The ash heap of tech history is littered with flubs, flops and FUBAR fiascos designed to fly high but destined to fail. Every so often, though, a diamond emerges from the dung heap and everything changes. Here are 15 of the coolest, craziest computer concepts you'll see today!

Today's better laptops deserve better laptop carrying cases, and a select few have risen to meet the challenge of safeguarding them. Here are 15 of the coolest, hottest and bestest!

Many of the foremost masterpieces of design, art and technology have been created by geeks. These 176 examples prove the geek way of design, art and technology is often the great way.

Oh, how we love our hi-tech gizmos and gadgets! These 105 examples of essential technologies travel the long and winding road from radical concept to retail conquest.

Neckties... every guy's got at least one, few guys enjoy wearing them. As an essential accessory for business and formal occasions yet with no real function of their own, the necktie is the bane of many a working stiff.

The pip-squeak of peripherals has come a long way since 1964 when the first mouse - made of wood - crawled across our desktops and into our hearts.

It takes plenty of smarts to be a knit-wit and these 15 crafty creations prove those who wield the needles are anything but woolly-minded.

Audio geeks - sorry, "audiophiles" were pushing the envelope of obsessiveness long before the rise of computers and all things Trek. 10 ways geeks got their grooves back:

Television exploded onto the social scene as an essential component of Baby Boom culture just over 60 years ago. These 10 steps trace the evolution of TV.

Game systems have come a long, long way since the first video gaming arcades put pinball out to pasture. This loving look at geek game systems charts their course from Pong to beyond!