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The TechRepublic community has come together in the Discussions forum to share their love of gardening. The TR Garden Club actually began in 2005, and we’re just now compiling some of their photos to show off in a community photo gallery. Check out the most recent Garden Club discussion: TR Garden Club — Part 6, Spring 2009. If you have some garden photos that you’d like added to this gallery, please send it as an attachment to trol@techrepublic.com.

Sony finally dives head-first into the netbook market with its W series netbook, a 10.1-inch system that offers a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB memory and more for $499.

Research in Motion, in marketing the BlackBerry Bold 9000, states the PDA “embodies elegant design-without sacrificing the features or functionality you expect from a premium smartphone.” While IT consultant Erik Eckel, using the Bold in the field, found the device intuitive and well built, he believed too many sacrifices were made in the handset’s design.

We’ve published hundreds of galleries so far this year — images of the products, people and events that matter most to business. The most viewed images include first peeks at Microsoft’s Windows 7, the Palm Pre running Palm Web OS, and Installing Mac OS X on a Dell Mini 9 netbook. Here are images from the 10 most popular galleries.

This is the 2009 version of my photo scrap book. This is where I publish photos, diagrams, and other imagery for blogs and articles on TechRepublic.

Voice guided navigation has been missing from the Apple iPhone since the first device rolled out in 2006. With the 3.0 OS update we now have the capability for this and TeleNav and AT&T were one of the first to provide this service. TeleNav has mobile clients on a number of carriers and devices and their iPhone client is quite full featured with the ability to send destinations to your account from the Internet. Traffic updates and up-to-date maps are provided via the wireless data networks.

Lenovo’ new ThinkPad T400s laptop is a thin-and-light notebook for business users that features solid state drive storage and falls between the featherweight ThinkPad X300 and its T400 predecessor. It sports a super-slim profile, just 0.83-in. thick at its thinnest point, and starts under 4 lbs.

The HTC T-Mobile G1 smartphone is not an iPhone killer but is a very nice phone for the avid Google application user that wants their Gmail and calendar synced on a smartphone.

The latest, greatest Apple iPhone has been released we just have to crack it open. With the help of our friends over at iFixit, we take a look at what makes the Apple iPhone 3G S tick.

The Logitech V450 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks is the perfect companion for executives who are always on the move, yet demand more than the comfort of the typical notebook touchpad.

Remember AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, Excite or Lycos? They were some of the top search engines in the 90s. Now, some of the top contenders sport names like Cuil, Hunch, and Mahalo.

Remote Data Backups provides organizations of all sizes with a reliable and secure online backup solution. In this Product Spotlight, IT Consultant Erik Eckel examines Remote Data Backup’s setup and operation.

Having a Windows Vista install DVD with the latest service packs can be very helpful – especially if you reinstall Windows more than a couple of times a year or if you have to deploy Windows Vista to multiple computers. Alan Norton shows how he creates one.

The idea behind Opera Unite is to take the client-server computing model and toss it into a browser. Your computer can share content with other PCs on the Web without servers.

The HTC Touch Pro2 is a very refined version of its extremely popular slider QWERTY phone design. Nokia too a few cues from the folks at HTC and is rolling out their first QWERTY slider S60 device right now. Take a look at some comparison shots of these two and their keyboards.

New versions of Microsoft Exchange and Windows Small Business Server require 64-bit server platforms. Having recently deployed several new 64-bit servers for clients, IT consultant Erik Eckel is familiar with the expenses typically accompanying such hardware requirements. But building a new 64-bit server from scratch doesn’t have to break the bank. In fact, Eckel built a 64-bit server for less than $775. Here’s how Eckel recommends building a budget 64-bit box.

Sprint and Palm launched the new WebOS-based Pre smartphone one week ago and I have spent many hours using it since launch day. There are several pros and cons with the device and service and the verdict is still out on whether it stays or goes. The device is not earth shattering, but it is a very compelling product that has many Palm fans excited and energized to see Palm succeed.

Motorola has announced its Rival mobile messaging phone, which packs a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen elements and visual voicemail. The Moto folks were kind enough to let me play with the new device, which I believe is a nice solution for someone who wants a smartphone but doesn’t want to pony up the dough for a data plan. Here’s how it stacks up.