Videos

TR Out Loud on Video (TROLOV) is back in the studio for yet another weekly recap of the hottest discussions and members on the boards. The holidays are quickly approaching, and so we encourage the TR community to get into the spirit of the season by participating in the last few shows of 2008!

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Voice over IP is growing in popularity because companies are attracted to its potential for saving money on long distance and international calls. Still, fewer than half of all businesses are using VoIP because of a few drawbacks. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives discusses the biggest obstacles standing in the way of widespread corporate adoption of VoIP.

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, I offer advice on what to do when Vista’s Check Disk tool malfunctions. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

On the day after Thanksgiving, most people in the United States have the day off work, including all of the folks inside TechRepublic. However, some of TechRepublic’s most dedicated members will still be on the site. This TROLOV (short for TR Out Loud on Video) is especially for this fine group — and of course the rest of the TR community who takes the time after the holiday weekend to tune in. To all of you, we are very thankful.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Application failures, operating system faults, Stop errors: If you see any of these while running Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to investigate possible RAM problems with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, included in Vista. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

TROLOV — or TR Out Loud on Video — is back in full force this week, bringing you the weekly highlights from the site, including the most active discussions and members on the forums. This episode also features quite a few photos that were sent in by the TR community.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most widely anticipated IT products of 2008. In this special episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives, get a look at the hits and misses of the Storm and see how well it stacks up against the iPhone as a business device.

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, Apple—are all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he says, is good for users and developers.

A UC Berkeley student has become such a devotee of the Livescribe digital pen that he’s now one of three dozen “campus scribes” paid by Livescribe to evangelize the product at their school. He shares how the pen has improved his study habits.

Rootkits are a serious threat. Rootkit-based botnets unleash seas of spam, and the most dangerous rootkits allow attackers to steal corporate and individual financial information. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler covers five things you should know about rootkits in order to keep your network safe and malware free. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

TechRepublic’s Sonja Thompson suffers through pesky allergies to bring your this week’s TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — which highlights the top discussions and members on the boards.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Whether it’s through consolidating a data center, deploying software appliances or streaming applications, virtualization will bring dramatic change to IT over the next decade. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses five things you should know before going too deep down the virtualization rabbit hole.

Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

One of the side effects of the information age is that personal privacy has become a major concern for average citizens. And IT often bears much of the responsibility for safeguarding privacy and protecting personal information. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discussed some of the ways that privacy concerns are influencing the standard operating procedures of the IT organization.

It was the Presidential election week in the United States, and so this TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — captured some of the hot political posts that topped the boards. For those of you who are saturated with politics, there is plenty of distraction in this episode as well.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Virtualization is having a major impact on IT infrastructure, and its influence will likely grow in the next 5-10 years. Thus, there are some basic principles about virtualization that all IT leaders should understand, as this episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains.

If you administer computers running Windows (or any other OS for that matter), updating and patching your OS should part of your regular maintenance routine. Unfortunately, Windows XP sometimes gets stuck in Update mode, even after you’ve applied your patches. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to get rid of those annoying yellow shields that Windows sticks in your system tray after an update gets stuck.

Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

Big egos and a lack of foresight kill lots of companies — both small and large. However, IT leaders can learn from their misguided decisions and glean a some important lessons to keep their IT departments — and ultimately their companies — from suffering the same fate. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discusses some of the most common bad decisions that can hurt good companies.

Happy Halloween from TROLOV (that’s TR Out Loud on Video)! It doesn’t matter if you observe this holiday, have a sweet tooth, or enjoy a good fright, this episode will still give you all the elements you’ve come to know and enjoy. Okay, so I also threw in a couple treats for all of your tricksters out there, including Flip video footage of Tammy and Sonja in downtown Louisville.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.