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Get increased password protection on the iPhone

May 17, 2010 6:00am PDT

For companies who support iPhones or for users who simply want more security than the default 4-digit password, you can use the iPhone configuration utility to lock one down. Vincent Danen shows...

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Review: NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter

May 17, 2010 5:00am PDT

Derek Schauland has been checking out management tools for Active Directory environments. This time he looks at NetWrix, which offers a 20-day trial and a freeware version.

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Adobe says Apple could undermine the next chapter of the Web

May 14, 2010 11:09am PDT

Adobe ramped up its public relations offensive on Apple with a series of ads.The message: Adobe loves Apple, but hates that it is dictating developer tools.Is Apple really walling off the Web?

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Cybercrime's financial and geographic growth shows no slowdown during the global economic crisis

May 14, 2010 6:00am PDT

Symantec Executive Editor Marc Fossi presents some of the latest cybercrime statistics from Symantec's Internet security research.

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Three reasons Snow Leopard beats Windows in the enterprise

May 13, 2010 6:25am PDT

Erik Eckel gives his reasons for finding that Mac's Snow Leopard OS beats Windows in enterprise environments when it comes to maintenance, security, and performance.

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Getting my PC Intune with Microsoft

May 10, 2010 1:09pm PDT

Derek Schauland takes a look at the Windows Intune beta, an update and systems management cloud platform that allows you to manage even computers that aren't on the corporate network.

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Petabyte storage in a Linux distributed file system

May 7, 2010 1:20pm PDT

Learn more about the Linux Ceph project, which seeks to provide a petabyte-scale distributed file system with high performance and solid reliability.

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Gesture touchpad, desktop customizations, and Minitube for Linux

April 29, 2010 12:01pm PDT

See this week's round-up of cool Linux news, including gesture-touchpad software for Linux, desktop optimizations, and a Youtube desktop client.

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Six unintended iPad careers

April 28, 2010 11:31am PDT

In this guest post from Retrevo.com, the author describes six new careers made possible by the Apple iPad.

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Work on remote Subversion repositories locally with Git

April 27, 2010 5:00am PDT

Vincent Danen explains how you can use Git version control on a converted Subversion repository and push your changes back to Subversion.

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See the MacBook Pro 2010 updates

April 23, 2010 10:49am PDT

Apple recently announced the release of the updated MacBook Pro lines, including the 13-, 15-, and 17-inch models. Check out the specs and the new look in the galleries.

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System monitoring with Zenoss takes complexity out of configuration

April 20, 2010 5:00am PDT

While Nagios is a powerful and stable system monitor, it can be very complex to configure. Vincent Danen offers you another option with a slick UI, nice graphs, and easy-to-read host data.

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Desktop-sharing solution TeamViewer now available for Linux

April 16, 2010 7:32am PDT

The multi-platform remote access control solution called TeamViewer is now available for Linux. You can download the beta version for free.

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Product Spotlight: ScriptLogic Active Administrator

April 13, 2010 1:06pm PDT

Derek Schauland gives an overview of ScriptLogic's Active Administrator, which provides a centralized tool for managing your Active Directory environment.

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Open source apps, tips, and tricks: Round-up

April 13, 2010 8:00am PDT

Here's a round-up of some of the best open source topics that have appeared in other blogs on TechRepublic, just in case you missed them.

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Using rsnapshot to back up and retain snapshots

April 13, 2010 5:00am PDT

Vincent Danen explains how you can take rsync backups a step further with the rsnapshot tool, which allows you to retain multiple point-in-time backups that seamlessly rotate.

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Apple iPhone 4.0 brings improvements for business users

April 9, 2010 8:04am PDT

Yesterday's Apple iPhone 4.0 announcement includes good news for business users with smartphone features that were previously lacking. Here's a look at the highlights.

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How will HTML 5, Google, and the iPad play out in Apple vs. Flash?

April 7, 2010 12:06pm PDT

Some see Apple's iPad as the latest ploy in a battle to bury Adobe Flash once and for all. Are they betting on HTML5, and what do the other major players stand to win and lose in the fight over...

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Mounting NFS volumes in OS X

April 5, 2010 10:45am PDT

Vincent Danen outlines the steps to set up NFS mounts with the Disk Utility GUI in Mac OS X and offers some basic tips on configuration.

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FTC emphasizes five key issues for your data security plan

April 2, 2010 12:00pm PDT

Andy Moon summarizes the five key issues covered by the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines for businesses that store sensitive customer data.