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In Pictures: MacGyver IT - 21 tools for IT heroes

On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools

In Pictures: MacGyver IT - 21 tools for IT heroes
In Pictures: The debt we all owe the Macintosh

The computers we use today derive their core experience from Apple's Mac, but the Mac also popularized other tech that's now standard today

In Pictures: The debt we all owe the Macintosh
In Pictures: Dungeons & Dragons at 40 - A history

An overview of the first tabletop RPG and a look back at its four decades of life.

In Pictures: Dungeons & Dragons at 40 - A history
In Pictures: Great gear you may have missed

Here are some of the best little accessories we’ve come across over the past year for connecting, charging, organizing, and more.

In Pictures: Great gear you may have missed
In Pictures: 30 years of Apple’s Mac computer

Over the last three decades, the Mac has morphed and evolved into a dizzying array of form factors. While some models quickly came and went, others became iconic machines in their own right. So, in honor of the Mac's 30th birthday on 24 January, here is a look back at the more influential, significant, and notable Mac machines released over the last 30 years.

In Pictures: 30 years of Apple’s Mac computer
In Pictures: Lenovo Miix 2

Windows 8.1 and Office Home on an 8-inch touchscreen tablet for under $300

In Pictures: Lenovo Miix 2
In Pictures: 14 steps to a better, faster Windows laptop

After a couple of years, most laptops fall seriously behind the times. Here are several ways to upgrade your legacy laptop to meet today's standards.

In Pictures: 14 steps to a better, faster Windows laptop
In Pictures: Relive the 1990s with these ancient, still-functioning websites

Remember the 1990s? Here are 14 blasts from the past.

In Pictures: Relive the 1990s with these ancient, still-functioning websites
In pictures: The coolest 3D printers of CES 2014

3D printing hit CES in a big way this year. Here are the standouts

In pictures: The coolest 3D printers of CES 2014
In Pictures: Best of CES 2014

Here’s what grabbed our attention at the sprawling CES 2014 gadget show in Las Vegas

In Pictures: Best of CES 2014
In Pictures: Your new PC needs these 22 free programs

More than a mere blank slate, a new PC is a fresh opportunity—a collection of components that, with the right software installed, could accomplish anything from balancing your household budget to helping to cure cancer. Yes, stocking your PC is an intensely personal task. Even still, some programs are so helpful, so handy, so useful across the board that we heartily recommend them to everybody. These are the programs you want to install on a new PC first.

In Pictures: Your new PC needs these 22 free programs
In Pictures: Excellent apps to install on your new Windows tablet

Microsoft’s app marketplace may not be quite as flush as its competitors, but roughly 140,000 apps still reside in the Windows Store

In Pictures: Excellent apps to install on your new Windows tablet
In Pictures: Tech's biggest flops, fails, and faux pas of 2013

Oh, what a year to forget

In Pictures: Tech's biggest flops, fails, and faux pas of 2013
In Pictures: Microsoft's most monumental hits, misses, and moments of 2013

They say you don't move forward by standing still. In a frenzied grasp for relevance in the mobile age, Microsoft spent 2013 shaking things up at a cellular level.

In Pictures: Microsoft's most monumental hits, misses, and moments of 2013
In Pictures: 11 holiday gift ideas for IT executives

The holidays are here and if you are still shopping for gifts for the tech pro in your life (or maybe you're making your own Christmas wish list), these products are as practical are they are cool.

In Pictures: 11 holiday gift ideas for IT executives