Wired: Top Stories (19 unread)
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Supercharge Your Wireless Router With Open Firmware
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by How-To
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Replace the firmware running on your home network's router and become a power user overnight. Boost your signal, block file transfers, restrict yours kids' internet access or just make lots of pretty traffic graphs. In Wired.com's How-To Wiki.
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March 5, 1872: Westinghouse Gives Railroads a Brake
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Randy Alfred
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Prolific inventor George Westinghouse Jr. designs a safe and reliable automatic brake to stop trains right in their tracks.
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Alt Text: Powerbocks Steal Dork Prize From Segways
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Lore Sjöberg
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Let your freaky geek flag fly by strapping springy things to your feet and bouncing, head held significantly higher than usual, around the neighborhood. All the kids are doing it. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.
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PhotoShelter Protects Your Pics From Would-Be Flickr Thieves
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 4:20pm EST by Compiler
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New import and export tools from photo storage site PhotoShelter give photographers more control over how their images are sold or shared on the web. The release also makes it easier for photographers to use PhotoShelter and rival site Flickr simultaneously.
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Popularity of iPod Causing a Spike in Crime, Study Says
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 4:15pm EST by Associated Press
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The ease of fencing a stolen iPod, not to mention the ease of stealing one from an oblivious victim lost in music, makes Apple's little music player a popular target for strong-arm robbers, researchers say.
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'Puppy Torture' Video Sparks Outrage, Military Investigation
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:30pm EST by Underwire
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Fake or not, a video that appears to show a Marine pitching a puppy off a cliff causes controversy. While the military probes the matter, members of the blogosphere unload on the brutal clip.
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A Beginner's Guide to Muslim Bioethics
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:15pm EST by Wired Science
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Scholars say that Islamic law is surprisingly receptive to new biotechnologies like stem cell research, cloning, and gene therapy.
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Hamas Replaces Rocks With Rockets
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Danger Room
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Hamas leaders borrow Hezbollah tactics, stocking up on rockets to use against Israel in a "ballistic intifada."
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Did The Clinton Campaign Doctor Its TV Ad To Make Obama 'Blacker'?
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Threat Level
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A Daily Kos diarist charges that Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign fiddled with debate footage for an attack ad, making Sen. Barack Obama look darker.
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi has convinced ...
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Autopia
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi has convinced Israel to adopt electric vehicles in a big way. Now he's got his sights set on Japan. Will it work?
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Microsoft Backs Down: Internet Explorer 8 Will Embrace Web Standards
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:40pm EST by Compiler
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Relenting to pressure from web programmers, Microsoft will ship its forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser with default support for the latest web standards.
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Dear Diary: 'Wii Fit' Says I'm Fat
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:30pm EST by Game|Life
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Game|Life correspondent Chris Kohler gives Nintendo's exer-game a run for its money. With video.
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Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:15pm EST by Underwire
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The co-creator of legendary role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons succumbs after years of health problems.
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New ARG's Special Sauce? McDonald's
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:00pm EST by Eliza Strickland
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An Olympic-size multimedia mystery unfolds online, and the fast food giant's fingerprints are all over it.
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A Good Read Is Always Great, Especially When It's Free
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 1:45pm EST by GeekDads
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If you aren't familiar with the work of award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer, here's your chance to see what the fuss is about. GeekDads is happy to be able to offer Wired.com readers a .pdf copy of VanderMeer's upcoming book, The Situation, courtesy of PS Publishing.
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Robotic Orbiter Captures Image of Martian Avalanche
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 10:50am EST by Associated Press
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, making a routine survey of seasonal changes near the north pole, captures large chunks of ice breaking off the face of a 2,300-foot cliff.
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Future of Solar Energy May Go Through New Mexico
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 10:35am EST by Associated Press
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The decision by an international manufacturer of solar energy equipment to place its North American production hub in Albuquerque raises hopes that the state will become a leader in the renewable energy industry.
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The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon's Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 12:00am EST by Jeremi Suri
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Newly released secret documents reveal Giant Lance, a Nixon-Kissinger plan to win the Vietnam War by bluffing the Soviet Union with nuclear bombers aimed for Moscow.
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Dear Hollywood Studios: Let My Video Go
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 12:00am EST by Frank Rose
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Frank Rose tells the Hollywood studios: If you follow the lead of the music industry and hold digital downloads hostage, the pirates win.