1. Confirmed: Air Force Falls Short in Third Nuke Test

    Now, it's confirmed. The Air Force has indeed blown a third test of its nuclear handling capabilities, as Danger Room first reported over the weekend. In a memo, the Air Force confirmed that the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  2. Sun Induces Strange 'Breathing' of Earth's Atmosphere

    SAN FRANCISCO, California — New satellite observations have revealed a previously unknown rhythmic expansion and contraction of Earth's atmosphere on a nine day cycle. This "breathing" corresponds to changes in the sun's magnetic fields as it completes rotations once every...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  3. NASA Needs a New Direction, Says Independent Review Panel

    American human spaceflight is at a turning point, and its future looks a bit shaky. The space shuttle is soon to retire, the replacement moon- and Mars-bound Constellation is yet to get off the ground, and the next president could...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  4. Rumor: Chinese Democracy Coming to Rock Band, Says Axl

    After a millennia in production Guns N' Roses' latest album Chinese Democracy is finally on shelves -- and soon to appear on the Rock Band music store if lead singer Axl Rose is to be believed. During a recent roundtable...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  5. LimbGear Offers MP3-Enabled Beanies For The Fashion Conscious

    Tommy Hilfiger and Valentino are for the technology n00bs. The real geeks ostenibly go for fashion from LimbGear, a company that claims to make "MP3-enabled apparel and accessories." It's latest fashion zapper is a MP3-enabled beanie cap with a Harry...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Zero-Gravity Bacterial Behavior Hints at Disease-Busting Hacks

    Like a Kubrickian psychodrama retold at the microbial scale, zero-gravity physics seems to trigger salmonella's dark side, making the food-poisoning bug more virulent when cultured in space. But there may be a happy ending: Depending on what salmonella itself is...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  7. Massive Volcanic Eruptions Killed Off the Dinosaurs

    SAN FRANCISCO, California — Evidence that an asteroid may not have doomed the dinosaurs after all is piling up in the biggest challenge the extinction theory has met in three decades. The combination of studies on dinosaur fossils, magnetic signatures...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  8. Father, Mother Shot After Taking Halo 3 From Son

    One year ago, Ohio teen Daniel Petric allegedly shot both his mother and father then attempted to make the scene resemble a murder-suicide after the duo barred him from playing Halo 3, according to the online component of Cleveland paper...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  9. MystOnline Source Going Public, Courtesy Cyan Worlds

    Though the original implementation of MystOnline may have failed months ago, its creators at Cyan Worlds are unwilling to let the online world die, even if that means releasing the game into the wild, free of charge. Tony Fryman, CEO...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  10. Home Will Move PlayStations, Says Sony

    Speaking with UK-based website CVG, PlayStation Home's European service manager Dan Hill claims that the recently released beta has the potential to become a system-seller, once the product and its offerings evolve. As it currently stands, Home is little more...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  1. Sweden Rescues Volvo and Saab from Fjord and Generål Mötors Woes

    Like a friendly foreign embassy in an unstable land, the Swedish government came to the rescue of two fellow countrymen with cold hard kronor for carmakers Saab and Volvo. Far from a bailout, the Swedish aid comes with some assembly...

    12.15.08 From Autopia

  2. Archos Executive Teases OLED Screen, Plays Down Archos 'A-Phone'

    Archos players are widely recognized as some of the best personal media portables out there, and judging by recent comments by a company executive, they're about to get even better: they're thinking about changing up the display to an OLED...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Slydial App Arrives on iPhone; It's Useless

    Slydial, a telephone service that's supposed to help you slyly avoid confrontation by connecting you straight to someone's voicemail, isn't sly at all. The service just launched its own iPhone app, too, and it's equally useless. I tested Slydial on...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Picture: Lasers Hit Greek Riots (Updated)

    Police around the world use everything from sonic blasters to pepper spray to skunk bombs to plain-ol' dung to control crowds. But sometimes, the protesters can turn the tables, with tools of their own. Take this clash in Greece, where...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  5. Guns N' Roses Uploader Guilty of Copyright Infringement

    The Los Angeles man accused of uploading nine pre-released Gun N' Roses tracks pleaded guilty Monday to one count of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement. Kevin Cogill faces a maximum one year of confinement when sentenced in Los Angeles federal court on March 3. But he...

