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At CES 2009, UK-based Novo introduced the Minoru 3D Webcam. Available from Amazon.com for $89.95, the Minoru uses two cameras to create a stereoscopic effect when viewed with red and blue 3D glasses.

At CES 2009, Asus unveiled the new Eee PC T91. The latest Eee model has a touch-sensitive, rotating display that you can spin 180 degrees and fold down, much like a tablet PC. The 8.9-inch display is also touch sensitive and works with a stylus or finger. The 2.1-pound T91 is powered by an Intel Z520 Atom processor and comes with a built-in TV tuner and GPS. The new Eee PC will be available around March 2009, and although pricing hasn’t been confirmed the unit will likely to be around $399. For individuals and business considering netbooks, the Eee PC T91 is one to watch.

The Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds is built on the standard 17″ ThinkPad W700, but has a slide-out 10.6″ display. Lenovo designed this desktop replacement for graphics professionals and CAD designers that need dual screens and a portable (although hefty) computer.

Working in IT is one of the world’s most challenging jobs — and not always in a good way. To build a strong IT department, IT leaders need to understand the problems of the profession so that they can take steps to keep morale and retention as high as possible. This episode Sanity Savers for IT executives discusses five of the worst things about working in IT and suggests ways that IT leaders can help to overcome them.

TechRepublic’s Sonja Thompson is vacationing in Florida, and so we decided to put together a couple TR Out Loud Community FAQs to both inform and entertain the TR community during the holiday break. In this FAQ, we examine some of the handy features available within My Workspace. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud FAQ as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Since we started recording TR Out Loud on Video (TROLOV), we’ve aired over 30 episodes. This holiday season, we decided to assemble some of the silliest video outtakes for the TR community’s enjoyment. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud 2008 bloopers as just an audio file, download the mp3.

TechRepublic’s Sonja Thompson is vacationing in Florida, and so we decided to put together a couple TR Out Loud Community FAQs to both inform and entertain the TR community during the holiday break. In this FAQ, we examine the Video door, Newsletters, and Blog RSS feeds. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud FAQ as just an audio file, download the mp3.

This is the final TROLOV (that’s TR Out Loud on Video) for 2008 — at least in its regular format. Find out what discussions and members were hawt on the boards over the past week, plus see what the TR Out Loud blog has in store for the TR community for the remainder of the year. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

At an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the latest iPod Nano. It’s thinner and has a new interface much like the iPod Touch.

At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, HP CEO Mark Hurd joins Oracle CEO Larry Ellison via video conference to show a new hardware solution developed by the two tech companies. The HP Oracle Database Machine is pre-configured and certified to run Oracle’s business intelligence apps and real application clusters. HP will provide hardware support and the machines will be ordered from Oracle.

Whether or not you’re a fan of Bill Gates, it’s impossible to deny the role he has played in spreading computer technology across the planet during the past three decades. His retirement as a full-time Microsoft employee in June 2008 marked the end of an era — and it’s one worth looking back on. This Sanity Savers for I-T executives discusses the five of the most important lessons we’ve learned from the meteoric and often turbulent career of the world’s most famous IT professional.

Most organizations are trying to get better at project management because they recognize that there is a lot of value associated with efficient and successful project management. So why are so many organizations still so bad at it? This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives lists the top five reasons organizations struggle to manage their projects effectively.