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By Ryan Boudreaux May 8, 2012, 10:52 AM PDT Takeaway: Ryan Boudreaux looks at some of the latest browser support numbers for HTML5 and Flash. Are you a partisan for either? Here are Ryan’s thoughts on the state of the Flash vs. HTML5 debate. The battle lines were drawn years ago, and the war continues

By Erik Eckel Takeaway: The certification landscape changes as swiftly as the technologies you support. Erik Eckel looks at the certs that are currently relevant and valuable to IT pros. When it comes to IT skills and expertise, there are all kinds of “best certification” lists. Pundits are quick to add the safe bets: Cisco’s

By Susan Harkins February 11, 2012, 8:25 AM PST   Takeaway: Outlook is complex enough to confuse your users and create support headaches. These basic concepts will give them a better grasp of how things work.   Training users on Outlook is often as simple as showing them how to download their mail. But some

By Thoran Rodrigues February 24, 2012, 6:00 AM PST Takeaway: Thoran Rodrigues says that while true cloud software is necessarily SaaS, not all software sold as a service really fits into the true cloud model. What are the distinguishing characteristics? The definition of software-as-a-service (SaaS) predates the rise of cloud computing, and it relates to

By Marco Fioretti February 7, 2012, 12:20 PM PST Takeaway: Marco Fioretti offers a script that you can use to create backups that don’t exceed a certain file size, making it easier to spread backups across various storage media or services. Backups are a necessity of digital life. The more frequently you make them, the

By Scott Lowe Takeaway: Stress, exhaustion, health problems, poor job performance, apathy — all these can be yours if you commit a few career sins and get burned out.   I’d be willing to bet that there isn’t one of you out there who hasn’t violated some basic work/life principles at least once in your

Source I bare bad news Windows XP users. Come 2014 Microsoft have recently announced that they shall be finally stopping support for the OS all together after a 13 (and a bit) year lifespan. Users are expected to upgrade to a newer system such as the upcoming Windows 8 (no release date as of yet)

Soon, patients will be able to buy smart pills that have tiny ingestible sensors that can help track their medication use. Um, the call is coming from inside the house? Patients not taking their meds as prescribed cost the US $290 billion in increased medical costs. And last week, Silicon Valley’s Proteus Biomedical announced the

By Scott Lowe Takeaway: We may not know exactly what’s going to happen in the tech world this year — but a lot of you have strong opinions about what WON’T be happening. Last week, we put out a Call for Feedback asking you, the loyal TechRepublic community, to tell us what you think are

By Jason Hiner Takeaway: For the first time in years, PCs grabbed the spotlight at CES 2012. Ultrabooks were everywhere, but was it an innovation win or an innovation failure? Photo credit: James Martin/CNET Among the 30-foot displays of massive TVs and the now endless parade of new smartphones and tablets, it’s easy to forget