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Protect your resume from previous employers going belly up

QuestionIn the mid 1990s, I worked several years for a Big 6 consulting firm, which now—through various mergers—has been reduced to one of the Big 4. I feel that listing the Big 6 experience both dates and dilutes my resume, plus most people today only relate to the current set...

Tags: Big 4, Big 6, hiring, hiring manager, hunter, job, job hunter, Molly Joss

Technical articles 2003-06-11

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Who should pay to fix the Big Dig?

Who should pay to fix the Big Dig?The Big Dig, which some people call the Big Pig, is a seven-and-a-half-mile stretch of highways and tunnels in Boston, opened last December after 15 years of construction. The cost was 14.6 billion taxpayer dollars, more than six times the original estimate, making...

Tags: GOVERNMENT, Insurance, Big Dig, Kerry

Discussion threads 2004-11-18

Configure Big Brother for efficient troubleshooting with alerts

Learn how to use Big Brothers e-mail alert and Web display functionalities to improve your Big Brother implementation.In my introduction article, "Big Brother is watching your network," I explained how to install and configure this powerful, open source network- and server-monitoring tool. After completing the instructions in that article, you...

Tags: Servers, Scott Lowe MCSE, Big Brother, e-mail alert, e-mail

Technical articles 2002-03-05

2006's Hot Topic: Unionize IT against Big Brother and bad grammar

TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for April 25, 20062006'S HOT TOPIC: UNIONIZE IT AGAINST BIG BROTHER AND BAD GRAMMAR This will be the final edition of the Community NetNote's current incarnation, so now is the perfect and last time to take stock of 2006's hottest TR topics. While the timeless...

Tags: Big Brother, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, windows, career, linux, community netnote, privacy, discussions, The Trivia Geek, feedback, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11181-0.html?forumID=6&threadID, information technology

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Red Hat 6.2: The big beta boogie, part 2

In part 1 of this two-part series, Jack Wallen, Jr. looked at the unofficial method of upgrading to Red Hat Linux 6.2. In this Daily Drill Down, Jack examines more conventional methods and digs deeper into the upgrade.In “Red Hat 6.2: The big beta boogie, part 1,”I took a look...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Red Hat Linux 6.2, Red Hat Inc., GNOME

Technical articles 2000-09-26

Bubble Drop for Nokia E90 (800x352 Big Screen Version) 1.3.1 (Mobile)

Note: This product is the only BubbleDrop which works on E90 phones.This product's file is different from BubbleDrop for 320x240 and 240x320.BubbleDrop for Nokia E90 (800x352 display)* Cant find any fun, addictive game that turns your E-series phone into something fun to play with ?* Tired of trying to play...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Bubble, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-01-06

TR's Hot Topic: Big brother cares what IT pros wear?!?

TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for March 28, 2006TR'S HOT TOPIC: BIG BROTHER CARES WHAT IT PROS WEAR?!? Here's what I don't understand: If we're all scared that "Big Brother" is watching, and Google is turning over data to the feds, and spyware is getting more dangerous than viruses ever...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=48&threadI

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

Despite big-name support, new privacy standard slow to catch on

Proponents view the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) as a way to simplify Internet privacy for consumers, and some big tech names support it. Yet fewer than one third of enterprises have implemented the standard, and criticism for P3P is plentiful.The Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC calls the Platform for...

Tags: Suzanne Thornberry, Electronic Privacy Information Center, P3P

Technical articles 2002-06-10

A conversation with a knowledge management guru, part 1

Delivering what you promise is essential for any IT consultant. Skip McDonald, director of knowledge management for Luminant, helps consultants at his firm develop the skills and abilities to do just that.One of the key challenges for IT consultants is balancing the need to sell, market, and deliver services with...

Tags: Strategy, Business intelligence, Rick Freedman, knowledge, Luminant Worldwide Corp., knowledge management

Technical articles 2000-07-10

PartitionMagic 6.0: The best gets better

Few certification tools are more important than those used to help you test the software you're studying. In this week's IT Certification Corner, learn why Erik Eckel says PartitionMagic 6.0 is a must-have utility.Some truths in life are more easily learned than others.My dad warned me not to buy a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 2000, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Hard-Disk Space, PartitionMagic 6.0, hard drive, Linux

Technical articles 2001-02-16

Is Windows Vista SP1 a big deal?

Where do you download from?Quote "get hardware and software updates from Microsoft through its Automatic Windows Update services"WOW - You get Hardware updates?Thanks for pointing that out.I meant driver. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. If we got hardware updates from Microsoft, we would be in some trouble lol.FinallySomeone...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

TR's Hot Topic: Big brother is watching you watch Star Trek

TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for February 7, 2006TR'S HOT TOPIC: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU WATCH STAR TREK With all the pervasive fears of online surveillance that were on display in the TR forums this, it may come as a surprise that at least one TR member is willing...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=

Discussion threads 2006-02-06

Take another leap forward with ColdFusion MX 6.1

ColdFusion MX was released last year to much fanfare in the Macromedia community. It represented a complete overhaul of the ColdFusion application server, built from the ground up in Java. The improvements over the previous releases were significant: complete Java integration, improved performance, object-like constructs called ColdFusion Components CFCs, Web...

Tags: Development tools, J2EE, Brian Kotek, Allaire ColdFusion, CFMX 6.1, ColdFusion MX, Java, server

Technical articles 2003-09-17

3 video cars, 6 monitors (Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX)

Sir your post "3 video cars, 6 monitors (Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX)" missing "d", it's supposed to be"3 video cards, 6 monitors (Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX)";)Screw the spelling errors, show us the setup!hey, good job on the Alienware crack. What I...

Tags: Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, Alienware, Alienware Area 51 ALX, Alienware Area 51, Cracking Open, video car, monitor, video, car

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

10+ applications for getting down to business with Windows Mobile 6

As I mentioned in "10 reasons why the Samsung i760 is better than the iPhone for business users," I recently replaced my Samsung i730 (running WM 2003) with an i760 running WM6.One of the things that makes the i760 better is the ability to select from hundreds of great third-party...

Tags: Program, Desktop, Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Backup, Skype Technologies S.A., Information, Photograph, Pocket, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Debra Littlejohn Shinder

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Webcam video too big to copy to DVD? Only 6 minutes long?

My college daughter had to create a video for a class. She used her Dell Inspiron 1521 running Vista Home Premium Webcam, and created a 6 minute 39 second video. She's watched it with Windows Media Player. When she looks at the file statistics, it says its...

Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, GIG File, video, Webcam, Microsoft Windows Vista, Nero

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

VoIP: Quality is still a big concern

VoIP: Quality is still a big concernarticle rootSound quality and reliability of VoIPA recent survey indicates that consumers using VoIP services offered by cable companies, which own their access networks, are almost twice as confident in the reliability of those services as customers who buy VoIP service from third-party providers,...

Tags: VoIP, news, Sonja Thompson, networking, Vonage Holdings Corp., telephone, survey

Discussion threads 2006-07-18

Nanotech funding to grow to $8.6 billion

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Tags: Semiconductors, Self-replication, nanotechnology

Technical articles 2004-08-16

Dell notebook gets set for big-screen debut

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Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., notebook, Jay Parker

Technical articles 2004-10-22

Book review: How To Make It BIG in the Seminar Business

People will line up and pay to hear you speak, if you know how to market yourself. This book can help.Would you be interested in a career that offers the chance to make big money and earn an important name for yourself? I realize the title sounds like an infomercial,...

Tags: Workforce management, Susanne Krivanek, Seminar Business, Make It BIG, training

Technical articles 2000-02-07