TechRepublic Out Loud
TechRepublic celebrates and highlights the top members, events and topics from its thriving community of technology professionals.
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TR Community scoreboard for June 17, 2011 - Cloud battle
In this weekly recap post, you'll get a quick look at the top discussions and members on the TechRepublic forums.
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Are you aware and prepared to escape? Your IT future depends on it.
According to blogger Todd Fluhr, your IT future depends on three important strategies: Awareness, preparedness, and escape. Will you be ready if the current dot-com bubble collapses again?
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The yin and yang of tech evolution
In this guest post, TR member robw2205 questions the implications of the fast-paced evolution of technology. Do you think technology will one day outgrow mankind?
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Charlie Sheen could take lessons on what it means to be 'winning' from Microsoft
TechRepublic blogger Donovan Colbert addresses a member's comment about Microsoft only resting on its laurels over the past 20 years. He takes a closer look at what Microsoft has really achieved.
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Hal 9000 highlights TR Questions of the Week - June 13, 2011
TechRepublic members' questions highlighted address issues with event logging software, calendar or contact sharing, Windows XP, SIP ports, printing in UNIX, and more.
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TR Community scoreboard for June 10, 2011 - Windows 8
In this weekly recap post, you'll get a quick look at the top discussions and members on the TechRepublic forums.
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Don't hire and then kill creativity in the workplace
According to Todd Fluhr, some companies intentionally stifle internal creativity, but they don't realize it. Find out what changes he made to a department to help promote and nurture creativity, which in turn increased productivity.
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Hal 9000 highlights TR Questions of the Week - June 6, 2011
TechRepublic members' questions highlighted address issues with implementing a video conferencing system, pinging nodes, using Samba as an application server, server ROI, Windows Server 2008, and more.
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TR Community scoreboard for June 3, 2011 - Get hired
In this weekly recap post, you'll get a quick look at the top discussions and members on the TechRepublic forums.
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IT pros have the power to watch the watchmen
TechRepublic member Todd Fluhr believes that IT pros are on the front lines as old laws collide with new technologies that allow intrusions into personal privacy and freedoms. Do you agree that tech professionals have the power and the right to watch the watchmen? Explain your answer in the discussion thread.
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What does Angry Birds mean for the future of computing?
TR member Donovan Colbert thinks that with the right set of must-have apps (like Angry Birds), Chrome might become attractive enough within the niche of inexpensive netbook computing to be successful. Do you agree?
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Use social media to better serve your customers
In this guest post by TR member robw2205, he shares an infographic by HCC Medical Insurance Services that highlights how a large company can use social media to better serve their customers. What can you take away from this chart that your company can use in its social media strategy?
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Hal 9000 highlights TR Questions of the Week - May 30, 2011
TechRepublic members' questions highlighted address issues with iPhone Wi-Fi connections, Windows XP load times, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and more.
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Try to salvage client relationships if you've failed to deliver
TechRepublic member Todd Fluhr offers some strategies for preventing critical fail when freelancing and ways to salvaging a client relationship if you've failed to deliver.
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TR Community scoreboard for May 27, 2011 - iPad uses
In this weekly recap post, you'll get a quick look at the top discussions and members on the TechRepublic forums.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - May 18, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with RAM or motherboards, undetected bootable partitions, RAID 5, and more.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - May 11, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with boot discs, IE favorites, Mac OS X, linking tables, and more.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - July 20, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with http connections, Windows 98 startup, Hyper-V, VPN, and more.
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Microsoft Office 2010 preview at the MicroSpa, BlogHer09
Louise Rasho, a Senior Marketing Manager for Office Live, talks about the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2010, including some of the changes we can expect to see and how Microsoft differentiates itself from competitors in the Web app space.
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Video: TR Out Loud - July 31, 2009
If you haven't had time to catch up with TechRepublic this past week, you've come to the right place. TR Out Loud on Video (TROLOV) highlights the top discussions and members on the boards.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - July 6, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with Windows XP, the Recycling Bin, Microsoft Office, and more.
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TR Community tip: Reduce file sizes when using photos
In this quick tip by TR member aabishop@..., you'll learn an easy way to reduce the size of your photos in Microsoft Office documents.
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Video: TR Out Loud - July 10, 2009
In this TR community video, Sonja Thompson breaks out the Flip video and tries her hand at stick figure animation. This episode also contains all the usual suspects, including the top discussions and most active members on the site.
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Video: BlogHer 2008 Out Loud
In anticipation of BlogHer 2009 in Chicago on July 23-25, TechRepublic's Senior Editor Sonja Thompson recaps some of the highlights from BlogHer 2008.
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Google Chrome: What's the point?
TechRepublic member dcolbert questions the relevance and significance of Chrome, the Google-branded desktop OS.
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Video: TR Out Loud - July 17, 2009
This week's video captures some insight from Jason Hiner and Toni Bowers about two of the top discussions of the week; plus the other staple ingredients: top members, Tammy's Spam Buster report, and community participation.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - July 13, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with encrypted files, system performance, system restore, dual displays, and more.
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TechRepublic Questions of the Week - July 28, 2009
The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with dual booting, PC formatting, GPOs, Outlook 2003, and more.
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TR Member Spotlight with OnTheRopes
During this TR Member Spotlight, Sonja Thompson had the pleasure of catching up with OnTheRopes, more commonly referred to in the TechRepublic forums as OTR.
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Inside TechRepublic with Vincent Danen
In this Inside TechRepublic podcast, Sonja Thompson talks to Vincent Danen, one of TechRepublic's Linux gurus. If he was stranded on an island, would he use a Windows PC? What is the most challenging thing about learning Linux? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.