Videos

IT professionals can already download Windows 7 through Microsoft’s TechNet or MSDN, and the retail release will take place on October 22. Now is the time to determine how the new Microsoft operating system will affect your organization. As Bill Detwiler explains, IT departments should consider hardware requirements, upgrade paths, and driver compatibility before rolling out Windows 7. 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.

Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder and COO of BlogHer, took some time out of her busy schedule during BlogHer 2009 to answer a few questions about how BlogHer originated, the power of communities, how BlogHer melds its online and offline forums, and the trend of women in technology.

For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

Bing was a sponsor of BlogHer 2009, and since I attended the conference in Chicago last month, I had the opportunity to catch up with Rajesh Srivastava, Bing’s Principle Group Manager. According to Rajesh, Bing moves beyond being just a search engine to actually help you make informed decisions.

For more information about Bing, Microsoft’s dedicated search engine, visit Bing’s official Web site.

Among all the built-in Windows XP wizards and utilities, the System Configuration Utility (or MSCONFIG), is probably one of most useful. Bill Detwiler walks you through those parts of the tool most useful for troubleshooting Windows XP boot problems. 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.

If workforce reductions are not handled right, they can make an already difficult situation even worse. Here are tips to minimize the impact of layoffs on IT operations.

Gartner researcher Tom Austin believes that IT has too many engineers and not enough social scientists. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers evaluates Austin’s perspective.

If you haven’t had time to catch up with TechRepublic this past week, you’ve come to the right place. TROLOV — or TR Out Loud on Video — highlights the top discussions and members on the boards. As always, we encourage more members to participate in upcoming episodes.

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

TechRepublic’s 10-year anniversary (and first annual Community Event) was held in Louisville on June 26, 2009. We streamed the event live and also provided the recording as a download. However, we also now have this condensed version, which includes some of the member interviews, for your enjoyment.

At this year’s BlogHer conference in Chicago on July 24-25, Microsoft Office hosted the MicroSpa, where BlogHer attendees could relax, check out the latest tech from Office, get technical assistance, enjoy refreshments (fruits, cheeses, pastries, sparkling wine), and sign up for one of three spa treatments — a back massage, hand massage, or make-up artistry.

In addition to thoroughly enjoying a back massage, I had the privilege of talking to Louise Rasho, a Senior Marketing Manager for Office Live, about the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2010. Find out when Office 2010 will be released, what significant and important incremental changes we can expect to see, and how Microsoft differentiates itself from Google docs and Zoho in the Web app space.

To learn more about Microsoft Office 2010, check out the following resources:

• Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview
• 10 cool features to look forward to in Office 2010

When troubleshooting a Windows Vista driver error, it’s always a good first step to gather information about that driver. Bill Detwiler shows you two handy tools that can help you solve those pesky Vista driver problems. 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.

BlogHer 2009 was held in Chicago on July 24-25. The conference officially kicked off when the BlogHer co-founders — Elisa Camahort Page, Lisa Stone, and Jory Des Jardins — took the stage. Their welcome speech included some statistics from BlogHer’s women in social media survey, which is highlighted in this brief video.

For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

On my first night in Chicago — a business trip to attend BlogHer 2009 — I had the opportunity to attend a Webgrrls networking event. I’ve heard quite a bit about Webgrrls from Nelly Yusupova, so I was excited to see the community of geeky gals in action.

For more information about Webgrrls International, and to see if there’s a Chapter near you (or to find out how to start a Chapter in your area), please visit Webgrrls.

TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner shares his thoughts on the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon Wireless. He discusses the pros and cons of the new device from a business perspective and talks about where it fits in the smartphone market.

In a difficult economy, IT becomes invaluable for driving efficiency and cost savings. However, to become perpetually relevant, IT needs to be perceived as a value-generating, strategically active department. Here are four ways that IT can prove its worth and generate tangible business value.

Hard drive failures are always a nuisance — if not a disaster — especially when the backups have gone missing or were never made. Whether it’s your own oversight or that of a panicked user, at some point you’ll probably attempt to retrieve files from a damaged hard drive. Bill Detwiler shows you how the Zero Assumption Recovery (ZAR) tool can help you find and restore recoverable files from a failed hard drive. 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.

This week’s TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — captures some insight from Jason Hiner and Toni Bowers about two of the top discussions of the week; plus the other staple ingredients: top members, Tammy’s Spam Buster report, and community participation.

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

There have been many IT departments that could have been tremendously successful if it weren’t for the faulty beliefs of their leaders. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives puts the spotlight on five ways of thinking that can cripple your IT operation and damage your career.

Unbeknownst to many users, Firefox has a whole host of hidden settings that can fine-tune and potentially speed up your browsing experience. Bill Detwiler shows you how to access and modify Firefox’s preferences using the browser’s about:config feature. 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.