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NASA images: Desktop wallpaper from outer space

November 18, 2011 12:15pm PST

Some of the best desktop wallpaper available comes from the final frontier, where no one has gone before.

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$Amazing flame fractals take your breath away$

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Amazing flame fractals take your breath away

January 4, 2007 6:04am PST

Witness the beauty and elegance of mathematics with 50+ breathtaking fractals.

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Desktop Wallpaper: Warm tropical beaches

November 21, 2012 7:13am PST

Winter has been particularly harsh for many this season, so perhaps it is time to picture yourself on a warm tropical beach with this Desktop Wallpaper Photo Gallery.

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Cracking open the Linksys WRT54G wireless router

April 19, 2007 11:24am PDT

The Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router is one of the most common 802.11g devices deployed. A favorite of everyone from Linux fans to Windows users, here's a look inside what powers this ubiquitous device.

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Spotlight: LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 programmable robotic toy

November 10, 2010 11:21am PST

Geekend contributor Wally Bahny shares photos of him unboxing, assembling, and programming the four robot models in the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit.

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50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011

December 15, 2011 10:04am PST

TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in...

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What not to do in a server room

September 17, 2010 1:59pm PDT

Your server room may be perfect; every Ethernet cable in place, all KVM and power cables neatly tucked into the sides of the racks. Your comm rack may be a marvel of modern cable management....

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Computer bloopers and blunders from the technically clueless

August 27, 2010 10:41am PDT

Work retail PC repair and you'll see some pretty wacky end-user "fixes". See what happens when the technically clueless clash with their computers.

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Cracking open the Sony PlayStation 3

January 31, 2007 8:20am PST

Go inside the PS3 and see the hardware that runs Sony's console.

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Cracking open the Nintendo Wii

December 6, 2006 11:44am PST

Go inside the Wii and see the hardware that makes Nintendo's console tick.

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The Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Inventor's Guide projects

May 20, 2011 6:21am PDT

The Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Inventor's Guide book comes with four cool projects to add to the ones that come with the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set. Take a look at photos of the book's...

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Dragon*Con 2012: Most unusual costumes

September 14, 2012 9:17am PDT

Dragon*Con was held in Atlanta, GA, on Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2012. Take a look at some of the most unusual costumes from this year's event.

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50 sexy costumes from WonderCon 2012

April 2, 2012 4:51am PDT

WonderCon 2012 -- held in Anaheim, CA, on March 16-18 -- was the perfect place for attendees to show off their sexy costumes. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of WonderCon 2012 that we...

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NASA Images: More desktop wallpaper from the space program

December 21, 2012 1:43am PST

Last week's NASA-based desktop wallpaper gallery was so popular we thought you would like to see more examples of the kind of images available for free from the NASA website.

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Public domain Windows Desktop wallpaper from US National Parks

June 26, 2012 2:53am PDT

There are thousands of public domain images available from the U.S. National Park Service that make great scenic view wallpaper.

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Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 3G

July 11, 2008 5:56pm PDT

Apple's iPhone 3G arrived on Friday with a bevy of new enterprise-ready features, including Exchange support, business-grade security, and third-party applications powered by an SDK. As with the...

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50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012

April 11, 2012 8:53am PDT

Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr.

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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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Desktop Wallpaper: The spectacle of underwater photography

December 20, 2012 1:17am PST

Many of the most fascinating places on the Earth lie beneath the surface of the planet's oceans, which makes for colorful photography and desktop wallpaper.

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