Wired: Top Stories (18 unread)
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March 13, 1842: Henry Shrapnel Dies, But His Name Lives On
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Tony Long
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The British officer's anti-personnel shell revolutionizes the use of artillery in warfare.
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Former Microsoft Genius Masters the Culinary Art of Sous-Vide
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Mark McClusky
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Über-technologist Nathan Myhrvold encounters sous-vide in France, but finds little practical information on the technique (using vacuum-sealed plastic bags to cook foods in water). Here are tips from his cookbook, with a nod to a Mathmatica program he uses to help determine cooking times.
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Japanese Schoolgirl Watch: A Sweet-Sounding Software App Climbs the Charts
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Asami Novak
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Miku Hatsune, one of Japan's hottest pop sensations, is at the top of the charts -- the software charts. The cute soprano voice is a vocal-synthesizer app sampled from anime voice-actress Saki Fujita. The program lets music nerds create vocal tracks by entering lyrics (in Japanese or English) and musical notes. Listen to some Miku covers.
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Oil Hits $110 a Barrel, and Gas Prices Jump Accordingly
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 5:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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A weak dollar drives the price of crude oil to new heights, and expect to see gas at $3.75 (and higher) per gallon very soon.
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Clinton Debunks Claims She De-Spitzerized Her Campaign Site
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 5:30pm EDT by Threat Level
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New York Democrat Hillary Clinton campaign's Fact Hub website squashes accusations against the senator both in print and online.
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Did Limbaugh's Crossover Voters Break Ohio Law?
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Threat Level
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Spurred by the radio show host, Republican voters have bragged online that they voted as Democrats in the Ohio March 4th primary in order to help Hillary Clinton, who they think is the weaker candidate. It turns out they may have violated Ohio's law against election falsification.
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Hydrogen Cars Are Here, So Where's the Hydrogen?
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 3:55pm EDT by Autopia
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Automakers have nailed the technology but with only 36 stations in the United States capable of delivering hydrogen fuel, driving one of these babies remains problematical.
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Israelis Sue Government for Laser Cannons
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 3:30pm EDT by Danger Room
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Residents of a southern Israeli town want real-life laser cannons, to protect them against Palestinian rocket attacks. And they're suing the national government, for failing to provide the ray gun defenses.
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'Population Bomb' Author Paul Ehrlich Tackles Cultural Evolution
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 3:30pm EDT by Brandon Keim
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Paul Ehrlich, the author of the 1968 book The Population Bomb, argues that cultural evolution needs to be studied as rigorously as genetic evolution.
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New Tools From YouTube Turn Any Website Into a Video Sharing Hub
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 3:15pm EDT by Compiler
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The video sharing site YouTube is letting website developers use its video platform to create independent, branded sites for sharing clips. YouTube handles the video encoding and server traffic, while the developer controls everything else.
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'Swatter' Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Hostage Hoaxes
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Threat Level
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Guadalupe Santana Martinez, 31, used Caller ID spoofing to send armed cops to homes of a dozen people who'd angered him on telephone party lines.
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Video: Korg Turns Your DS Into a Music Machine
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Game | Life
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Watch a video of Korg DS-10, a new piece of Nintendo DS software from the famed synthesizer makers, that turns your portable gaming system into a six-track music creation system.
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Sony Home Theater PC Swaps Substance For Style
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 2:15pm EDT by Terrence Russell
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The Sony VGX-TP25E home theater PC is gorgeous, expensive and overblown. The obvious splurges in some aspects only highlighted other shortcomings.
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Spark-Spewing iPod Prompts Japanese Investigation
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Epicenter
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Japan's trade and economy ministry is investigating a possible defect in older versions of Apple's iPod Nano (model number MA099J/A) after one particularly nasty incident where the device reportedly shot out sparks while recharging.
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GeekDads Say Goodbye to Gary
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 11:45am EDT by GeekDads
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The GeekDads bid a fond farewell to Gary Gygax, then discuss Darwin, snowflakes and what money will look like when we are living in space.
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N.Y. Times Co. Loves Its 'Gray Lady', but Looks to the Web
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 10:55am EDT by Associated Press
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While the newspaper remains the media company's sole inviolable asset, expanding the online operation is the "absolute priority," says the CEO.
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Modern Defibrillators Efficient, but Vulnerable to Hacking
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 10:45am EDT by Associated Press
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New technology that transmits information from the defibrillator to the physician also leaves the device exposed to hackers, a study shows.
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Possible Battery Defect in iPod Nano Draws Scrutiny
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 10:30am EDT by Associated Press
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Japan's trade and economic ministry is investigating a reported defect in the Nano after one of the players emitted sparks while recharging.