Wired: Top Stories (17 unread)
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Reznor vs. Radiohead: Innovation Smackdown
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Eliot Van Buskirk
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From giving away songs to funding fan-made videos, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor get busy rewriting the rules of the music industry. But whose strategies are the most revolutionary?
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Origami Spacecraft to Fall to Earth Like a Cherry Blossom
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Associated Press
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What sounded like a harebrained idea a decade ago may be approaching reality: The Japanese space agency is testing an origami spacecraft -- literally made from folded paper -- to see if it can change the way vehicles reenter Earth's atmosphere.
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March 27, 1933: Just One Word ... Plastics
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Randy Alfred
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An oxygen leak helps Britain stave off the Nazis and puts plastic on our tables. It's the story of polyethylene.
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EFF and U.C. Berkeley Defend Accused Coupon Hacker
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:30pm EDT by Threat Level
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a UC Berkeley legal clinic are teaming up to assist a California man accused of devising methods for hacking e-coupons distributed online. The digital rights groups claim he did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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Delta's New Sexy Safety Starlet
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:40pm EDT by Autopia
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Delta Airlines uses sex appeal to encourage passengers to watch their new safety video. Introducing Katherine Lee, a.k.a. “Deltalina.”
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Comcast, Sprint, Google May Fund WiMax
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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The three majors, representing the cable, telecom and internet industries, are weighing a multi-billion-dollar plan to create a national wireless network that would link computers, TVs and cellphones.
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Analyst: Apple Places Order for 10 Million 3-G iPhones
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:15pm EDT by Epicenter
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Citing various sources in Asia, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney says Apple has placed a big order for 10 million 3-G iPhones. That's in addition to the 10 million v.1 iPhones Apple has ordered, Dulaney says.
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Up Your Geek Quotient, Learn to Play Contract Bridge
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by How-To Wiki
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Once solely the domain of old ladies, bridge is the hot hobby among big-brained geeks. Major league baseball coaches have private leagues. Google employees team up for after-hours games. Radiohead plays it on their tour bus. Bill Gates crushes all contenders. Want to give it a shot? Here's how to get started.
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Motorola Split: Death of a Great American Company?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Kevin Maney, Portfolio.com
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Maybe the handset division will prosper as a standalone company. Maybe the other divisions will revive, too. Or maybe this is the beginning of the end for Motorola. From Portfolio.com.
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You'd Look Sweet Upon the Seat of a Spaceship Built for Two
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Eliza Strickland
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Commercial space company Xcor is unveiling a model of a two-seater space plane that will take tourists to the edge of space starting in 2010.
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FriendFeed Offers Developers the Key to Build Custom Social Apps
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Compiler
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FriendFeed paves the way for a new wave of custom social applications for websites, desktops and the iPhone with the release of a new application programming interface.
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Help Us Pick the Most Effective Self-Promoters of All Time
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Megan McCarthy
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Who says self-promotion is a bad thing? Help us celebrate the art of touting oneself -- vote on Wired.com's picks for the greatest self-promoters of all time. Or, heck, nominate yourself.
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Using Sound to Get Fish to Catch Themselves
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 11:35am EDT by Associated Press
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Scientists are training fish to swim into a net when they hear a tone they associate with food. Fish farmers could benefit if, like cattle, the fish were let loose to "graze" in the ocean, returning when they hear that special sound.
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A Geek Actor and His Passion for Videogames
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 11:20am EDT by Game|Life
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Wil Wheaton, best known for his portrayal of Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, tells us why videogames will co-exist with, but never supplant, the movies. In Game|Life.
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Another Company Joins the Tourism Space Race
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Associated Press
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A California aerospace firm designs a two-seat rocket ship roughly the size of a small private plane and says it will be ready to take tourists to the edge of space by 2010.
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A Quarter-Billion Later, Navy Scuttles Weapons System
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:45am EDT by Danger Room
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The U.S. Navy decides that a Raytheon-designed, GPS-guided projectile meant to provide offshore support for infantry was more trouble than it was worth.
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Struggling Motorola to Split Into Two Companies
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:30am EDT by Associated Press
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Trying to breathe life into its sagging handset operations and under pressure from billionaire investor Carl Icahn to get off the dime, Motorola says it will separate the cellphone business and form two publicly traded companies.