Wired: Top Stories (15 unread)
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Submit Your Best Star Wars Tribute Photo
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Wired.com
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Wired.com asks for photo submissions of your favorite tribute to all things , from costumes to animated re-creations.
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Striking Back: Geeks Up in Arms Over Changes to Star Wars Fan Flick
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by James Lee
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Part of the back-story of Fanboys involves a fan with cancer. But a new version of the film has no mention of that shadow — the impetus for the cross-country journey is just an impatience to see the film and a chance for the friends to bond. Why the changes?
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Open Source Software Made Developers Cool. Now It Can Make Them Rich
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Daniel Roth
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A number of open source companies have recently attracted investments and merger interest. In fact, more and more open source creators are striking it rich. There are some success stories out there, in spite of dire financial news. Here's the first of nine trends we see driving business in 2008.
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It's a Wrap! Ernie Cline Has Written the Ultimate Star Wars Fan Movie
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by James Lee
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A film about Star Wars fans, made by Star Wars fans, Fanboy's plot centers on a group of wannabe Jedis who travel cross-country and break into Skywalker Ranch. It's billed as a comedic road flick, but you'll need an encyclopedic knowledge of George Lucas' movie franchise to get the jokes.
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March 25, 1954: RCA TVs Get the Color for Money
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Randy Alfred
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Color-TV sets go into production, with dreadful quality at a dreadful price.
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Video: Nintendo's Nightmarish CD-i Goof
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT by Game|Life
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Crappy games like Hotel Mario and Zelda's Adventure still suck, a decade later.
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The Cigarette of the Future: All the Cancer, None of the Nicotine
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Tobacco companies have spent millions tweaking the tobacco plant trying to make a less harmful butt, but a former FDA official argues the best cigarette for the public's health would take all the high out of smoking.
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Engineers Test Highly Accurate Face Recognition
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Bryan Gardiner
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UC Berkeley engineers are testing a new approach to face recognition that, they say, provides 90-95 percent accuracy even when part of the face is obscured.
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Australian Company Calls WiMax a Disaster
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 5:30pm EDT by Epicenter
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Garth Freeman, the CEO of Australian company Buzz Broadband, described his company's experience with WiMax as a "disaster," and ultimately a "miserable failure."
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Doubts Spread About Google's 1Q Earnings
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 5:20pm EDT by Epicenter
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With just a week left of the first quarter, Wall Street analysts appear nervous about Google's earnings.
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Justice Dept. Clears Sirius-XM Satellite Radio Merger
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 5:05pm EDT by Associated Press
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Saying that a Sirius acquisition of its chief rival won't pose a threat to competition, the Justice Department signs off on the $5 billion buyout.
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MindMentor, a Robot Psychologist, Does Psychotherapy on the Cheap
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 4:45pm EDT by Adrienne So
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MindMentor, an automated software "psychologist" based on the 1960s-era program Eliza, offers online counseling sessions for $8 per hour.
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Greenpeace Says Sony TZ Is Greenest Laptop
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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According to a study released by Greenpeace, Sony's TZ series of notebooks are the most environmentally friendly laptops.
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BMW 118d Wins 'World Green Car Award,' Then Goes Home
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Autopia
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BMW's sweet 118d produces 141 horsepower, gets 59 mpg and spews only a little more carbon dioxide than a Honda Civic Hybrid. But you can't have one.
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Top 5 Reasons It Sucks to Be an Engineering Student
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Wired Science
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Engineering students share their gripes: bad textbooks, boring professors and few hands-on projects.