22 Awesome designer wallpapers for the heat of summer

Summer means a lot of different things to different people, but for Geeks, it’s a busy time of year! We’re Tweeting what we’re doing in the heat, leaving a trail on Foursquare and ramping up for an awesome Facebook meetup at your buddies pool (or some D&D in the sun) — but one thing is crucial — we bring our laptops everywhere, and we know it’s pretty important to have a kickin’ wallpaper for the summer. We’ve found 10 of em’ and they rock!

GTA IV graphics now looks better than GTA 5 ever will, thanks to iCEnhancer + ENB

When the first GTA IV gameplay trailers were released, people were completely dumbfounded. How could a world this large be so detailed, varied, filled with life and how would that generation hardware handle it? It looked amazing, and it took the world by storm… but it’s been 3 and a half years and GTA IV is looking a little rusty compared to this years new titles. Now, some vigilante gamers are in the crunch, re-building GTA IV for everyone.

Brandon Davenport Jul 13, 2011 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gadgets, Hardware, Videos

The future of power plug strips (with an after-taste of infomercial) - Video

At Jul 13, 2011

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The future of power plug strips (with an after-taste of infomercial) - Video

Nothing is more true than this commercial for this new power bar — so many times we are trying to cram as much crap onto our surge protectors, but most of the time there are 2 or three outlets blocked by the giant power bricks. We’re looking forward to testing one of these out, and you can grab one here.

The Best Podcasts to watch and listen to if you're a geek

You have just recently purchased a Roku box, bought a new Apple TV, and you’re just looking for something to watch as a geek. Years ago we had TechTV and G4 on cable and satellite network companies but today everything has reverted to reality television programming, leaving geeks around the world with nothing to watch. Luckily there are companies which many of us are already probably fimiliar with, Revision3, TWiT, RoosterTeeth and more. They are all internet television companies which specialize in technology based content, and essentially shows just for geeks. Here we’ll give you our line up of the must of have geek podcasts.

Brandon Davenport Jul 12, 2011 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Geek Culture, Movies, Videos

This New Half-Life short film is absolutely amazing - Video

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This New Half-Life short film is absolutely amazing - Video

They’ve completely nailed it, and really stuck with the “Half-Life feel” instead of churning out yet another overly-action, generic short film that happens to have “Half-Life” in the title. We won’t spoil it, but make sure you stick through till the last bit because when we watched, we basically lost all control, which insued in very loud “whooping” and massive nostalgia trips…

2011's Biggest Tech IPOs - Infographic

The internet technology industry is taking Wall Street by storm and this infographic below breaks it all down. Some call it a bubble others call it a new and emerging market, but despite what you call it, it sure is profitable. With companies like Linkedin sparking a new growth and interest after their IPO this is a great injection of major capital on the online sector that we haven’t seen in awhile. Overall it this is great for the industry and fantastic for the investors as long as they know how to ride this new and emerging bubble. — More after the break!

Brandon Davenport Jul 12, 2011 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Gadgets, Videos, iPhone

Genius tweaks to iOS 5 (why didn't Apple do this?) - Video

At Jul 12, 2011

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Genius tweaks to iOS 5 (why didn't Apple do this?) - Video

When we saw iOS 5, we we’re really blown away. Despite the fact that they copied off Android (hint: every company copies off every company), we’re happy to see some new stuff on the iPhone. Now, here’s where we have a “WTF” moment — once we saw this video, it really made us wonder “why didn’t Apple include this stuff back in iOS 4?