Wired: Top Stories (17 unread)
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Choosing the Sci-Fi Books We'll Pass Down to Our Kids
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:50am EDT by GeekDads
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The GeekDads remember Arthur C. Clarke, and talk about their favorite fantasy and science fiction books they plan to pass on to their kids. Plus: testing peeps, building Cylons ... and you really don't want to know where that coffee came from.
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Colbert, Kamen Solve the World's Water Problems
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:30am EDT by Wired Science
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The inventor of the Segway demonstrates his water purifier on the Colbert Report and it works -- even filtered through some corn chips thoughtfully provided by the host.
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Will California Kill the Electric Car -- Again?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:15am EDT by Autopia
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State regulators say California's zero emissions vehicle mandate must be relaxed because the technology isn't there yet. It isn't? Tell that to Tesla Motors. From Autopia.
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A Thin Silver Lining to Antarctic Ice Collapse
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by Wired Science
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The collapse of a huge piece of western Antarctic ice is a dire warning of global warming, but there is a little good news: It won't cause a rise in the ocean level by melting, and it won't cause glaciers to fall into the sea.
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The Ups and Downs of ZAP's Stock Price
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Erik Malinowski
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Follow the drastic peaks and valleys of a troubled automaker's stock price in this special multimedia feature.
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MySpace and Friends Need to Make Money. And Fast.
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Kevin Kelleher
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Advertising on online social networks is still very much a work in progress, with some sites faring better than others at monetizing an explosive trend.
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Hype Machine: Searching for ZAP's Fleet of No-Show Green Cars
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Randall Sullivan
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What seems at first to be a promising new environmentally friendly car company turns out to be more of a lemon-producer.
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Don't Get Zapped by All ZAP's Hype
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Autopia
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ZAP Motors says it will build a 644-horsepower electric crossover EV and a three-wheeled electric sports car by 2010. Uh-huh. Sure it will. We're still waiting for the fuel cell vehicle it announced in 2003 and the flex-fuel car it promised in 2005.
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Rock Steady: Four Image-Stabilized Binoculars
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Mathew Honan
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In our roundup, we shake down four of the best image-stabilized binoculars on the market.
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March 26, 1845: A Sticky Application for an Old Problem
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Randy Alfred
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It was a long road from doctors' medicated plasters to the simple Band-Aid, but some ideas have sticking power.
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Lore Sjöberg's Alt Text: Perils of Joining the iPod Nation
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Lore Sjöberg
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Party Shuffle and Smart Playlists can really trip a fellow up when he's coming late to the iPod party. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.
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Industry Giants Face Off Amid Interference Claims
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Bryan Gardiner
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Starved for more wireless bandwidth, a cadre of tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Dell and HP are lobbying the FCC to deregulate more of the radio spectrum.
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How to Set Up Dynamic DNS
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by How-To Wiki
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Most consumer-level broadband providers make it difficult to share music or run a web server out of your home. To tackle the fun stuff, you'll need a better way to be seen on the internet, and the best way to do that is with dynamic DNS.
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Tech: It Does Everything but Count Accurately
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:05pm EDT by Associated Press
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The first attempt at using new technology for the national census is creating so many problems for head-counters that officials are talking about a "statistical Katrina" and giving serious thought to returning to the reliability of pencil and paper.
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Converted MacBook Tablet Is a Designer's BFF
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 4:45pm EDT by Gadget Lab
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Axiotron has developed a MacBook tablet that should send shivers down Apple's spine. Despite a few key lackings, the Modbook is better, a little faster and stronger than its foldable progenitor.
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Hands-On With Nintendo's New WiiWare Games
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 4:15pm EDT by Chris Kohler
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Original Dr. Mario and Final Fantasy titles go on sale in Japan as the company tests the waters with its games-on-demand service.
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Spies Come in From the Cold With Own Vid-Share Site
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 3:35pm EDT by Danger Room
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The nation's spooks and soldiers get a video sharing site to call their own, a kind of secret version of YouTube. In Danger Room.