Photos: From airborne ops to laser gunship

The C-130, born in the 1950s, is still going strong as it adapts to the high-tech era and takes on an endless array of missions.

Photos: Last-but-not-least gadgets

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue assuages his guilt by reviewing a half-dozen products that have sat on his shelf far too long.

Force FX Lightsaber from Master Replicas - unboxed and in action

Star Wars lovers can feel like real Jedi knights with the Force FX Lightsaber from Master Replicas. See the unboxing of the product and get a look at it in action.

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Geek Gifts 2007: iAXE393 USB-Guitar

Behringer's iAXE393 USB-Guitar is a full-size electric guitar that you can plug directly into your laptop or PC. With the included software, you can save music in MP3, WAV, AIFF, or OGG audio...

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Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions

ZDNet's "All About Microsoft" blogger Mary Jo Foley makes 10 predictions about what's coming from Microsoft in 2008.

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Discover what you already knew

Have you ever thought the metrics measured against you as a code monkey to be unfair or a waste? Well you could be right.

How do I... Install Virtual Server in Windows 2008 Server Core?

In a previous How do I... blog post, Steven Warren wrote about installing Windows 2008 server core. Now he tackles the installation and configuration of Virtual Server 2005 to into an instance of...

Photos: Green tech from coast to coast

U.S. start-ups are investing in everything from wind and solar power to cleaner-burning natural gas and self-charging batteries.

Images: Ford sheds more light on Mustang

A roof made almost completely of glass that offers a panoramic view of the outside is now offered as factory-installed option for leading Mustang models.

You need to be smart

One of the most popular buzzwords in software development agile. Today everyone wants to be agile. That is good! However, being agile is not enough.

Sun open sources Niagara 2 chip

Sun Microsystems has followed through on a promise to release the designs of a second server processor as open-source software.

Photos: Dusty Mars rover finds water evidence, seeks shelter

In a self-portrait, the Mars rover Spirit showed that it was covered with dust. Plus, scientists see evidence of ancient hot springs.

Top 10 reasons why the office loathes the IT department

Ever wondered what the rest of the office really think of you and your peers in the IT department?

Competition: Club Builder Christmas Hamper

To celebrate the 2007th episode of Christmas, and to look back at the year that was 2007, the Builder AU team are offering a Christmas hamper chock full of developer event goodies from 2007.

Photos: Microsoft Innovation Day in Brussels

The software giant and its partners show off tech wares that they predict could take off in the near future.

Pirates rejoice!

This week's roundup brings news about Vista first service pack, PDF's standards push and a video of why the Web needs changing.

Apple shipping the Mark Webber of hard drives

The hard drives within Apple computers seem to pull mechnical failure and random incidents into play whenever you think things are fine -- just like our man in F1: M. Webber.

Photos: The Big Apple's new big Apple (store)

The third and largest Manhattan Apple store officially opens its doors Friday in the Meatpacking District.

PDF becomes ISO 32000 standard

A 13 to 1 vote has set the Portable Document Format (PDF) on a course to become ISO 32000 standard (DIS).

The Web needs an overhaul

Rasmus Lerdorf, the father of PHP, says that the Web is inherently broken and needs an overhaul to the entire infrastructure: browsers, servers and scripting languages.