TechRepublic Staff

During the CES Unveiled event, Bill Detwiler got a sneak peak at some of the devices and technology vendors will showcase during CES 2008. Bill looked at Samsung’s Ubicell femtocell base station, several products from Logitech and Netgear, and AMD’s new Spider platform.

TechRepublic’s Bill Detwiler, Jason Hiner, and Shawn Morton jumpstart TechRepublic’s CES 2008 coverage with a late-night, pre-show rap session. They explain their strategy for covering the more than 2,700 vendors, discuss the impact Warner Bros. decision to end support for HD DVD will have on CES events, examine the conspicuous absence of several wireless telecom carriers, and share their insights on the gadgets and devices they can’t wait to try.

TechRepublic member Wally Bahny shares with us the tragic death of a Maxtor hard drive. In the video you can clearly hear the tell-tale sound often called the click-of-death. I don’t think this hard drive is coming back from the dead.

Ever wondered what the rest of the office really think of you and your peers in the IT department?

Sensis’s Whereis mapping service is looking to outdo Google by announcing a AU$25,000 developer code-off.

These are random images for publishing in blogs.

Update: What’s next for our pin money?

Use Google’s Gmail and the GSpace Firefox plug-in to create a music jukebox you can take anywhere.

We’re close to the launch of some cool new community features for the Builder AU audience. Here are some screenshots to give you an idea of what we’re working on.

According to a BBC report Microsoft is investigating how and why internal training videos made by comedian Ricky Gervais has surfaced on YouTube and Google Video.

According to a BBC report Microsoft is investigating how and why internal training videos made by comedian Ricky Gervais has surfaced on YouTube and Google Video.

While trawling over some of our older content on Builder AU I came across a noteworthy article about egoless programming.