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Greg Packer and David Clayman are the first line at Manhattan’s Apple store to buy an iPhone.

By: Anthony Sullivan

The World Series of Video Games kicked off in Wuhan, China in May, and this month brought the the action to the USA. The first stop was Louisville, Kentucky, at the 6th annual MillionManLan put on by Lanwar, Inc. TechRepublic was there and caught all of the action.

From the geeks to the tournaments, we saw it all. The following is a brief glimpse into what makes this such a great event.

TalkPlus is a Voice 2.0 service that allows you to manage your mobile phone with increased flexibility, privacy, and control over your phone numbers. This latest beta application for S60 3rd Edition devices provides you with a virtual number along with voicemail management, conference calling, and call history.

Okay, here is the setup. About two months ago I received a top-of-the-line Alienware Area-51 7500 for a review. It is an excellent PC and I highly recommend one if it falls within your budget. About that same time, Bill Detwiler and I came across a company selling a 3D monitor. The folks at IZ3D claim to have produced the world’s first 3D monitor for gamers.
We thought this would be a great thing to hook up with the Alienware. One of the fastest and most powerful personal computers available paired up with a state of the art, bleeding-edge 3D monitor — now that’s geek in spades.

Cisco’s Security Device Manager (SDM) now boasts the Firewall Policy Wizard, which you can use to create a firewall. David Davis walks you through the process.

Explore this photo gallery to see how one of the world’s most popular mobile hard disks (the Hitachi Travelstar) is put together to power countless laptops.

Windows Vista disk defragmenter has a new look.

As a DBA, I have been in many situations where I had to move databases to a new server due to old hardware, failed hardware, failed drives, etc. You have two options you could use to carry out this task: SQL Server Management Studio (GUI) or T-SQL (Command line). The method I prefer is T-SQL. It is simple and easy and avoids clicking the mouse all over the screen. This How do I… will show you both methods and allow you to choose the one you prefer.

By Anthony Sullivan

For many users, the default Windows user interface is a tad boring and just doesn’t cut it. They want to personalize and customize it to make it their own.

Objectbar, a product from StarDock, is a tool for doing just that. Let’s see if this product delivers on its promises.

You can download ObjectBar from the TechRepublic Software Library.

After you’ve installed the application, you will be presented with this screen. ObjectBar comes with three themes by default. Choose one and select Load.

TechRepublic blogger Paul Mah takes you on a tour of CommunicAsia.

The other day I decided to check out what the media support in Ubuntu 7.04 was like. Images in this galley show what I found.

Opera unveiled its Opera Mini 4 beta, which improves mobile browsing.

By: Anthony Sullivan

Continuing our series of content pieces covering Google’s varied suite of tools and software, we review Google Calendar this month.

In February, Google announced Google Apps Premium, a new way to use many of the services Google has offered for a while plus a couple of new ones. Google Calendar is included with Google Apps Premium and is, by my reckoning, a pretty slick Web service. Let’s take a look.

As you can see again, I’m starting from the familiar Google search page. It has changed a bit since my last look, with the addition of a menu bar at the top.

Ever wonder how one of the most common wireless notebook mice is put together? Check out this Cracking Open image gallery to learn just what’s inside Microsoft’s Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000.

Here are several steps you can take to disable various features in Safari to reduce the risk of hacker attacks.

eBay has launched an easy-to-customize widget for embedding direct access to eBay search results, a single auction item, or multiple auction items right onto a Web site or blog. Here is a look at the step by step customization process.

A look at the installation/setup process for the Yoggie Pico Pro.

These are Steven S. Warren’s random images for publishing in blogs.