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Hurricane prediction technology can help IT
Meteorologists rarely seem to get weather forecasts right, so why would want to use some of their technology in your IT department? Find out.
Posted by Wally Bahny | August 26, 2011, 7:16 AM PDT
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The five worst Star Trek episodes of all time
More than a few of Kirk and Spock's original voyages were (ahem) less than stellar. We round out the bottom five for your reading...pleasure?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 26, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by P.F. Bruns
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Learn AI from two of Silicon Valley's best
This fall, the entire world will be able to learn about artificial intelligence thanks to a new, free online course from Stanford University.
Posted by Wally Bahny | August 24, 2011, 10:02 AM PDT | Latest comment by birumut
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Geek Trivia: How many parents did Dolly the cloned sheep actually have?
Most modern versions of sci-fi clones don't have just one parent -- they have several -- and this goes for the world's most famous cloned mammal: Dolly the sheep.
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 19, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by AnsuGisalas
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Geek Gifts 2011: Star Trek Bathrobe
Pretend you're Kirk, Scotty, Spock, or Uhura in your very own Star Trek bathrobe. Reviewer Edmond Woychowsky says one undocumented feature alone makes the robe worth purchasing.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | August 17, 2011, 6:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by TomMerritt
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2011 Hugo nominees for Best Short Story, Novel, Novella, and Novelette
The 2011 Hugo Award winners will be announced August 20th at Worldcon. Edmond Woychowsky lists some of the nominees and reveals which nominated sci-fi short stories are his favorites.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | August 16, 2011, 1:35 PM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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An ISP Tortoise and Hare story
Donovan Colbert explains why a bandwidth cap really takes the fun out of the thought of a super-fast fiber connection to your home.
Posted by Donovan Colbert | August 12, 2011, 12:56 PM PDT | Latest comment by sipr
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The worst California road trip in geek history
"My parents went to a movie-inspired version of California and all I got were these lousy t-shirts." See if you can spot the geek-favorite media properties behind these designs.
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 12, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by Rick Caringer
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NASA isn't resting on its laurels
Nicole Bremer Nash discusses the news that water may flow on Mars and some of NASA's future plans, which include the Juno solar powered space probe and the GRAIL mission.
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | August 10, 2011, 9:11 AM PDT | Latest comment by JJMach
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Geek Gifts 2011: Roku 2 XS delivers streaming video and Angry Birds
The Roku 2 XS streaming video player delivers on everything it promises at an inexpensive price and does it with minimal frustration to users.
Posted by Mark Kaelin | August 9, 2011, 11:26 AM PDT | Latest comment by Mark W. Kaelin
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Canada's first Atomic Lollipop celebrates anime and more
In this guest post, Scott Snider highlights some of the happenings at Canada's very first Atomic Lollipop.
Posted by Sonja Thompson | August 8, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
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Geek Trivia: What portion of SpaceShipOne has achieved interplanetary flight?
It is not strictly accurate to say SpaceShipOne has never left Earth's atmosphere. Technically, at least part of the world's first private manned spacecraft has achieved interplanetary flight.
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 5, 2011, 3:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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Geek Gifts 2011: Dead Space 2
According to Sonja Thompson, if you like third-person shooter video games and enjoy the adrenaline rush of being scared, you're going to love Dead Space 2.
Posted by Sonja Thompson | August 3, 2011, 6:41 AM PDT
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Geek Gifts 2011: VIZIO Universal Wireless HD Video and Audio Kit
The VIZIO Universal Wireless HD Video and Audio Kit can connect up to four devices to a single display showing 1080p resolution images with true surround sound.
Posted by Mark Kaelin | August 1, 2011, 12:52 PM PDT | Latest comment by Mark W. Kaelin
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Comic-Con 2011 highlights: Film, TV, gaming news and cosplay photos
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are two of the silver screen giants who attended Comic-Con 2011. Read about highlights and see photos from the year's geekiest event.
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | July 29, 2011, 7:34 AM PDT
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The top 10 lightsaber battles that didn't happen in Star Wars movies
Jay Garmon lists his 10 favorite remixes of classic movie swordfights as lightsaber duels. Let us know if you find a better example of a lightsaber battle.
Posted by Jay Garmon | July 29, 2011, 4:55 AM PDT | Latest comment by LaS.Jay
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Move over, George Jetson!
Home automation no longer exists only in a fictional futuristic world. The modern technology offers remote or automatic control over as many electrical features in your home as you desire and can...
Posted by Guest Contributor | July 27, 2011, 6:42 AM PDT | Latest comment by conradhc@...
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Coming in 2012: a long-awaited film adaptation of a sci-fi adventure story
Geekend contributor Edmond Woychowsky has marked his calendar for March 9, 2012. Read about the film adaptation of a sci-fi novel released 95 years ago.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | July 25, 2011, 11:36 AM PDT | Latest comment by GSG
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How music can create better IT leaders
Works by The Lonely Island, Diddy, and Ludovico Einaudi reminded Scott Lowe of important lessons for successful IT project management.
