Wired: Top Stories (11 unread)
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Poll: Is 'Okami' Worst Box Art Gaffe Ever?
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:30pm EDT by Game | Life
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Swiping watermarked images is never smart, and Capcom gets slapped down by an army of keen-eyed gamers. How does this compare to previous graphic goof-ups?
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GPS Navigation Could Boost Fuel Efficiency on Oceanic Flights
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 1:45pm EDT by Autopia
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GPS can do more than lead you to that hot new Thai place across town. It can save the airline industry 260,000 pounds of fuel a day.
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Video: How to Win an Internet Argument
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 1:30pm EDT by Underwire
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Learn how to pick apart logical fallacies and you'll become virtually invincible. Alt Text Video by Lore Sjöberg.
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Bjork's Wanderlust in 2-D
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 1:15pm EDT by Wired.com
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For those of you lacking 3-D glasses....
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If You Love Robots, Then This Is Your Kind of Conclave
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 11:40am EDT by GeekDad
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Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson dips his toe at the FIRST Robotics Championships, this one held in Atlanta. He was there to demo his own robot, but there was plenty of time to snoop around, too. Read his report.
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Curbs Urged on Biofuel Subsidies as Food Costs Rise
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 11:10am EDT by Associated Press
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Paying farmers to grow crops for use as biofuel means they grow fewer food crops, causing prices for staples to rise, the Asian Development Bank says.
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Compressed Signals Lead to 'High Dissatisfaction' TV
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 10:50am EDT by Associated Press
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Viewers want more high-definition programming but the bandwidth simply isn't there. The interim (and cheapest) solution, compressing the signal, is muddying the picture, making people wonder why they bought all that fancy equipment in the first place.
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Will She Be Back? Rumors Fly for Sarah Connor Chronicles
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 10:30am EDT by Underwire
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Does TV's spinoff of the Terminator films have enough traction to bring it back for a second season? According to the editor of TV Guide, it does.
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The Making of Björk's 3-D Wanderlust Video
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Jenna Wortham
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San Francisco filmmaking duo Encyclopedia Pictura use tech gear and old-fashioned hard work to bring a beast-filled supernatural world to life.
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Rupert Murdoch Firm Goes on Trial for Alleged Tech Sabotage
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Kim Zetter
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Did a Rupert Murdoch company go too far and hire hackers to sabotage rivals and gain the top spot in the global pay-TV war? This is the question a jury will be facing in a five-year-old civil lawsuit that is finally being tried this month in California.
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Garbage In, Garden Out: Inside the Tech Trash Disassembly Line
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Sonia Zjawinski
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See how Global Renewables' tech approach to sorting a river of trash diverts 75 percent of waste that actually can be recycled.