Cupcakes are everywhere, in urban bakeries dedicated to the sweet confections, headlining dozens of how-to blogs, and providing a quirky profession (cupcake entrepreneur!) for a new crop of TV and movie heroines. Tech, too, has not escaped the cupcake craze. From mainstream iPhone and Google icons to geeky Ubuntu and Big Blue logos, cupcake bakers have taken inspiration from technology for their complex fondant-and-frosting structures. Here are some of our photogenic favorites. Sadly, we can't vouch for how they taste.
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A rogues gallery of the oddballs who populate the wonderful world of IT.
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