Geekend

Archive: 12-2011

• FOSS is the end of the world as we know it

  The scientific community’s debate about whether to release specific details about an airborne-communicable version of the avian flu reminds Donovan Colbert of the IT industry’s open...

  Posted by Donovan Colbert | December 31, 2011, 8:36 PM PST

• Top 25 geek New Year's resolutions for 2012

  Here are 25 suggested resolutions for the dork-tacular among us.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | December 30, 2011, 9:17 AM PST

• Quotable geek films top the list of Geekend posts in 2011

  IT humor, NASA, bad Star Trek episodes, and astrophotography are some of the topics featured in the hottest Geekend posts of the year.

  Posted by Mary Weilage | December 22, 2011, 12:54 PM PST

• Hot software downloads in 2011

  Disk analysis and optimization, PC diagnostics, and security are among the themes of the software downloads in this year-end roundup.

  Posted by Mary Weilage | December 22, 2011, 7:01 AM PST

• Geek Trivia: What advertising mishap forced the U.S. military to begin 'tracking' Santa Claus in 1955?

  What mishandled advertising campaign led to NORAD providing flight-tracking data on Santa Claus for the last 50 years?

  Posted by Jay Garmon | December 21, 2011, 6:36 PM PST

• The 10 hottest galleries on TechRepublic in 2011

  Geeks in costumes, cracked open tech, and computer ads from the ’70s are among the most popular topics of TechRepublic photo galleries in 2011.

  Posted by Mary Weilage | December 21, 2011, 2:51 PM PST

• Members' first geeky gifts: TI-1200, NES, Merlin, and more

  Donovan Colbert, HAL 9000, and Beth3West are just three of the readers who shared their memories of their first geeky gifts. Check out the gallery to see which items are featured.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | December 20, 2011, 4:09 PM PST

• Capture the upcoming year with CanvasPop

  You have from now until Friday, January 27, 2012 at 5:00 PM EST to submit original photos for a chance to win a CanvasPop gift card.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | December 20, 2011, 1:56 AM PST

• Geeky gifts not to buy this holiday season

  TechRepublic contributor Wally Bahny provides muggles with a list of items not to purchase for their favorite geeks.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | December 19, 2011, 10:13 AM PST

• The five worst Star Trek: Enterprise episodes EVER!

  Enterprise is indisputably the least popular of the Star Trek TV series, but there’s bad, and then there are these five continuity-confounding franchise-killers.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | December 16, 2011, 8:12 AM PST