carareynolds, Author at TechRepublic

carareynolds

Bio

Cara Reynolds an editor on TechRepublic's content team. She has been working in educational, licensed, and Web publishing for more years than she cares to admit and hosts the Right Tool for the Job blog on TechRepublic.

Latest from carareynolds

After Hours

Old-school craftsmanship meets modern technology in the Steampunk Workshop

IT manager Jake von Slatt has always had a passion for old tech. Check out his step-by-step demonstration of this amazing steampunk keyboard mod.

Hardware

Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style

Mild-mannered IT manager by day, mad modding genius by night, Jake von Slatt demonstrates how to build a computer keyboard -- steampunk style.

Innovation

Is that a laptop in your monster or does it just want to eat me?

When you finally get ready to ditch your boring, corporate-black laptop sleeve, Barry and Katie of Barry's Farm will help you dress up your laptop as a furry monster or goofy robot. We chat with the company founders.

Hardware

Offbeat laptop sleeves at Barry’s Farm

Looking for a laptop sleeve that will turn heads at the office or at the local coffee bar on weekends? Barry's Farm has the wacky laptop sleeve market all sewn up.

Hardware

Cracking Open a Seagate 50 MB RLL drive

TechRepublic member Drew McBee cracks open a vintage Seagate 50 MB RLL drive.

Apple

Best of 2007: Cracking Open

Cracking Open the Apple iPhone The iPhone blends a revolutionary touch-screen interface, media player, and smartphone into a slick package. No wonder everyone wanted to see it cracked open. We waited in line, spent $600, signed a two-year AT&T contract, and activated our iPhone — then took the thing apart in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open ...

Software

Best of 2007: The Right Tool for the Job?

Sysinternals Autoruns When Erik Eckel needed an accurate, effective tool for tracking down DLLs, services and applications that automatically load at system startup, he found SysInternals Autoruns. Autoruns provides a simple but powerful graphical user interface for tracking down and eliminating wayward services, processes, programs and more. Best of all, this highly effective monitoring and ...

Networking

Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise

Explore Cisco Unity and Cisco unified communications systems in these TechRepublic downloads. Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise Design and deploy a sustainable Cisco Unity system by employing the basic methodology described in this chapter download from Cisco Unity Deployment and Solutions Guide. The methodology is steeped in the Cisco PDIO ...

Microsoft

Customize Windows Vista with these TechRepublic downloads

Don't miss these TechRepublic downloads on customizing your Windows Vista system.

Data Centers

Get to know Windows Server 2008 with these TechRepublic downloads

Get to know Windows Server 2008 with these TechRepublic downloads by Scott Fulton.

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This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for the appropriate use of electronic communications. It covers topics such as privacy, confidentiality and security; ensures electronic communications resources are used for appropriate purposes; informs employees regarding the applicability of laws and company policies to electronic communications; and prevents disruptions to and misuse of company electronic communications ...

PURPOSE Change is inevitable in any technological sector; it brings new features, functions and opportunities and helps businesses prosper through evolution. However, change can be detrimental to company operations if not executed properly through advanced notification of and approval by involved personnel. This change order form is designed to help you plan, implement and track ...

carareynolds

Old-school craftsmanship meets modern technology in the Steampunk Workshop

Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style

Is that a laptop in your monster or does it just want to eat me?

Offbeat laptop sleeves at Barry’s Farm

Cracking Open a Seagate 50 MB RLL drive

Best of 2007: Cracking Open

Best of 2007: The Right Tool for the Job?

Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise

Customize Windows Vista with these TechRepublic downloads

Get to know Windows Server 2008 with these TechRepublic downloads

End user data backup policy

Electronic communication policy

Change order form

Electronic data disposal policy