Wired: Top Stories (12 unread)
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Internet TV Will Let You be a Couch Potato in Traffic
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 6:40pm EDT
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USTelematics is using WiMax and IPTV technology to bring real-time television to your car without a satellite antenna. Soon you'll have 500 channels in traffic and nothing to watch.
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5 IRS Employees Charged With Snooping on Tax Returns
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by Threat Level
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IRS workers in California face federal criminal charges after allegedly browsing taxpayers' returns, as the agency struggles with an epidemic of so-called UNAX, or unauthorized access, from within.
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Get Used to It — Sky-High Oil Prices Are Here to Stay
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT by Autopia
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Some people say the bubble will burst and crude oil prices will come down. They're wrong.
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Sun's McNealy: 'I Don't Want to Be On the Network'
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Epicenter
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Sun Microsystems' chairman and Duke Energy's CEO share a stage to promote networking everyday devices like toasters to revolutionize the way that electricity is used.
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Is Icahn Maneuvering to Oust Yahoo Board?
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 5:55pm EDT by Associated Press
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A report says the maverick investor, incensed at Yahoo's spurning of Microsoft, is buying up Yahoo stock to strike back. Hard.
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Craigslist vs. eBay: Spying, Lying and Hyperlink Abuse
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 5:25pm EDT by Epicenter Blog
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Craigslist has filed a suit against its minority stakeholder, eBay. The lawsuit alleges that eBay used its seat on the Craigslist board to gain inside information on the classified ad site, launch a competitor, and dilute Craigslist's brand through misrepresenting links on Google ads.
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Fisker's Still Testing Its $80K Hybrid, But Already Considering a Sequel
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT
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We still haven't seen much of the plug-in hybrid Fisker Automotive promises to deliver by 2009, but Henrik Fisker is talking about his next car.
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Exercise May Protect Girls From Breast Cancer
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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A study of 65,000 women shows that regular exercise during the teen years -- starting as young as age 12 -- reduces the chances of developing premenopausal breast cancer by 23 percent.
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Imeem Unseats Yahoo as Top Music-Streaming Site
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:10pm EDT by Listening Post
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Yahoo slips into second place behind Imeem as the top music-streaming site out there.
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Danger Room
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The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected."
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Hope and Horror: Your Take on First GM Human Embryo
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 3:25pm EDT by Wired Science Blog
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Wired.com readers' responses to news of the first genetically-modified human embryo ranged from outrage to enthusiasm. Here's a sampling of recent comments.
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Charter to Share Broadband Customers' Web Histories With Ad Networks
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Threat Level
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Charter Communications, one of the nation's largest ISPs, is going to provide the URLs its customers visit to third-party ad networks to help them micro-target ads and make money. The ISP is sending letters out to customers over the course of the month, but will netizens see it as spying or a useful service.