Posted by Scott Lowe | July 22, 2011, 10:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by mindilator@...
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Comic-Con 2011: Star Wars fan movie winners
Find out which entries won the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge at Comic-Con, including the very cool George Lucas Selects Award.
Posted by Wally Bahny | July 22, 2011, 7:31 AM PDT
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The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first
We've assembled a roll call of the worst episodes of every single Star Trek series. Now it's time to measure the worst and the best of Trek's silver screen adventures.
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 19, 2012, 1:17 PM PST | Latest comment by cmiller5400
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The five best Star Trek: Voyager episodes of all time!
Even Voyager haters have to concede the show flirted with greatness at times, as these five episodes ably demonstrate.
Posted by Jay Garmon | June 14, 2012, 11:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by Nytrydr
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The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time
Jay Garmon ranks the top five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. See if your favorite TNG episode is on his list.
Posted by Jay Garmon | March 15, 2012, 9:05 AM PDT | Latest comment by swjslj@...
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The five best Deep Space Nine episodes of all time!
The five Deep Space Nine episodes that defied typical Star Trek boundaries and defined the franchise's most daring and unorthodox spinoff series.
Posted by Jay Garmon | May 17, 2012, 7:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by sniperlt@...
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The five worst Star Trek episodes of all time
More than a few of Kirk and Spock's original voyages were (ahem) less than stellar. We round out the bottom five for your reading...pleasure?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 26, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by P.F. Bruns
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75 words every sci-fi fan should know
Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know. But if you're going to learn obscure words and concepts, it may as well be terms you're...
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 14, 2008, 6:24 AM PST | Latest comment by ankits3a
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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 | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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The five worst Star Trek: Voyager episodes EVER!
Voyager is rarely held up as the high point of the Trek franchise, but these five Delta Quadrant dumpster-fires are indisputably the lowest episodes of the low.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 18, 2011, 6:23 AM PST | Latest comment by Rbrehm5912
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The five best Star Trek episodes EVER!
Behold the five greatest Star Trek episodes ranked fifth to first.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 17, 2012, 7:03 AM PST | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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20 things that make Dr. Sheldon Cooper TV's biggest geek
What makes The Big Bang Theory's Dr. Sheldon Cooper so geeky? TechRepublic contributor Edmond Woychowsky shares his list of top 20 reasons.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | July 6, 2010, 4:05 PM PDT | Latest comment by wildcat375
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The top 25 best-selling video games...EVER!
Some folks are hyping Halo 3 as potentially the most successful video game ever, but a quick look at sales figures past shows that to be extremely unlikely--especially considering how low Halo 2...
Posted by Jay Garmon | September 25, 2007, 12:28 PM PDT | Latest comment by Paul.Witting@...
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20 gift ideas for Star Wars fans
The LEGO Star Wars Death Star, the Jedi training manual, and a Yoda nutcracker are just three of the items featured in our Star Wars themed gift guide.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 28, 2011, 12:42 PM PST | Latest comment by zizzleshizzle
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The five best Star Trek: Enterprise episodes of all time!
Say what you will about Enterprise, but these five episodes are worthy of the name "Star Trek."
Posted by Jay Garmon | July 12, 2012, 3:53 PM PDT | Latest comment by ffulton
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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 | Latest comment by ydontugivemelotsofkiss
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The five worst Deep Space Nine episodes EVER!
The five most wormhole-sucking episodes in the history of Deep Space Nine, complete with unforgiving breakdowns.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 21, 2011, 7:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by revelated
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Kurzweil: Your brain will connect directly to the cloud within 30 years
By the 2030s or 2040s, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil envisions micro-computers embedded non-invasively in the brain that will act as an interface to a "cloud" of storage and processing power.
Posted by Ken Hardin | November 27, 2012, 8:50 AM PST | Latest comment by Kostaghus
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The humorous side of IT
Some geek humor is only appreciated by IT pros. Alan Norton discusses clueless user stories, silly names, and more, as well as when humor and IT don't mix.
Posted by Alan Norton | July 8, 2011, 6:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by dskyner1111@...
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George R.R. Martin, please commit to a release date for book six
Fans of the "great bearded glacier's" A Song of Ice and Fire series and/or HBO's Game of Thrones will appreciate the Paul & Storm song "Write Like the Wind (George R.R. Martin)."
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 16, 2012, 8:10 AM PST | Latest comment by Dutchman61
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The Geekend's fall 2012 sci-fi and fantasy TV preview
Which fall 2012 sci-fi/fantasy TV shows should earn time on your DVR hard drive, and which are unworthy of even Internet forum scorn?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 9, 2012, 9:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by pgit
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Sci-fi rant: Why giant mecha robots are stupid
The next person who says "I can't wait until the Army develops real mecha" gets a boot to the head, because in real life, giant robots are actually really stupid. Here's why.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 6, 2008, 8:42 AM PST | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