    12.15.08 From Threat Level

  6. Wii Rock Band 2 Squeaks Out, Or: How to Drop the Ball

    The fate of the Wii version of Rock Band 2 has been up in the air ever since the game's announcement at E3. In a statement released Friday, Harmonix removed all doubt: The Wii and PlayStation 2 versions of the...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  7. Merry Holidays with James Howard Kunstler

    *Or, "surely the public would be shocked to grasp what's in store." http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/ (...) Surely the public would be shocked to grasp what's in store. Probably the worst thing we can do now would be to mount a campaign to...

    12.15.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  8. Lori Drew Files New Bid for Dismissal on Grounds that MySpace Authorized Access

    Lori Drew, the woman convicted of three misdemeanors in the MySpace suicide case, can't be guilty of computer fraud, because gaining access to a computer under false pretenses is still "authorized access" as a matter of law, Drew's attorneys argued Monday in a new bid...

    12.15.08 From Threat Level

  9. Lightning-Storm Gamma Rays Could Harm Air Travelers

    SAN FRANCISCO, California — The most energetic particles in the electromagnetic spectrum could pose a danger to commercial airline passengers. About every 3000 hours of flying time, a plane is hit with a bolt of lightning. Recently, spacecraft have found...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  10. Join the Wired.Com Tech Layoff Tracker on LinkedIn

    Last October we started The Wired.Com Tech Layoff Tracker to keep a running tally of the number of people who are being laid off in the tech industries -- high tech, media, telco, software, Web 2.0, etc. At this writing...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  1. 3 Drivetrains, 1 Car, Zero Emissions

    Hybrid? Electric? Hydrogen? Why choose when you can have all three? Mercedes-Benz has developed a modular design that can accommodate a gas-electric, battery electric or hydrogen fuel-cell drivetrain in a compact five-seater it calls Concept BlueZero. By using a common...

    12.15.08 From Autopia

  2. Nintendo Pitches In to Help Dragon Quest Succeed -- What It Means

    On the occasion of last week's announcement of a release date for Dragon Quest IX and the development of Dragon Quest X on Wii, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made some interesting comments about the popular RPG series. Here's what Iwata...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  3. Court Narrows National Security Secrecy, Limits Oversight

    A unanimous federal appeals court on Monday narrowed the scope of when telecommunications companies must keep the self-issued FBI search-warrant requests secret. But the court limited when it was necessary for judges to review a secrecy order. The appeal concerned various counter-terrorism statutes and the...

    12.15.08 From Threat Level

  4. Study Says Cars Make Us Fat

    As if there weren't already enough evidence proving regular exercise is good for you, a new study suggests ditching the car and walking, riding a bike or using mass transit can help prevent obesity. In what might seem like a...

    12.15.08 From Autopia

  5. The Next Netbook Trend: Cellphone-Like Contract Deals

    How's this for some technological wizardry? Take a $350 netbook and turn it into a $1,500 device without changing anything inside. That's exactly what Acer, RadioShack and AT&T; have done with their latest netbook offer. On Friday, the trio said...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Freeman Dyson's Redneck Pit Bull Genomics

    http://nofearofthefuture.blogspot.com/2008/12/freeman-dysons-pit-bulls.html I'm not recommending that you actually read this (unless you are Warren Ellis). I just want certain people to know I'm watching.

