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Technologia: Someone call an exterminator

October 2, 2006 8:01am PDT

While searching for precious metals in Silthus, Technologia officer Bonky came across a harrowing situation involving an extremely large insect.

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Technologia: Adventures at level 60

September 25, 2006 8:55am PDT

Technologia, the TechRepublic World of Warcraft guild is getting older and the adventures are getting tougher. Bonky, Keres and Elkwinkarma at level 60 are still finding interesting adventures.

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Dinosaur Sightings: First Russian computer mouse

September 14, 2006 1:38pm PDT

The first Russian computer mouse was used with the EC-1841 (IBM PC/XT compatible computer).Sergei Frolov, a programmer and engineer from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, has compiled an extensive...

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Technologia: Travel Log through Blackrock Mountain

September 14, 2006 11:39am PDT

Sometime during each Horde character's development in the World of Warcraft they will have to make the trek from Searing Gorge to the Burning Steps. The path leads through the depths of Blackrock...

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Linux server penguin case mod

September 14, 2006 7:06am PDT

This tricked-out Linux server has a penguin-shaped front panel, a glass window, red lights, a painted frame, and more.

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Wild computer mods from Euskal Encounter 2006

August 25, 2006 1:31pm PDT

From July 22nd through July 25th, computer enthusiasts descend on the Bilbao Exhibition Centre for Spain's oldest, large scale computer/LAN party-Euskal Encounter 2006. According to the event's...

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Musicians

August 18, 2006 4:13pm PDT

Winner of Windows/CMP 's “101 best business site award”

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Add an arcade to your game room with a MAME cabinet or console

August 18, 2006 2:32pm PDT

For gamers like me who grew up with arcades, having a game cabinet the basement would have been the ultimate cool toy. Even as PC and console games met and eventually surpassed arcade machines,...

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Images: Astronomers see three new planets

August 16, 2006 11:31am PDT

Xena, Ceres and Charon would become planets under a new definition of the term from the International Astronomical Union.

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Revenge of the Demotivators

July 29, 2006 5:54am PDT

When your servers crash, end users scream, and network grinds to a halt, let these Demotivators make you smile. These soul-crushingly funny explanations of defeat, futility, failure, disloyalty...

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Technologia: A raid on the Uldaman

July 27, 2006 7:58am PDT

Members of the Technologia Guild make a raid on Uldaman. An instance dugeon famous for its mineral riches.

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Technologia: A raid on the Scarlet Monastery

July 25, 2006 5:14am PDT

Several members of the Technologia Guild on World of Warcraft took on the Scarlet Monastery instanced dungeon.

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Inside the Altair 8800 vintage computer

July 19, 2006 4:12pm PDT

If not the first home computer, Ed Roberts' Altair 8800 was definitely the first successful one. Erik Klein, vintage computer collector and Webmaster of Vintage-computer.com, takes you inside the...

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Images: Drag-and-drop web slinger

July 19, 2006 11:55am PDT

Spider-Man and other Marvel characters will soon be available in Planetwide's Comic Book Creator software.

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Images: Satellites watch wildfires burn

July 19, 2006 6:23am PDT

Satellites keep watch over the earth to monitor the progress of forest fires, and can even give first responders early alerts.

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Technologia: More adventures with dragons

July 6, 2006 10:54am PDT

Scences from the Technologia's most recent encounters with dragons, naga, and the scourge.

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Skull Webcam

June 30, 2006 11:04am PDT

What does a computer enthusiast and tinkerer do with and old plastic skull and some wiring? Turn it into a Terminator-esque Webcam of course.

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Technologia: The Scourge are here

June 22, 2006 1:11pm PDT

There is no rest for the wicked. The Scourge are mounting an attack on all capital cities in Azeroth. The Argent Dawn is recruiting help.

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Aluminum briefcase computer

June 22, 2006 7:06am PDT

This pc case mod enthusiast turned an aluminum briefcase, a few PC components, and an LCD screen into a very cool computer that would make James Bond proud.

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