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Archive: 09-2011

• Still reading banned books

  Avid reader Edmond Woychowsky discusses 10 books that were banned or challenged in 2010 and 2011.

  Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | September 30, 2011, 8:42 AM PDT

• Geek Trivia: What English town is infamous for its role in testing early profanity filters?

  There’s a computer security term for sorting issues involving dangerous plaintext words. The term is named after an English township that famously ran afoul of some early online profanity...

  Posted by Jay Garmon | September 30, 2011, 2:14 AM PDT

• Vote for your favorite Nikon Small World photomicrograph

  The 2011 Small World Photomicrography Competition Popular Vote is open until Monday, October 31. Vote for your favorites images from the more than 100 finalists chosen by this year’s panel...

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | September 26, 2011, 6:13 AM PDT

• Geek Gifts 2011: Polk Audio F/X Wireless Surround speaker system

  The F/X Wireless Surround speaker system from Polk Audio is a great deal for anyone setting up a new surround sound system.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 23, 2011, 11:24 AM PDT

• The five worst Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes EVER!

  Star Trek: The Next Generation is perhaps the pinnacle of the Trek franchise, which makes these five bottom-feeder episodes even more embarrassing.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | September 23, 2011, 3:54 AM PDT

• Video: Inside the Large Hadron Collider

  CERN researcher Andrzej Nowak discusses some of the computing done for the Large Hadron Collider, the largest machine ever built.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | September 22, 2011, 5:27 PM PDT

• William Shatner on why Star Trek is better than Star Wars

  The geek debate Star Trek v. Star Wars is discussed by none other than the original Captain James Tiberius Kirk in this three-minute video.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | September 22, 2011, 6:51 AM PDT

• SETI discovers a Tatooine-like planet

  Data from the Kepler space telescope led to the discovery of a planet that is about 200 light-years from Earth. Learn more about Kepler-16b.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | September 20, 2011, 5:46 PM PDT

• Geek Trivia: What were the 'controversial' call signs for the Apollo 10 spacecraft?

  The crew of Apollo 10 chose unorthodox nicknames for their lunar command module and lander. The Trivia Geek asks: What were those call signs?

  Posted by Jay Garmon | September 16, 2011, 7:12 AM PDT

• Geek Gifts 2011: Alienware m14x gaming notebook

  The Alienware m14x qualifies as one of the few gaming notebooks that can actually replace your gaming desktop.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 15, 2011, 1:50 PM PDT