    12.15.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  7. Rumor: Apple Definitely, Probably Not Working on iPhone Shuffle

    Rumors are flying that Apple will announce a new, smaller version of the iPhone at MacWorld, the company's big annual conference January 5-9, 2009. MacWorld is traditionally where Apple CEO Steve Jobs makes his biggest product announcements -- including, two...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Arphid Watch: ThingMagic Arphid Truck Catalogs Its Own Tools

    http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/21828/?nlid=1581&a;=f (((I like these nice, simple, grassrootsy RFID apps. This would be great for people living in Airstream trailers.))) (...) What makes Tool Link unique is the application and ThingMagic's focus on embedding RFID into the object. The antennas, for...

    12.15.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  9. Colombia's 'Captain Nemo' of Cocaine

    Enrique Portocarrero may not look like a mad genius. But Colombian officials say this part-time shrimp fisherman is largely responsible for equipping the nation's cocaine cartels with a fleet of miniature submarines. According to the L.A. Times, local law enforcement...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  10. Geek out with "Ecological Intelligence"

    http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/12/15/smart-planetinterview-with-andy-stanford-clark/ The nifty part is that this vague cybergreen idea has now moved from pure sci-fi ubicomp handwaving to impenetrable geek acronyms like "MQTT" and "RSMB"! Man, to have lived to see the day!

    12.15.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  1. Noby Noby Boy, Katamari Creator's New Game, In Early 2009

    Noby Noby Boy, the next game from the creator of Katamari Damacy, finally has a release window -- we'll be playing it sometime in early 2009. But what is it? Namco Bandai released a flood of screenshots, artwork, and information...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  2. Terminator 5 Already in Motion

    Terminator Salvation doesn't hit theaters until May but producers have already decided to make a follow-up slated for release in 2011. Salvation director McG will be involved in this fifth picture in the machine freak franchise, with star Christian Bale...

    12.15.08 From The Underwire

  3. Browser Game: Just Like a Minotaur In a China Shop

    Much like the average law-abiding citizen, the noble Minotaur would like nothing more than to settle down in a nice quiet home, marry a cow, and own lots of fine china. Alas, cruel fate has cursed this poor semi-bovine with...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  4. Samsung NC10 Hacked to Run OS X

    While my Hackintosh netbook was on display at Gizmodo Gallery last week, I had a chance to tinker around with the 10.2-inch Samsung NC10 on loan from Samsung. Much to our surprise, Samsung sent Wired.com an e-mail giving us permission...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. New York Times' NSA Whistleblower Reveals Himself

    It's been three years since The New York Times first broke the news of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, based on information provided by an anonymous source. Today the identity of the Times' Deep Throat is finally revealed to be a 56-year-old former prosecutor in...

    12.15.08 From Threat Level

  6. Scout Brings Gas-Electric Power To The Water

    NEW YORK - Hybrids are finally hitting the water, proving electricity and water do mix. The 145 Hybrid from Scout Boats combines a 20-horsepower Yamaha outboard engine with two 36-volt Lenco Marine motors to create what Scout calls the industry's...

    12.15.08 From Autopia

  7. First-Ever Photo of Liquid on Extraterrestrial World

    The Huygens probe has captured an image of what may be the first drop of liquid ever observed on an extraterrestrial surface. The photo is evidence that liquids may exist on the surface of other planets and moons, not just...

    12.15.08 From Wired Science

  8. French Screenshot Shows DRM-Free Music in iTunes

    Nearly a week after rumors swirled about three major labels letting iTunes to sell music without digital rights management comes evidence of additional experimentation by Apple with DRM-free music -- in France. In an echo of last month's appearance of...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  9. Twitter Joins the Google Friend Connect Fold

    Google has added Twitter to the list of ways you can connect with friends through Google Friend Connect. Now, when you join a Friend Connected site, you can choose to use your Twitter profile, discover people you follow on Twitter...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  10. Prototype Scanner Gives Middle Finger To Drunk Driving

    Two students at a Chinese university have invented a device that detects high blood alcohol levels by inserting a middle finger directly onto a fingerprint scanner. This development bodes well for other hand gesture controls in future car innovations. We...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  1. Torqeedo Motor Makes for a Greener Dinghy

    NEW YORK - Retire the filthy two-stroke outboard motor hanging off the back of your boat and go green(er) with an electric motor so small it fits in a backpack. The Torqeedo Base Travel 401 electric motor featured at the...

