I'll be honest. Some people around here got a little bit worried when the Borg came out with total knock-offs of our retail stores. But not me. Why? Because I know the Borg.

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The fine folks from the Thurston County, WA, Sheriff's Office bring us tips for your child's online safety...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator plans to unveil proposals Monday for ensuring Web traffic is not slowed or blocked based on its content, sources familiar with the contents of the speech said on Friday.

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Recently, though, I have come to realize that perfectly healthy groups with solid, well-adjusted IT pros can and will devolve, slowly and quietly, into the behaviors that give rise to the stereotypes, given the right set of conditions.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- From a Silicon Valley office strewn with bean-bag chairs, a group of twenty-something software engineers is building an unlikely following of terrorist hunters at U.S. spy agencies.

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John Graham-Cumming's The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive is a geek initiation in 505 pages.

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# Properly secure a wireless router. # Crack the WEP key on a wireless router. # Leech Wifi from your neighbor. # Screw with Wifi leeches. # Setup and use a VPN. # Work from home or a coffee shop as effectively as you do at the office. # Wire your own home with Ethernet cab …

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DEVO will be performing March 20 in Austin, Texas, and sporting their "new" jumpsuit look, which features red-trimmed sneakers, stylish black T-shirts, knee-pads, and bulletproof underwear inspired by the war in Iraq.

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It's time to get irrational. Tomorrow is Pi Day, when mathematicians will gather to celebrate the mystery of science's most famous strange number — Pi...

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21 guilty pleasures for geeks

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Geeks have varying work timings, depending on...

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The rumor of the bullet-proof Linux architecture

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We've already featured $19,000 and $300,000 turntables here on Geekologie, but what about something for the average guy -- you know, a mid-range record player? Enter the Angelis Labor Gabrielle Turntable.

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The 440 students enrolled in the master's degree course will learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection.

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Get ready for the geek-in-chief. President-elect Barack Obama used to collect comic books, can't part with his BlackBerry, and once flashed Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy the Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" sign.

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Back in our September 2008 issue, we published a list of 9 Skills Every Nerd Needs – a lighthearted examination of the essential abilities Maximum PC readers should have in their geek arsenal.

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Science-fiction and fantasy fans first got to know Felicia Day from the last season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, when she played Vi, one of Buffy's army of potential Slayers.

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I hear a lot about how geeks adversely impact the environment. With our power-sucking computers, toxic game consoles, and general disinterest in the outdoors. But I'm here, today, to tell you that that's bunk.

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It's undeniable that with the uptick of box office for Judd Apatow's stable of recent comedies, the rise of the dweeb as a viable leading man in film has arrived.

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By Mark Rejhon -- As I am a hearing impaired individual, there are several benefits of the BlackBerry for the Deaf and for Hard Of Hearing. Most deaf users often go for the cheaper Hiptop/Sidekick because of instant messaging and better color screen.

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Sex and the Single URL: A Study of NV Sub-Domain Reproduction

Any dispassionate examination of the breeding cycles of our office tools and supplies must at some point arrive at the puzzle of URL reproduction.

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The history of the universe in 200 words.

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If you saw Neal Stephenson on the street, you might think he's just another geeky Seattle guy with a particularly impressive goatee. He blends right into this town of musicians, computer scientists and creative types — so well that you might never guess he's a best-selling sci …

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Did Star Trek Help Lead Us to Hillary and Obama?

Captain's Log - Here's a question for my fellow geeks who've been geeked about the political campaign this year:

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So with Democrats gathering this month in Denver for their national convention, the Scene offers its own critique of Bredesen in the public interest and in the hopes of saving Obama from his biggest mistake since he joined Jeremiah Wright's church.

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