[TechRepublic] The top geek holidays to celebrate in 2012

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The top 20(ish) geek holidays to celebrate in 2012 Every day is a great day to be a geek, but these subcultural holidays double down on the dorkiness for infinitely more fun. Read more Resource of the day Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones You need the ability to support users on today's most popular platforms -- including iPhones and iPads. LogMeIn Rescue can help. Test drive LogMeIn Rescue for free and start providing complete on-demand remote support to customers and colleagues. Fitocracy turns working out into a game Gamers and bodybuilders may be cut from the same cloth after all. Learn why the social site Fitocracy aims to appeal to gamer geeks. Read more A nerd's guide to your Facebook Timeline Geeky events you might put in your Facebook Timeline include when you first played Legend of Zelda or when you went to your first Comic-Con. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   AtG Weekend Gaming: HTML5 games, id on github After a hard week of work, relax with this selection of games. Some are in-browser, others are classics from John Carmack and id software. Read more Windows Kinect means gestures made at your PC now mean something Welcome to the era of gestures via the Microsoft Windows Kinect. Talking with your hands is about to take on a whole new meaning. Read more Featured multimedia   Starship Enterprise coffee table puts your feet in orbit (photos) Three grand on Etsy buys some grandiose geek cred. Take a closer look at a piece of furniture you'll never see at Ikea. View on site N+ew chairs made from old tech (photos) Chilean artist Rodrigo Alonso uses e-waste to make furniture and a statement about over-consumption. Check out his work here. View on site How to passcode lock Wi-Fi on Kindle Fire (photos) Learn how to disable the Wi-Fi connection on an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, preventing the possibility of having your credit card charged or exposing children to objectionable content. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Higher Ambition - How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Is it possible to please everyone? Michael Beer, Professor of business at Harvard Business School thinks so. Check out this webcast to hear his take on how to keep everyone happy with proper leadership. Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Higher Ambition - How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value (Citrix Online) Balancing Security with Performance in Your Virtual Environment (Sophos) Improve Power Management with Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager (Intel Corporation) Live Webcast: IT Consumerization and Google Apps (TechRepublic) Expanding the Cloud (Intel Corporation) Connect with TechRepublic Welcome to the European Technology blog The European Technology blog will keep you up to date on all the tech innovation from the UK and Europe. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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