Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's March 2010 patches in your organization.

Bill Keyworth pioneered the development of IT service management as a means of maximizing business value. In this interview, he discusses that experience and shares his views on various tech and marketing trends.

Everyone faces failures and disappointments from time to time. The trick is finding a way to bounce back -- and maybe even come out ahead.

In conjunction with Global Knowledge, TechRepublic presents this year's IT skills and salary report. Find out about IT employment trends, areas of growth and decline, skills that are in demand, highest-paying job roles, highest-paying certifications, and salary ranges broken down by region, job title, and industry.

Certain mistakes are almost guaranteed to result in problems that can cost you clients. Make sure you don't fall prey to these common missteps.

Vincent Danen shows you how to use the git-cvs plugin to convert CVS repositories to Git and reap the rewards of speed and efficiency that come with it.

While using Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC is pretty straightforward, there are some tips that you can employ to get the most out of this winning combination. In this edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, Greg Shultz introduces you to some of these tips.

For people who are good with words and readily grasp technical processes, the job of technical writer is tailor-made. Two professional technical writers describe their experience.

Two support professionals, one in the U.S. and one in the UK, weigh in on the benefits and drawbacks of their chosen profession.

TaggedFrog has an incredibly clean and easy to use interface that allows the users to simply drag and drop files into the GUI to add tags to a file.

Excel restricts the amount of text you can place into its headers and footers. Here's a quick way to outfox it.

Optimizing a slow-performing system requires a number of diagnostic and repair steps, often with interruptions along the way. This basic checklist will help you cover all the bases.

The first step in project planning is to define the work. This template will help you create a definition document to guide you through small to medium-size projects.

Vincent Danen strongly recommends a password-storage utility for use with Mac OS X. 1Password stores passwords and other secure info, works across browsers, and syncs to multiple systems.

Vincent Danen shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system.

Latest reports have spam accounting for more than 95 percent of all email messages. You can thank botnets for most of that. Here's what we're up against.

DirectAccess is promising to take remote access to a new level. Here's a look at what it offers and how it works.

If you could merge the best features of Windows Mobile and the iPhone operating system, what would your hybrid OS look like? Here's one tech's vision.

The ability to connect from Windows to Linux is all you need to make administrating from a central location much easier. Jack Wallen explains.

In order to make it easy for OEMs to customize Windows 7, Microsoft built the ability to change the Logon screen wallpaper right into the operating system. In this edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to change Windows 7's Logon screen wallpaper.