Wired: Top Stories (11 unread)
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Coachella: Saturday Starts With Uffie, Kavinsky and Little Brother
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Listening Post
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Tens of thousands of music fans aren't fazed by temperatures in the triple digits Saturday at the Coachella music festival. Sunday will be even hotter. Over 40 bands will grace one of five stages today. Listening Post presents photos of Uffie, Kavinsky and Little Brother from Saturday afternoon for your viewing pleasure.
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Coachella: Aphex Twin, Pendulum, Aesop Rock and More
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Listening Post
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Throngs of music lovers gather at the Coachella music festival, braving temperatures in the mid-90s to see their favorite musicians. The hot sun, far-flung stages and dense crowds don't stop Wired.com from catching photos of these eight bands.
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Behind the Memes: JibJabbin' the Day Away
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Underwire
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Underwire introduces Adam Mutterperl and Andy Ochiltree, in-house producers for the online comedy network, JibJab. They have free range to lampoon almost anything in their animated shorts.
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ROFLCon: Internet Meme Conference Gathers Steam
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Underwire
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Team Underwire is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to keep you apprised of the goings-on at ROFLCon, the all-out, no-holds-barred geekfest bringing together web celebs and the people who love them.
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Despite Scorching Heat, Coachella Packs 'Em in With High-Energy Sets
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Listening Post
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Tens of thousands of concertgoers are at the overheated intersection of the Mojave and Colorado deserts to watch 134 bands rock out at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The bands, including Prince, Portishead and Kraftwerk, will perform Friday through Sunday on five stages spread out over a giant Polo field.
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Review: Subtle Touches Enrich Banks' Matter
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Geek Dad
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Iain M. Banks' dense, almost 600-page tome, Matter is set in a peaceful human-alien civilization, where trillions of citizens live in harmony, wars are a distant memory and science has progressed to godlike levels. The story starts quick and after 50 pages, reviewer John Baichtal is hooked.
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D-Day: Still No Word From Microsoft
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:45am EDT by Epicenter
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It's been three weeks since Microsoft informed Yahoo's board that it would take its bid hostile if a deal was not sealed in three weeks' time, and there's still no agreement. But Microsoft hasn't gone hostile -- yet.
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Study: Narwhals Are at Greater Risk Than Polar Bears
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:30am EDT by Associated Press
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The polar bear is an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study suggests the narwhal, a whale with a long spiral tusk that inspired the myth of the unicorn, is edging out the polar bear for the ranking of most potentially vulnerable in a climate change risk analysis of Arctic marine mammals.
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Reviews: Personal Days, PBS' Iraq-Bound Carrier, Rapper Dizzee Rascal
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT
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A hysterical novel about the modern-day workplace, a PBS reality show set aboard a Persian Gulf vessel and the spacey synth sounds of a UK hip-hop star are among the latest Wired picks.
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Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Matthew Power
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As the era of easy water ends, even the most economically advanced areas face scarcity of freshwater. See how three of these regions are coming to terms with to the peak water problem.
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15th Anniversary: Tractors Turn Out as Smart as One Writer Predicted
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Amanda Griscom Little
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Writer William Booth predicted that tractors would soon evolve into high-tech geniuses, and John Deere's latest model proves he was right.