[TechRepublic] 2011 geek movies, NASA photos of Earth, Nook Color hack

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TechRepublic Member | February 04, 2011

56 geek movies of 2011

Green Lantern, X-Men: First Class, Cowboys & Aliens, Captain America: The First Avenger, and the alien buddy picture Paul are just five of the more than 50 geeky films coming out this year. Find... Read more

Desktop Wallpaper: The Blue Marble known as Earth

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The Advantages of Intelligent Point-of-Sale Automation

Learn how Snap-On Credit deployed Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions and integrated it with its point-of-sale system and electronic signature capability. Tune in to this webcast to learn more about intelligent, automated forms workflow.


Mark your calendar for these geeky dates

There are more notable geek dates to celebrate than Hallmark holidays to cringe over (read: Valentine's Day). Here are some geeky dates that you might want to put on your calendar.January2. Father... Read more

Geek Gifts 2011: Perplexus Original 3-D puzzle toy

Based on a 30-year-old design by 3-D art teacher Michael McGinnis, the Perplexus Original toy is challenging for children and adults. Our Geekend reviewer only cites one issue with the 3-D maze toy. Read more

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Lessons from Egypt: Kill the kill switch and decentralize the Internet

The five-day Internet outage in Egypt has two big takeaways. It's time to shoot down the Internet "kill switch" and we need a new way to decentralize the Internet. Read more

Pop Quiz: Computer Ports and Connectors

Do you know the difference between the shape of an Ethernet, eSATA, and USB port? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of external computer ports. Read more

The 10 hottest tablets worth waiting for in 2011

There are an obscene number of new tablets coming to market in 2011. Plenty of them are safe to ignore. Here are 10 that are worth anticipating. Read more

How I obtained a Coby (low-end) tablet

TR member dcolbert was sure surprised when he received a Coby Kyros MID7015 Android tablet for Christmas. Find out his opinion of this niche of low-end tablets. Read more

Camera phone challenge: Guilty pleasures

You have from now until Friday, February 11, 2011 at 5:00 PM EST to submit camera phone photos of your guilty pleasures. We will send the participants of our three favorite submissions some free swag! Read more


Featured multimedia

 

Photos: Hack the Nook Color into a full Android tablet

The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is a $250 e-reader powered by Android. Here's what this sharp device looks like when you hack it into a powerful and fully functional Android tablet. View on site

The tech behind the Super Bowl's stadium (photos)

Just about everything that takes place on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium will be impacted in some way by technology. View on site

Rounding up our favorite 14-inch laptops (photos)

If you're set on a midsize laptop, one piece of advice we've offered for the past couple of years is to consider a 14-inch system, rather than a more common 15-inch one. View on site

News Corp's 'The Daily' for iPad - will people buy it? (screenshots)

News Corp.'s daily newspaper-like publication for the iPad will be a test case to see how many people will buy online content. View on site

Photos: Two great MacBook Air competitors for Windows users

The 11-inch MacBook Air has set a new standard for netbooks and mini laptops, but not everyone wants a Mac. See how the Sony Vaio X1 and the Acer Timeline X can dispel MacBook Air envy for Windows users. View on site



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Screenshots: Top 10 sites banned at work

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