    12.15.08 From Autopia

  2. Politico Partners With Reuters To Bring Wire Content to Newspapers

    Politico has teamed up with Reuters to expand the coverage of its fledgling wire service. Reuters will supplement the political news site’s content with its own articles, bringing news and advertising revenue to 15 American newspapers. In addition to free...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  3. Iraqi Army Loves, Hates Shoe-Tosser

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- The flying shoe incident has everyone here talking. To recap: Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi was detained after flinging his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference yesterday in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Muntader seems to...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  4. GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: An AUSM Bonus

    The heroes of AUSM are at it again. Remember, email your solutions by 10:00 p.m. EST Thursday to be part of the random selection of correct answers and win a $50 gift code to ThinkGeek! All readers who check out...

    12.15.08 From Geekdad

  5. Warbot Pinup Calendar Revealed

    How big of a military tech fetishist do you have to be to hang a warbot pinup calendar in your room? That's the question I keep asking myself, as I leaf though this piece of awesomely bad swag, from military...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  6. ZoozBeat Turns iPhone into Beat Factory for Three Bucks

    Zooz Mobile, a small, commercial venture consisting of professor Gil Weinberg of Georgia Tech and graduate students from its Center for Music Technology, has built a powerful, entertaining application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that lets anyone make loops...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  7. WSJ WTF?

    Scott has a very good post this morning laying out the debate over Google's supposed flip-flop on net neutrality, front and center on p.1 of today's WSJ . One premise of the story is that something new is going on,...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  8. New Advances in Mind-Reading, and What Might Be in It for Us

    If you're a geek like me, you probably see two sides to a lot of new advances in science, and particularly in mind-reading technology: on the one hand, it's like science-fiction stories come true; but on the other hand, it's...

    12.15.08 From Geekdad

  9. Negotiate with the Taliban? No Way, Locals Say

    Everyone from Gen. David Petraeus to Gen. David McKiernan to Barack Obama thinks the U.S. needs to make some kind of political settlement with at least some of the Taliban. Sarah Chayes -- who's been living in Kandahar, the former...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  10. Jason Nelson Unveils His Latest Surrealist Game

    If you concede that games are a form of art, you too must concede that some games may exist purely as an example of their creator's effort to express his or herself. Such is Jason Nelson's I Made This. You...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  1. Video: The Trailers of the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards

    Missing last night's broadcast of the 2008 Video Game Awards on Spike TV is a bit of a mixed bag: On the one hand you didn't have to witness the embarrassing spectacle of the awards show, though on the other...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  2. Google Blasts WSJ, Still 'Committed' to Net Neutrality

    Google is taking some heat this morning from a Wall Street Journal piece that argues the company is abandoning its support of network neutrality in an attempt to make sites like YouTube faster than the competition. The WSJ claims Google...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  3. EMI Pulls Offending Coldplay/Satriani Videos from YouTube

    Joe Satriani accused Coldplay of plagiarism for lifting elements of his song "If I Could Fly" for its hit song "Viva La Vida" earlier this year. Now, videos depicting similarities between the songs are disappearing from YouTube courtesy of Coldplay's...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  4. Video: God of War III Footage

    Sony unveiled a new trailer full of God of War III footage at the Spike Video Game Awards Sunday evening. The game is a PlayStation 3 exclusive, it features "a new game engine built from the ground up and state-of-the-art...

    12.15.08 From Game | Life

  5. Somali Pirates Face Justice, Finally

    MOMBASA, KENYA -- At a small federal courthouse in this sweltering port town late last week, the Kenyan legal system won a major victory in the international war on piracy. Eight suspected Somali pirates, captured by a British frigate while...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  6. GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #7: The Ultimate Dad List

    Normally I hate the holidays, but not this year! Maybe it's because nobody has sent me a fruitcake yet. Nevertheless, with the Big Day rapidly approaching, I find myself filled with holiday joy instead of grim foreboding. On that note,...

