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  • Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks

    What's slowing your network down? Find out fast with powerful, free software that gives you a network-wide at-a-glance view of fragmentation accumulation. Discover bottlenecks before they cost you...

  • Office and computer pranks

    What better way to welcome back coworkers from an extended vacation than an amusing practical joke?

  • 50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011

    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...

  • TechRepublic's last-minute geeky gifts to avoid for practical reasons

    There are many geek gifts out there that could fool the muggles amongst us into thinking we'd like it or find it useful. Here are a few gifts I think are not worth getting because they will lose...

  • Geeked out gift ideas for Father's Day

    If you're looking for geeky gift ideas for Father's Day, either to purchase for a dad or to drop hints for someone buying you a present, we've assembled a gallery of some of the geekier Father's...

  • Anaheim Comic Con 2011: Costumes from the geeky convention

    The Anaheim Comic Con -- held on April 29 to May 1, 2011 -- always draws a big crowd, and this year was no exception. Here are some costumes from this year's event.

  • Geek girls can still be chic

    It seems like being a geek girl used to be taboo; long did many a geek girl sit as a wall flower at the local dance. Those days are over, and now being a geek girl means being on the cutting edge...

  • WonderCon 2011 cosplay photos

    The comics and popular arts event WonderCon 2011 was held in San Francisco on April 1-3. Here are photos of fans in costume as Captain America, Princess Leia, Superman, Stormtroopers, Pac-Man, and...

  • Battery-powered USB chargers made with Altoids tins

    Nicole Bremer Nash shares photos from a recent Tweetup event at a hackerspace in Louisville, KY, where she learned how to make MintiBoosts, which are battery-powered USB chargers made with Altoid...

  • Star Trek: The Exhibition features costumes, props, and more

    Star Trek: The Exhibition features props, costumes, makeup mockups, and set pieces from the sci-fi franchise's television shows and movies. See photos from the Star Trek exhibit in Louisville, KY.

  • Photos: Perplexus Original 3-D puzzle toy

    The Perplexus Original is a new puzzle toy from Canadian toymaker PlaSmart that is challenging for kids and adults. Here are photos of the eight-inch, spherical ball that requires 100 moves of...

  • Tech destruction (photos)

    While TechRepublic advocates that you properly dispose of your old tech equipment, we're aware that there are times when you'd rather throw it in a lake or smash it into tiny little pieces.

  • 10+ most dangerous species of help desk callers

    IT veteran Jeff Dray takes a lighthearted look at the types of people who call the help desk.

  • The top 10 geek sins

    TechRepublic has previously talked about some of the things you can do to increase your geek cred. Naturally, there are also some things that can hurt your reputation as a geek. In fact, we've put...

  • Geekiest Doodles from Google

    Here's a collection of 30 of the geekiest Google Doodles from 2009 and 2010 so far.

  • Geek bucket list

    Like drops in a bucket of water, there are so many geek things to do and ponder.

  • Take a look back at Microsoft Word Easter Eggs

    Microsoft’s developers hid multiple Easter Eggs in Word 95/97/2000.

  • Star Wars Celebration V: Costumes from a galaxy far far away

    Star Wars Celebration V was held in Orlando, FL from August 12-15, 2010. Take a look at the variety of Star Wars costumes that were worn throughout the Celebration.

  • Earn geek cred by doing these 15 things

    Nicole Bremer Nash features 15 items that every geek must do. See how many items can you check off this list.

  • Star Trek Convention 2010

    The Star Trek Convention was held in Las Vegas from August 5th to August 8th, 2010. Take a look at some of the sights from the show.

  • Bizarre Microsoft patent: Clear box that's a reading stand and book holder

    One of Microsoft's early US patents had nothing to do with computers. Drawings show a reading stand and book holder that Microsoft patented in 1986.

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