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- Geek Gifts 2008: The 3rd Space FPS Gaming Vest
- Since the introduction of the genre with Wolfenstein 3D, the first person shooter has been a popularity chart-buster, recording sales in the billions across just about every platform. TN Games believes it has found a way to make the first-person experience even more immersive with its FPS Gaming Vest. by...
- Tags: Geek Gifts 2008, computer games, peripherals, off topic, geekend, TechRepublic Inc., Sales Strategy, Games, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Mark Kaelin
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Unlucky insect fries PC power supply and explodes self
- The inside of a PC power supply can be a dangerous place for even an experienced repair tech. When an unsuspecting insect ventures into these hazardous surroundings the results are "explosive". by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: geekend, off topic, hardware, computer blooper, end-user support, exploding bug
- Image galleries 2008-04-24
- Computer bloopers and blunders from the technically clueless
- Work retail PC repair and you'll see some pretty wacky end-user "fixes". See what happens when the technically clueless clash with their computers. by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: off topic, geekend, end-user support, hardware, computer, bloopers, technically clueless
- Image galleries 2008-04-24
- Cracking Open the Sony PlayStation Portable
- Follow along as we disassemble Sony's popular hand-held gaming system--the PlayStation Portable. by Anthony Sullivan
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, cracking open, geekend, off topic, Screw, Screen, Battery, Ribbon Cable, Engineering
- Image galleries 2008-04-22
- Cracking open the Nintendo Wii Remote
- Much has been written, speculated and conjectured about the Nintendo Wii Remote. As a follow-up to our disassembly of the Wii we decided to crock open the Wii Remote to see for ourselves. To our surprise, although in hindsight it shouldn't have been, the device maintains Nintendo's design theme of...
- Tags: Nintendo Wii, Gallery, wii, wii remote, off topic, geekend, mark kaelin, TechRepublic Inc., Semiconductors, Network technology, Corpo, Corporate governance, HARDWARE, NETWORKING
- Image galleries 2008-04-22
- Cracking Open the Atari 2600 video game console
- Introduced all the way back in October 1977, The Atari 2600 Video Computer System is one of the more fondly remembered video game consoles. For its time, the Atari 2600 was a breakthrough in entertainment technology and foreshadowed what would eventually become a multi-billion dollar industry. In this TechRepublic Cracking...
- Tags: Cracking open, Atari 2600, video games, consoles, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-04-18
- Dinosaur Sighting: The Atari 2600 Video Computer System
- Video games are a multi-million dollar business these days. But this booming industry owes much of its current success to a simple little console first sold in October 1977 called the Atari 2600 Video Computer System. By today's standards, Atari games are not much to look at, but their simple...
- Tags: Dinosaur sighting, off topic, geekend, Atari 2600, game consoles
- Image galleries 2008-04-08
- Water-cooled toolbox PC mod
- This creative computer mod incorporates a water cooling system and a bright red toolbox. by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: off topic, geekend, mods, case mod, toolbox, pc
- Image galleries 2008-03-31
- Cracking Open the Apple G3 Pismo Firewire
- With all of the excitement about the MacBook Air lately (Due largely to their excellent commercials), we thought it might be interesting to compare the cutting edge Apple MacBook Air with its predecessor from back in 2000. Has notebook technology made a...
- Tags: off topic, geekend, apple g3, cracking open, notebook
- Image galleries 2008-03-28
- Wizard World wows Los Angeles
- Wizard magazine is to comics as Rolling Stone is to music, and their multi-city comic cons are some of the most well-known.Wizard World Los Angeles took place in the middle of March and there were comic books galore, comic writers and artists, TV and movie stars, and costumes, costumes, costumes!...
- Tags: off topic, Geekend, wizard world, costumes
- Image galleries 2008-03-25
- Cracking Open the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P
- While the Osborne 1 claims to be the word's first self-contained portable personal computer, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P can lay claim to being one of the next generation of portable computers. Eerily similar to the Osborne 1, the Model 4P made major strides in construction and usability. This...
- Tags: Cracking open, trs-80 model 4p, personal computers, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-03-25
- Costumes and celebrities abound at WonderCon 2008
- Now in its 22nd year, WonderCon was held a few weeks ago in San Francisco, California. Comic Book and Sci-Fi creators and fans alike came to rub elbows with Hollywood stars as well as with one another. by John Lee
- Tags: Off topic, Geekend, wondercon
- Image galleries 2008-03-25
- Cracking open the Osborne 1: The original portable computer
- The Osborne 1 was the word's first self-contained portable personal computer. Many of the design decisions and innovations first seen in the Osborne 1 are still being used today some 25-plus years later. We could not resist taking a look inside this piece of computing history in this TechRepublic Cracking...
- Tags: Cracking open, off topic, geekend, osborne1
- Image galleries 2008-03-19
- A galaxy far, far, away comes to Brazil
- The Star Wars Exhibit Museum opened on March 5 on the "Porão das Artes" at the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, where it will be until June 29.Children can take a course at the "Jedi Academy" (and face Darth Vader himself at the end) and adults can take a guided/scheduled...
- Tags: Star Wars, Geekend, off topic, Photos
- Image galleries 2008-03-18
- Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style
- Mild-mannered IT manager by day, mad modding genius by night, Jake von Slatt demonstrates how to build a computer keyboard -- steampunk style. by Cara Reynolds
- Tags: geekend, off topic, keyboard, mods, mod, steampunk, steampunk workshop, jake von slatt
- Image galleries 2008-03-18
- Offbeat laptop sleeves at Barry's Farm
- Looking for a laptop sleeve that will turn heads at the office or at the local coffee bar on weekends? Barry's Farm has the wacky laptop sleeve market all sewn up. by Cara Reynolds
- Tags: geekend, off topic, laptop, sleeve
- Image galleries 2008-03-17
- Enlightenment takes a giant leap forward
- Recently in my open source blog, I wrote about the newest Enlightenment window manager (E17) being ready for prime time. Even though the developers state that it's not "really" ready for production-level machines, I disagree. I received a lot of requests for a gallery of screen shots for E17. Your...
- Tags: geekend, photo gallery, enlightenment
- Image galleries 2008-03-14
- Wild costumes and good times at MegaCon 2008
- MegaCon, the largest comic book and sci-fi convention in the Southeastern United States, was held March 7-9 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Who was there? Sci-fi TV and movie stars, comic book artists and lots and lots and lots of fans in costume. by John Lee
- Tags: geekend, off topic, photos, Star wars, Anime, Comic Book, conventions, Sci-FI
- Image galleries 2008-03-14
- Dinosaur sightings: The Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 huggable luggables
- While we have spent a good bit of time discussing the pros and cons of the Apple MacBook Air, there are other portable computers we could be talking about, namely, the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: Dinosaur sightings, off topic, geekend, Osborne, trs80, portable computers
- Image galleries 2008-03-13
- Dynamic images from galaxies far far away with the Hubble Telescope
- Gallery of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope. by Tony Kaelin
- Tags: Tony Kaelin, off topic, geekend, space, hubble
- Image galleries 2008-03-12
