- 10 things you should do (and not do) at your company's holiday party
- The holiday party is full of opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot -- but you may also get a chance to do your career some good. Calvin Sun offers a list of party do's and don'ts to help you steer the right course. by Calvin Sun
- 10 ways to reduce removable media headaches in Linux
- If you've shied away from Linux because of the hassle of working with removable media, you may want to take another look. Thanks to automation -- and with the help of these tips -- you may find that removable media is downright user friendly. by Jack Wallen
- Norton AntiVirus 2009 with Antispyware gets the job done
- Windows users face an unprecedented and skyrocketing number of threats from a widening variety of sources. IT Consultant Erik Eckel reviews Norton AntiVirus 2009 With AntiSpyware as a potential solution in one all-inclusive software package. by Erik Eckel
- Srizbi Botnet: Life after McColo
- After McColo was shut down, the Srizbi botnet, a major source of spam and over 300,000 strong, was effectively quieted. Not for long, Spam levels eventually started ramping back up. How is that possible with no command and control servers? Read on to find out. by Michael Kassner
- Printing multiple pages per sheet in Word
- Printing doesn't have to be a one to one ratio. Word lets you print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. by Susan Harkins
- 10 songs that will make your IT day go faster
- No matter how frustrating or boring a particular task happens to be, a good song can usually make it bearable. Rick Vanover shares some of the tunes that help get him through the day. by Rick Vanover
- Poll: Have you experienced a Windows Check Disk malfunction?
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility doesn't always behave as it should. Take this quick poll and tell us which Windows Check Disk malfunction you've experienced most often? by Bill Detwiler
- Negotiating skills for IT consultants
- Have you ever won over a potential client with a perfect presentation but lost them at the negotiation table? Rick Freedman describes what can go wrong and how you can prevent mistakes. by Rick Freedman
- Is the new Komodo 5 toolset worth the upgrade?
- Vincent Danen reviews the new Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers. Do new features and enhanced performance make it worth the upgrade? by Vincent Danen
- Video: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. by Bill Detwiler
- Job fairs coming to a town near you
- Targeted job fairs may offer an opportunity for employment but also may give you a peek into what's out there in terms of your career. Here are a few that are coming up. by Toni Bowers
- Non-free "blobs" in the Linux kernel?
- Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel. How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense? by Jack Wallen
- Compliance pitfalls with high-risk users
- A secret most security vendors will not tell you is high-risk users may circumvent traditional network and security compliance controls every day. Because of this, it is important to examine best practices, and take needed action to control high-risk users. by Cheryl Traverse
- Converting an existing application to use the Parallel Extensions Library
- Microsoft's Parallel Extensions Library takes most of the work out of running pieces of code in parallel. Discover how Justin James successfully used the library to convert an app he wrote. by Justin James
- Video: John Cleese pimps a paleo-laptop
- Only a Pythonite would try to sell me a 22-pound "laptop" with 4.1 megabytes of RAM by comparing it to a dead fish. And it almost works. by Jay Garmon
- Silent destroyers: Ignorance, negligence and the not-my-fault mentality
- We need to look closely at conditions victimizing people in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it isn't a crime to use public ignorance of technology to shift responsibility for acts of cyber-negligence, maybe it should be. by Tom Olzak
- More tools for easy network testing: NetCPS and NTttcp
- Microsoft's NTttcp and NetCPS offer a quick and easy way to gauge the peformance of a network between two hosts in a listener and sender configuration. Rick Vanover introduces you to these two handy tools. by Rick Vanover
- Deploy services quickly with prebuilt virtual appliances
- Virtual appliances -- prebuilt virtual machines that include all of the components necessary to get a service running -- abound. There are free appliances and paid appliances available to meet most needs. Get up and running quickly and avoid the hassle of installing a system on your own....
- HP CEO Hurd: This downturn is different for IT than 2001
- Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company pre-announced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. by Larry Dignan
- 10 mistakes new Linux administrators make
- If you're new to Linux, a few common mistakes are likely to get you into trouble. Learn about them up front so you can avoid major problems as you become increasingly Linux-savvy. by Jack Wallen
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