[TechRepublic] LEGO creations, cosplay photos, 3DS teardown, office pranks

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LEGO creations at MegaCon 2011 Resource of the day Moving to Google Apps in 3 Days It took just three days for one Colorado county to migrate 1,800 employees and four million messages to Google's web-based email and collaboration applications. How did they do it? This webcast discusses why and how they moved to Google so quickly. Additional TechRepublic resources   MESSENGER takes image of Mercury's surface NASA has released an image taken by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, spacecraft that offers a look at Mercury's surface that had not previously been seen. Read more A new kind of superhero Edmond Woychowsky summarizes James Gunn's upcoming film Super, which stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, and Nathan Fillion. Wilson as The Crimson Bolt is a sort of DIY superhero vigilante. Read more What anime films and shows are your favorites? Princess Mononoke and Mushi-shi opened Nicole Bremer Nash's eyes to what anime can be, and now she's hooked. Anime fans, help this Geekend contributor figure out what film or show to watch next. Read more Cosplay in America: The photographer, cons, cosplay, and book In this guest post, photographer Ejen Chuang describes his personal history with anime cons and why he created a book that's dedicated to cosplay. Read more Video: Streaming YouTube via HDMI on a Coby Kyros MID 7015 In this short video, TR member dcolbert demonstrates how the $150 Coby Kyros MID 7015 tablet can stream video to your TV via an HDMI cable. Read more 10 gadgets you should get rid of... maybe The New York Times recently listed several consumer electronics you may not need, from digital cameras to e-books. Is this common sense or heresy? Andrew Nusca offers his take. Read more Featured multimedia   MegaCon 2011 cosplay photos MegaCon 2011 was held in Orlando, FL on March 25-27. Here are some photos of fans in costume at the annual comic book, anime, and science-fiction/fantasy event. View on site Nintendo 3DS Teardown Bill Detwiler cracks open the Nintendo 3DS. The handheld game system has chips from Nintendo, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Texes Instruments, and more. View on site Lego builders show off their skills at Bricks by the Bay (photos) Grown-up Lego fans in Northern California come out of their basements and workshops to show off their building skills. View on site Making amazing light art with the Kinect (photos) Artist Audrey Penven has a new gallery exhibit that showcases her images made with infrared photography of light from a Kinect. View on site Motorola XOOM vs iPad 2 Motorola XOOM vs iPad 2 in photos View on site Best Android music player apps (screenshots) If the stock music player app on your Android device just isn't cutting it, we've cut through the clutter of players in the Market to find the best. View on site Today's recommended downloads Discover the Dell SecureWorks Difference (Dell) Protect Your Network at its Vulnerable Edges (Dell) Put this Watchdog on the Job for Constant Security Monitoring (Dell) Cyber Terrorists? Zombie Machines? Protect Your SMB from the Latest Threats (TechRepublic) Achieving PCI Compliance with Dell SecureWorks' Security Services (Dell) Perennial favorites   Pulling a prank on a SAN administrator Gallery: Office and computer pranks Gallery: Cardboard computer prank Gallery: Computer pranks that will make your friends curse you First Look: Mozilla Firefox 4 web browser Mozilla Firefox 4 is now available as a free download. As these First Look screenshots show, Firefox 4 has taken some cues from Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 to make a cleaner and more nimble web browsing experience. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Net admin galleries 10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without 10 more Sysinternals tools to simplify routine Windows admin tasks 12 of the most recommended network monitoring tools Network diagrams highly-rated by IT pros

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