Wired: Top Stories (19 unread)
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Texans Build World's Most Powerful Laser
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have built the world's most powerful laser, a machine that produces one million billion watts of power for a tiny fraction of a second.
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April 9, 1806: I.K. Brunel Is Born, a Giant Among Engineers
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:30pm EDT by Randy Alfred
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The greatest civil engineer of his day built railroads, bridges, tunnels, docks and ships ... at enormous scale.
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Guitarati Sees a Rainbow Where Others See Music Genres
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 8:20pm EDT by Listening Post
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The mood-ring-style music site lets you pick tunes by your emotional hue.
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Flickr Adds Video Sharing for 'Pro' Members
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 7:20pm EDT by Compiler
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Starting Tuesday, Yahoo's popular photo-sharing site is giving paid subscribers the ability to upload and share short, personal videos up to a minute and a half in length.
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Avoid Paying Late Fees at the Video Store
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by How-To Wiki
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Not yet a Netflix devotee? Still getting stung with late fees? Here's a simple trick that will save you a few bucks and the embarrassing stares of strangers. In Wired.com's How-To Wiki.
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Clinton and Obama Talk Religion, Not Science
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT by Wired Science
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Church and state are supposed to be separate, but presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would still rather talk God than science.
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TIME Magazine Wins Threat Level's Competition for Best Blog-Rating Story
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT by Threat Level
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Time.com's first annual list of Top 25 Blogs shows insight and taste. And we'd be saying that even if we weren't on the list. Did we mention we're on the list?
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Space Startup Rocketplane Fails to Launch
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Eliza Strickland
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Originally scheduled to launch its first commercial spaceflight in 2007, Rocketplane now is battling missed deadlines and better-funded competitors.
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Study: Editor-Reader Gap in News Sites
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 3:10pm EDT by Associated Press
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While newspaper editors and their readers agree on the basic principles of good journalism, they don't agree on how much direct reader participation there should be on news sites.
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Google Guns for Amazon With App-Hosting Service
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 2:45pm EDT by Epicenter
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Google launched a web application-hosting business today, called Google App Engine, which is poised to give Amazon.com a run for its money.
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Microsoft-Yahoo Proxy Fight Seems Likely
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Epicenter
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Now that Yahoo has again rebuffed Microsoft's acquisition offer, what's next? A proxy battle seems likely; we spell out the steps on that path in this post. In Epicenter.
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Olympic Torch Emits 5,500 Tons of CO2
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 2:15pm EDT by Autopia
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The Olympic Torch will generate 5,500 tons -- yes, tons -- of carbon dioxide during its worldwide tour as Chinese officials shuttle it around the globe aboard a jet that burns 5.4 gallons of fuel per mile.
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U.S. Cybersecurity Plans Take Center Stage at RSA
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:45pm EDT by Threat Level
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U.S. officials flock to the RSA Conference in San Francisco to sell the private sector on a plan to put the NSA in charge of cybersecurity for the federal government, and eventually, for the civilian internet too.
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Olympic Torch Protesters Go Viral to Rally Support
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:35pm EDT by Underwire
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Video company RapOuts gives activists another tool for spreading the word as the relay reaches San Francisco.
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Seat 2B: The Big Airlines Smell Blood ... Yours
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:15pm EDT by Joe Brancatelli, Portfolio.com
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In the wake of four airline shutdowns, the sky is falling -- on the heads of business travelers. From Portfolio.com.
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Author Probes Sex-Obsessed Scientists in 'Bonk'
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 1:15pm EDT by Randy Dotinga
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In this interview, author Mary Roach discusses the sex researchers and odd sexual science discoveries profiled in her new book, Bonk.
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U.S., European Physicists Race to Isolate 'God Particle'
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:20am EDT by Associated Press
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The father of the as-yet theoretical particle that underpins the atom says he expects confirmation of its existence by next year -- either from the Americans at the Fermi Accelerator or the Europeans at the new CERN lab.
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Online Sales Expected to Rise, Defying Lousy Economy
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:05am EDT by Associated Press
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Analysts forecast a 17 percent rise in online sales -- stoked by purchases of cars, clothes and computers -- even as the overall economy continues to implode.
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Enter Navigenics, Where Personal Genomics Gets More Medical
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Wired Science
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Personal genomics company Navigenics has launched with a plan to move your genome from your cells onto your doctor's clipboard.