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So you've got a kickass computer, but the summer heat means a warmer office, which means a hotter computer, which explains why your computer's been impersonating a jet engine lately. If your computer's generating a bit too much heat and noise, here's how to give its cooling system an overhaul for cool, silent operation.

"We've all used USB sticks to transport files between computers and back up our files, but there are other cool things you can do with a USB stick. You can use one to lock and unlock your computer - just like in the movies. You can also use a USB flash drive to quickly connect to a wireless network on all your PCs, increase your computer's performance, or even run a web server - directly from the USB stick itself."

"A plethora of cool open source tools is available out there, but not all of them are up to the mark. So today we have a list of 9 Must Have Open Source Apps For Web Developers. Check this list out and pick the ones that suit your needs the best."

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - mouse over each element to see the original.  Very cool.

A very cool application - uses Microsoft Silverlight.

We're building a generation of webmakers. First step: invite people everywhere to MEET up to MAKE something cool and LEARN how the code behind the web works. It's called the Summer Code Party and it starts June 23rd.

"That's a screen shot of my first App. A little thing I'm calling KidsGiggle. Pushing the picture plays a short recording of them laughing.  What's cool is that it took me - a noob with zero programming experience - about fifteen minutes to make."

Most of these products fizzled due to market competition, lack of consumer demand or just plan clunkiness. Others were cool for a time (especially if Leonard Nimoy said so), but were quickly surpassed by other groundbreaking technology.

A cool site where you can watch a video of the speaker making his/her presentation and also see the slides from their presentation. This presentation is about Machine Learning.  There are others. A presentation made to other computer professionals.

A geek is one who isn't satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject. A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. If you're that type of person and are looking for a few extra skills to pick up, or if you're a newbie aiming to get a handhold on the honor that is geekhood, read on to find out what skills you need to know.