    12.15.08 From Geekdad

  7. Welcome to the Doghouse: J.C. Penney Goes Viral

    If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, J.C. Penney must be pretty glad it picked the right planet to mock for its viral ad campaign this holiday season. The discount retailer released an ad called The Doghouse...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  8. Five for Fighting 12/15/08

    * NSA whistleblower emerges * Hackers vs. Brazilian rain forest * India whacks pirates, again; 23 captured * First night missions for Iraqi air force * Military investigates KBR abuse allegations

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  9. Sony Announces Stereo 'Walkman' Mic with Features of Yesteryear

    Sony's new voice-recording Walkman has iPhone-killer written all over it -- if, of course, you take a sharpie and do the writing yourself. Calling this little white circle a Walkman is the first warning sign, and shows that Sony is...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. The 4th Day of Geekmas: Win a Signed Copy of Wil Wheaton’s The Happiest Days of Our Lives

    On the 4th Day of Geekmas, we are offering a signed copy of Wil Wheaton's The Happiest Days of Our Lives.

    12.15.08 From Geekdad

  1. Mahalo Answers Pays Cash for Your Two Cents

    Mahalo, the human powered search engine, is launching a crowd-sourced Q&A; feature Monday to compete with sites like Yahoo Answers and Wiki.Answers. But unlike those already out there, Mahalo Answers is creating a marketplace for your knowledge. When you submit...

    12.15.08 From Epicenter

  2. G.I.s Face 'Endgame' in Iraq; Bush Dodges Shoes

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- It's been a busy weekend here in Iraq. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates paid a visit to Joint Base Balad, where he held a town hall meeting with troops. His message? Despite the new focus on Afghanistan,...

    12.15.08 From Danger Room

  3. Gyroscopic Golf Club: Slicer's Savior or Swinger's Snakeoil?

    I'm not a golfer, so this post is framed as more of a question to our Pringle-wearing readers: Would this gyroscopic golf club work? Here are the details: The Gyro Swing has a gyroscope inside, which from the picture looks...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Marantz Wireless iPod Dock Requires Many Wires

    Marantz will be selling a wireless iPod dock in January of next year. The Bluetooth setup consists three parts: The dock itself, into which can be slid any iPod (although not the iPhone), a remote control, and a reciever, which...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. The Christmas Tree Dilemma: Artificial or Real?

    My family celebrates Christmas and, like many households, one of the focal points of our holiday season is the Christmas Tree. We've always had a real tree, but for the past few years, the question of whether to go artificial...

    12.15.08 From Geekdad

  6. 10-Cell Netbook Battery Almost as Big as Computer Itself

    There's an old joke which you may have heard already. I'll tell you again, although with some mercy: This won't be the full-length shaggy-dog story that is the original. Also, as you will see from the tech involved, it is...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. HD Spycam Truly Crushes Employee Morale

    The PR company's email begins thus: "You've never seen a camera like this." And it's true. The Digital Window from Scallop Imaging is a rather neat mix of hack and paranoia, a device cobbled together from five cellphone camera lenses,...

    12.15.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Hard Rock Meets Bizarre Humor on Metalocalypse DVDs

    While shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken got most of the mainstream attention amongst Adult Swim's lineup, an affectionate parody of the rock 'n' roll world flourished through its second season. Metalocalypse is a 21st-century, death-metal take...

    12.15.08 From The Underwire

  9. Brit Detective TV Evolves into Commander, Trial

    The British have a way of elevating the simple detective series into a sort of cool TV event that creates huge stars in the process. Prime Suspect put the spotlight on Dame Helen Mirren. Before he was a Harry Potter...

