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Boston’s Museum of Science gathers props from the interstellar movies to teach lessons about technology.

The newly rebuilt de Young Museum in San Francisco offers podcasts and cutting-edge high-tech displays to bring visitors closer to the art.

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The question of what to do with all of the old information technology equipment we discard each year is a complicated one with no easy answers. Recycling the raw materials holds the most promise and is the route most of us will take. However, there are always some who walk to the beat of a different drummer.

In a previous TechRepublic photo gallery, we showed you some of the innovative ways people are using old PC equipment. This photo gallery shows you one innovative way to use an old PC monitor case after its insides have been removed and sent to the recycling bin.

Break out the canned air, anti-static wipes, and mini-vacuum–these computers are dust-covered nightmares. It’s hard to tell whether some of the machines in this photo gallery are computers or lint traps. See what happens when the dust bunnies take over.

Not all iPod add-ons will be compatible with Apple’s latest music players.

Cisco has developed an Internet Protocol system to create compatibility between radio networks at public-safety agencies.

To help improve security on the ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC, Lenovo has included an integrated fingerprint reader. With it, you can use fingerprint scans in place of Windows XP’s traditional user id/password combination. This Screen By Screen shows you how to set up and configure it.

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Crack open the Xbox’s black shell and see the motherboard, hard drive, and CPU that run Microsoft’s first game console.

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As someone who uses Word processing software every day, I can attest to the fact that there are several tasks and commands that I use over and over again during the course of a regular working day. When I can, I take a few moments to record those repetitive tasks in a Word macro. The beauty of a macro is that once something is saved I can call it over and over again with a simple keystroke shortcut combination.

This photo gallery shows how to record a Word macro using the built-in recorder found in the Tools section of the menu. In addition, you will see how to find your macro once you record it and how to place it on your tool bar or add a keyboard shortcut for calling the macro quickly as you go about your business.

Although wireless technologies can reduce the cable clutter hidden behind many desks, server rooms remain a haven for power cords, network cables, and peripheral wiring. Unfortunately, many server rooms are built with little or no regard for cable organization. Such a lack of planning can quickly turn an orderly environment into a cabling nightmare. Our Server room cabling nightmare gallery chronicles a project that brings order to cable chaos.

Swivel screens, high-performance features and tablet amenities compete for attention in this lineup of laptops.

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To appeal to today’s gadget-enamored kids, toymakers are blurring the line between toys and electronic items.

When a plague hit World of Warcraft recently, innumerable players died temporarily.

Apple unveils long-rumored video iPod and new iMac G5.

Our Server rooms photo gallery showcases wiring closets, server racks, and network operations centers from small office and large enterprises.