Wired: Top Stories (18 unread)
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Wired.com's Leander Kahney Knows the Mind of Steve Jobs
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Daniel Dumas
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Wired.com's Leander Kahney talks about his latest book, Inside Steve's Brain.
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How to Back Up Your Flickr Photos on Linux With Flickrfs
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT
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It's never too early to back up your photos: Wired.com's How-To Wiki shows to you how to back 'em up using the slick Flickrfs.
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A Bad, Bad Idea: The Anti-Hijacking Safety Bracelet
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 5:35pm EDT by Autopia
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A Canadian security firm says the TSA and federal air marshals are a joke and the only way to safeguard air travel is to make passengers wear bracelets capable of scrambling their central nervous system.
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Sort Tons of Beach Trash With Wired's Spreadsheet
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 4:35pm EDT by Wired Science
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The Ocean Conservancy announced this week that their volunteers found six million pounds of trash on the world's beaches in a single day; now, they've released their data to Wired.com for your perusal.
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Worlds Collide as 'Mortal Kombat' Meets DC Comics
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 4:20pm EDT by Game|Life
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Superheroes like Batman will square off against freaky, death-dealing ninjas like Scorpion in an upcoming installment of the videogame franchise.
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Apple Eases Aggressive Software Update Tactics
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 3:20pm EDT by Compiler
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Responding to a user backlash, Apple has redesigned Mac OS X's Software Update system so that it no longer installs unwanted applications automatically. But some users have already ditched the auto-updater, a move which may affect future interoperability with Apple's consumer devices like the iPod and iPhone.
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'Nerdic' Geek Speak Taking World by Storm?
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:45pm EDT by Underwire
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Technocentric terms like mashup and googling make up an essentially new language, according to a European retailer.
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Inside Story of Galactica's Crazy Closers
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:15pm EDT by Sonia Zjawinski
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After the credits roll each week, animator Jerry Hultsch's short clips show Ronald D. Moore and David Eick mutilating each others' bodies in brutally ingenious ways. Blink and you'll miss Battlestar's funny bits.
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Look Who's Beating Up on Google
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:10pm EDT by Sam Gustin, Portfolio.com
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Three lawmakers -- all members of the House telecommunications subcommittee -- have been doing some Google bashing lately. Coincidentally or not, all three have received campaign contributions from telephone and cable interests hostile to Google.
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Video Blogger Kevin Sites Keeps One Foot in the War Zone
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Annaliza Savage
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Solo video journalist Kevin Sites talks about parachuting in to disaster sites and war zones. After years of filming in "Hot Zones," he's helping to set up a sewing circle in the Congo.
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How Google Is Blowing It on Social Networking
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Epicenter
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The one sour note in Google's otherwise stellar Q1 report this week was its acknowledged failure in making money from social networking.
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Judas Priest's 'Screaming for Vengeance' Becomes First Downloadable 'Rock Band' Album
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 1:45pm EDT by Game|Life
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Get ready to bang your head, as a British heavy metal classic comes to the game in all its twin-guitar glory. Next up? Records from The Pixies and The Cars.
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FCC Gets an Earful From Open-Net Defenders at Stanford
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 1:20pm EDT by Threat Level
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The FCC holds its first West Coast hearing on net neutrality, and is flooded with supporters of an open internet.
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'Infocom Drive' Turns Up Long-Lost 'Hitchhiker' Sequel
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Game|Life
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Source code and e-mails tell the sordid and compelling story behind the failed Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
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NBC Universal Will Make Programs Tied to Sponsor Products
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 10:50am EDT by Associated Press
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Entertainment takes a back seat to commercialism as the studio partners with an ad agency to create programs around sponsors' products. The NBC entertainment chief says the content will be "compelling," and manages to say it with a straight face.
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First Look: Speed Racer Zips in Candy-Colored World
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 10:25am EDT by Underwire
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The Wachowski brothers, makers of the technically accomplished Matrix pictures, outdo themselves with this visually stunning homage to the comic-book hero.
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Cars Pollute, But Perhaps Not as Bad as We Thought
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 12:30am EDT by Autopia
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It turns out that cars aren't as culpable as you would think when it comes to global warming. A new study from Purdue University ranks the 20 worst cities for carbon emissions, and the list is full of surprises.
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Review: 21st-Century Ghetto Blaster Makes Us Want to Do the Right Bling
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Gadget Lab
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A boombox with skins designed by Travis Barker is suited to play music from a variety of popular sources. The question is: Can it handle the rough-and-tumble of city streets?