    12.15.08 From The Underwire

  10. Wired Science Live: Exploring Cities in Geological Time

    In one hundred million years, what record will humans have left on the Earth? That's the central theme of an exciting new book by geologist Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?, from...

    12.14.08 From Wired Science

  1. Top 10 Modern Space Videos

    Weightlessness, dark matter, and mind-blowing telescope images are great reasons to be excited about space exploration. Here are some of the best videos from our most recent decade of space travel.

    12.14.08 From Wired Science

  2. Best of MAKE Last Week: The Resistor, Steampunk Gift Guide, and More!

    MAKE presents: The Resistor Simple, commonplace and absolutely vital to our electronic world - take a closer look at the current-fighting backbone of circuitry, the resistor! Steampunk Gift Guide - 2008... Gifts for Steampunks Jake Von Slatt's excellent guide for...

    12.14.08 From Geekdad

  3. Adventure Camps Offer Overnights with the Whales at Seaworld

    We've actually done a behind-the-scenes tour at SeaWorld San Diego before, and it was the most memorable part of the whole family trip, so I was really interested to see that the SeaWorld/Busch Gardens folks are now offering even bigger...

    12.14.08 From Geekdad

  4. The 3rd Day of Geekmas: Win Bead Art from Doctor Octoroc and a Lego Creator Set

    On the 3rd Day of Geekmas you can win a hand-made Final Fantasy IV character sprite magnet from Doctor Octoroc and a Lego Creator Volkswagen Beetle set.

    12.14.08 From Geekdad

  5. Air Force Flunks Another Nuke Inspection?

    This isn't completely confirmed, yet. So take it with all the usual caveats. But we're hearing that a third Air Force nuclear team has flunked a critical test. The 90th Missile Wing, operating out of F.E. Warren Air Force Base,...

    12.13.08 From Danger Room

  6. Brightest Full Moon of the Year

    We used to live in a house that was perfect for astronomical viewing. No, it wasn't in the Atacama Desert. In fact, it was in a small city neighborhood that did cut down on viewing dimmer objects. But what it...

    12.13.08 From Geekdad

  7. Previews of Letters to Santa: A Muppet Christmas

    As Muppets fans everywhere are keenly aware, it's been far, far too long since there's been a really good Muppet movie or TV show. This coming Wednesday, the new TV special Letters to Santa: A Muppet Christmas airs in the...

    12.13.08 From Geekdad

  8. The People of KashKlash

    *More "design fiction." I'm really having a good time with this. http://kashklash.dreamhosters.com/big-mama-greifsvald-rebel-kids-brixels-the-people-of-kashklash/

    12.13.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  9. The 2nd Day of Geekmas: Win Music from Dual Core and D&D; 4th ed. Adventure

    The 2nd Day of Geekmas features a pair of albums from international nerdcore twosome Dual Core and a copy of D&D; Adventure H1: Keep on the Shadowfell up for grabs.

    12.13.08 From Geekdad

  10. Consumer civilization collapses. Now it's all up to MAKE magazine!

    http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/remake_the_world.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 In a recent column, titled An Upside to the Economic Downside, Ellen Goodman wrote: Sociologists will tell you that the most powerful impetus to change is not a new discovery. It's when you learn what you already knew. What...

    12.13.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  1. German Security Firm Works On 3D Biometric Face Project, OLED Passports

    A supplier of high-security ID products in Germany is creating a biometric 3D face-recognition tech that checks people for even the smallest change in their appearance. But while other companies around the world are also doing this, Bundesdruckerei is the...

    12.12.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Gadget Lab Podcast #57: Wired Reviews for the iPhone

    In the latest episode of the Gadget Lab podcast, we introduce Wired's new iPhone app, which lets you check out our gadget reviews from your favorite phone. Plus: A survey of recent reviews shows that the BlackBerry Storm still sucks....

    12.12.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Premier/Diebold Tabulation Software Drops More Votes -- This Time in Ohio

    Officials in Montgomery County in Ohio discovered this week that tabulation software used with touch-screen voting machines in the presidential election failed to count five votes in the city of Trotwood. The voting system in question is made by Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election...

