the true meaning of the phrase IT emergency
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Change the default font in your Word documents
If your client asks that all reports be in a specific Word font, you may grow weary of having to change the font each time you open a Word document. Check out how easy it is to select and set a defaul...
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Apple shake-up: Why Cook has dished Ive a bigger role
The most intriguing move in Apple's management changes adds software to hardware guru Jonathan Ive's design brief. But whether Apple CEO Tim Cook has chosen wisely will only become clear with iOS 7 or...
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Use dashboards to define and communicate project status
Project managers, are you looking for a more concise way of conveying mission-critical information than long project status reports? Dashboards offer an easy and accurate way to share essential inform...
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How do I resurrect the Run command in Windows Vista?
If you still have not forgiven Microsoft for eliminating the Run command in Windows Vista, don't fret. You can bring it out of extinction fairly quickly with these steps.
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Safely delete Linux files with libtrash
Deleting files in Linux usually pushes you to the point of no return, with no hope of retrieving any files you may have accidentally deleted. But there is a way to get deleted files back, thanks to th...
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Dealing with employees who want to run the show
What do you do if you manage a team whose members think they know more than you do, who make their own rules and have double standards. Here are the implications of such behavior and what you can do t...
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Enable culture change in your department
It's never easy when a company changes its culture. As a manager, you can play a key role by embracing the changes, helping to shape your people's perceptions of change, keeping them informed, and ins...
