TECH BOX

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/smartphones/things-now-cloud-fortified/6017 Will Kelly shows us the basics of using Things, a powerful and flexible iPhone to-do list app that now includes cloud synchronization.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/smbit/set-up-nfs-vmware-datastores-on-emc-vnxe/564 Lauren Malhoit walks through the process of setting up NFS datastores using the EMC VNXe and then connecting them to a vSphere host.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-predictions-for-open-source-in-2013/3512 The end of 2012 is in sight, and predictions about the new year are starting to run rampant. Jack Wallen weighs in with his open source forecast for 2013.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tablets/tips-to-easily-find-android-tablet-software/2585 Jack Wallen offers some tips and tools when searching for tablet-specific applications for your Android device.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cracking-open/hp-z820-workstation-tool-less-case-makes-teardown-a-snap/918 Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP Z820 using nothing but his hands and shows you what's inside this desktop powerhouse.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/get-started-using-google-drive-for-document-sharing/1688 Sending file attachments through email is so 1999. Make the switch to share documents using Google Drive and reap the benefits.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/australia/are-your-holiday-rosters-and-tools-ready/1584 Just because you are not at work, doesn't mean that hardware or hackers respect your timesheet.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/nanophotonics-whats-light-got-to-do-with-it/8071 IBM announces a breakthrough in nanonphotonics, one it says will speed the creation of affordable silicon/optical chips to speed data through servers and data centers.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-more-technologies-that-are-just-plain-broken/3514 Some items from our original broken-tech list have been improved -- making room for a new crop of flawed and poorly implemented systems and technologies.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/big-data-analytics/can-big-data-analytics-learn-some-lessons-from-fraud-detection-software/296 Credit card fraud detection analytics has worked in banking-and its history yields lessons that should be applied to Big Data.