    12.12.08 From Threat Level

  4. Vatican Goes 21st Century With Biotech Advice

    In its first comprehensive evaluation of modern biotechnologies, the Vatican has denounced most forms of embryonic stem cell research, artificial reproduction and genetic enhancement. The statement, issued today by the Vatican's doctrinal arm, is not uniformly opposed to human biotechnology:...

    12.12.08 From Wired Science

  5. 'Twas the Night Before MadWorld

    Sega just sent us this lovely Christmas story. Twas a night before DeathWatch, when all through downtown Not a person was stirring, since being stomped to the ground. The bodies were hung on the rosebushes with care, In hopes that...

    12.12.08 From Game | Life

  6. Clone Wars Reboots Star Wars' Peripheral Players

    Kit Fisto may have been felled too easily by Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith, after chewing up about as much screen time as Greedo in A New Hope. But like other intriguing characters from the Star Wars multiverse, he's...

    12.12.08 From The Underwire

  7. Superhero Flicks Make Oscar Visual Effects Short List

    Summer blockbusters typically don't get much Oscar respect in big categories like acting and directing, but they clean up when it comes to visual effects. 2008 looks like no exception: Supercharged superhero movies The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Iron...

    12.12.08 From The Underwire

  8. New Service Makes Tor Anonymized Content Available to All

    Two veteran coders have teamed up to create a kind of Google for the anonymous underweb. Aaron Swartz, a Reddit developer, and Virgil Griffith, creator of WikiScanner, have created a new service called tor2web that gives users access to website hosted anonymously on the Tor...

    12.12.08 From Threat Level

  9. The 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2008

    You've read about some of our favorite games of the year. Now it's time for the disappointments. The games below, chosen by the usual panel of Wired.com contributors, is in no way supposed to be a list of the worst...

    12.12.08 From Game | Life

  10. Create Your Own Fallout 3 World Today

    Bethesda has finally released Garden Of Eden Creation Kit, the free content editor for the PC version of Fallout 3. The G.E.C.K. weighs in at a tiny 8.47 MB, but is quite the powerful tool for would-be post-apocalyptic architects. Players...

    12.12.08 From Game | Life

  1. Hack of the Clones: Why Apple Can't Stop the Copies

    Just hours after announcing plans to sell a high-end Mac clone, niche electronics reseller EFIX USA changed course in order to avoid a nasty legal confrontation with Apple. "We certainly don't want to get into a legal battle that's over...

    12.12.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Obama Girl, Other Viral Video Stars Call for Webbys Entries

    Who says their 15 minutes are up? Some of the internet's most viral video sensations have signed on to promote the 13th Annual Webby Awards' call for entries, which concludes Dec. 19. Jake and Amir, You Suck at Photoshop, It's...

    12.12.08 From The Underwire

  3. EA Launches Skate 2 Graphics Creator

    Skate 2 is still a month from release, but prospective boarders can get an early start on customizing their decks with the newly launched Skate 2 Graphics Creator from Electronic Arts. The site offers players a chance to rearrange a...

    12.12.08 From Game | Life

  4. People's Music Store Lets Anyone Sell Music

    Have you ever wanted to be a snarky record store clerk like the ones in High Fidelity, recommending the choicest cuts to a grateful and adoring public? People's Music Store lets you set up your own online storefront to sell...

    12.12.08 From Epicenter

  5. Design Series e2 Visualizes Green Transport

    Documentaries don't have to be stultifying in their earnest pursuit of the truth. The PBS environmental series e2 uses vivid visuals to transform bland public television into kinetic viewing. The critically acclaimed show tackles design, architecture and environmentalism, with occasional...

    12.12.08 From The Underwire

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    12.12.08 From Autopia

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    12.12.08 From Gadget Lab

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    12.12.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. Exclusive: Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions, Report Says

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    12.12.08 From Danger Room
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