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This week’s episode of the TechRepublic Hot 5 is dedicated to gadgetgirl, because when I asked for Hot 5 topic suggestions on Facebook, GG came through. She took a straw poll at work last year, and here are the hot 6 passwords most selected by end users (“…so much for all this security awareness training I do….”). If you’re not a fan of video, you can choose to just download the mp3.

At the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, Calif., Deborah Estrin, a professor of computer science at UCLA, says the capability of GPS mobile phones to record location over time creates a new wealth of analytics. For example, new opportunities will exist where information is gathered from multiple users that better enables the accuracy of local traffic conditions.

Bill Detwiler shows you three handy keyboard shortcuts that will help you work faster in Excel. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

In this episode of TechRepublic’s Hot 5, the TR community turns into members of the Robot Skeleton Army! You’ll also get a peek at the hottest discussions of the week. If you’re not a fan of video, you can choose to just download the mp3.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to download, install, and use TechRepublic’s free graphical interface for Windows XCopy. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

Last year, we invited the TR community to come help us celebrate TechRepublic’s 10-year anniversary. We had such a great time that we’ve organized another event this year, but this one more closely resembles a tech conference with a community twist. We are very pleased to announce “TechRepublic Live 2010: The Changing Face of IT,” which will be held on June 30th through July 2nd at the Hilton Garden Inn Northeast in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the same location as last year, and they’ve blocked off several rooms at the discounted rate of $89 per night. Here’s the contact information to book your reservation: Hilton Garden Inn Northeast 9850 Park Plaza Ave. Louisville, KY, 40241 1 (877) STAY HGI or (502) 423-0018 http://hiltongardeninn1.hilton.com/en_US/gi/index.do This will be another wonderful opportunity to meet TechRepublic’s editorial staff, contributor writers, and your TR peers, plus talk face-to-face about the IT topics that you care about the most. If you plan to attend, please send official confirmation via e-mail to trol@techrepublic.com. We hope that even more folks can attend this year! And now, let the countdown begin… To just listen to this announcement, download the mp3 file.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to encrypt and hide your sensitive date using a free, open-source application called TrueCrypt. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

In this episode of TechRepublic’s Hot 5, I recap the blog posts that generated the longest discussions this past week and give a shout out to the most active TR members on the site. If you’re not a fan of video, you can choose to just download the mp3.

Bill Detwiler gives you four reasons why Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are important to Windows administrators. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

In this episode of TechRepublic’s Hot 5, we switch it up a little bit and shine a (second) Spotlight on the most active TR members on the site so far in 2010. If you’re not a fan of video, you can choose to just download the mp3.

Bill Detwiler examines three types of anti-malware tools and explains how they can find and remove malware. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano discusses three efforts underway to ensure the security of the nation’s cyberinfrastructure. This includes the development of National Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan, which will facilitate a coordinated response to cyberthreats from the federal government, local city and state governments, as well as the private sector