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At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, Microsoft showed off its forthcoming Dynamics CRM Live service.

The SMC TigerStore NAS device is a marvel in its simplicity. With a straightforward Ethernet connection and a short configuration you can add up to a terabyte of storage to your already existing network.

Here are several configuration settings you can make to reduce the attack surface on Mozilla’s open-source Firefox browser.

This gallery walks you through cracking open a flash drive.

ChaCha is a search engine that relies on human guides to carry the experience.

Linux can be intimidating for a Windows administrator because a lot of configuration for network services must be done from the command line. Jack Wallen shows how to configure a DNS server using GUI tools in Linux.

Take a look at the iPhone lines in Louisville (where TechRepublic gots its iPhone), New York City, and San Francisco.

The iPhone blends a revolutionary touch-screen interface, music player, and smartphone into a slick package. Come along as we crack open the Apple iPhone and see the hardware the make it run.

Before cracking open the iPhone, TechRepublic took 67 photos of the process of unboxing and doing the initial setup for the iPhone. Here is our soup-to-nuts look at the entire process.

Grisoft has developed quite a following with its free (for personal, non-commercial use) security applications, and for good reason. AVG anti-virus and anti-spyware programs use little overhead and have proven effective at combating common malware. The security products have racked up a number of awards and accolades as a result.

Now there’s an anti-rootkit utility in AVG’s free software stable, too, and for users seeking a minimum of interaction, AVG Anti-Rootkit Free may very well be the Right Tool for the Job.

Linux is increasingly becoming a popular alternative to Microsoft Windows for network administrators wanting to provide services for their organization. Learning a new OS like Linux can present some challenges to a long time Windows administrator however. This is the beginning of a series of articles aimed at the IT administrator new to Linux wanting to set up various servers. This first article will describe the steps to setting up an Apache server as a Web server for your organization.

This gallery contains images of my Microsoft Certification Pins.

By: Anthony Sullivan

You know the feeling. You’re sitting there minding your own business, going about your computing day when… BAM! You’re computer goes wonky and you know something isn’t right. Maybe it reboots, maybe you start getting errors, or maybe files just start to disappear. One thing’s for sure: you’ve got a virus.

Or, maybe you don’t know what this is like. Perhaps you only know what it’s like for your computer to casually tell you that it has thwarted yet another attempt to infiltrate your system by some nefarious evil-doing snippet of code.

If either of these scenarios has happened to you, you already know how important virus protection is. But how do you choose the right anti-virus protection? There are tons of options out there.

Today, take a peek at Kaspersky Anti-Virus and decide for yourself if this is the option for you.

You can download your own trial copy of Kaspersky Anti Virus from the TechRepublic Software Library.

After installing Kaspersky you are asked it activate the software. Since we are just checking it out and haven’t bought a copy yet we’ll want to activate a trial.

T-Mobile released an update to their successful T-Mobile MDA/HTC Wizard device that has an updated sleek form factor and significantly improved keyboard. The T-Mobile Wing is a Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition device that comes in a cool blue color.

Take your Windows Mobile Smartphone beyond e-mail and calendar updates to full Intranet access with Aventail Connect Mobile (Smartphone).

All hard disk drives fail. The only question is when. While numerous recovery utilities exist, Get Data Back from Runtime Software proves to be the Right Tool for simplifying the process. Here’s how it works.

By: Anthony Sullivan

Few things are more infuriating to a developer or IT person than finding out a production server is down and has been for hours or days without you knowing it. But as annoying as that is, it really never occurred to me to run a monitor to check it until recently, when my Web server was down for a couple of days. Now I’m on the hunt for a good monitor to keep me aware of my server status. Which brings me to TheOne. No, not Neo. TheOne Server Monitor.

You can download your own copy of TheOne Server Monitor from the TechRepublic Software Library.