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Stop him before he clicks again!
Lynn Harris
Internet filters were supposed to keep kids away from X-rated sites. Now some grown-ups, unable to stop porn-surfing on their own, are submitting to the filters themselves.
Digital divide or network frontier?
Cliff Barney
In Yelapa, cybercafes and police squads have arrived, but a road into town is still controversial.
Kurdistan unbound
Christopher Farah
For the first time in centuries, Kurds have a nation they can call their own -- on the Internet.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on "Welcome to Armageddon," by Miles Harvey. Plus: Can you be a good liberal and still laugh at Bill Maher?
Why software still stinks
Scott Rosenberg
Programming must change -- but how? At a reunion of coding pioneers, answers abound.
In search of the deep Web
Alex Wright
The next generation of Web search engines will do more than give you a longer list of search results. They will disrupt the information economy.
The curse of the biometric future
Sam Williams
There's a market for software that recognizes your face and fingerprints, but also increasing fear that Big Brother will be the one staring hard at your eyes and nose.
“We don’t support that”
Kyle Killen
We're not here to help fix your computer. We just want to get you off the phone. A tech-support slave tells his hellish tale.
William Safire, minister of disinformation
Barry Lando
The New York Times runs corrections when reporters get a middle initial wrong. So why does its conservative columnist get away with glaring errors that shape world affairs?
Holding out for a “horse person”
Lynn Harris
Randy Ayn Randian? Amorous astral-plane dweller? Whatever your passion, there's a specialty online dating site for you.
Video game fame
Jon Azpiri
Long after Bo Jackson retired, the legend of Tecmo Bo lives on. For today's gamers, digital athletes are even realer than the real thing.
Silence of the blogs
Wagner James Au
Why did the New York Times ignore Baghdad blogger announcements and accounts of a big pro-democracy demonstration?
Is the war on file sharing over?
Farhad Manjoo
The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on.
The enigma of Earth Station 5
Mathew Honan
Can a file-trading network that promises total anonymity and is based in the Palestinian Territories escape the wrath of the entertainment industry?
Green China?
Katharine Mieszkowski
While the U.S. sells out its own environment to the highest bidder, China is getting serious about energy conservation. Two scientists explain how and why.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
The MVP voters get it right at last: How valuable! Plus: The readers write about baseball and steroids.
Where is the real Matrix?
Shy Shoham, Sam Hall
Neural implant devices are now a reality. But misguided federal policies are keeping them from the people who need them.
Letters
Salon Staff
Don't you dare compare Apple to Microsoft! Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Musical Snares."
Hollywood to the computer industry: We don’t need no stinking Napsters!
Farhad Manjoo
Fearful of piracy, the studios want the federal government to legislate how computers are made. Critics say such interference signals the end of the line for digital innovation.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
If Rush can play golf day after day, readers suggest, perhaps he was more of a "recreational" drug user than he's acknowledged.
Jesus is my crush
Carlene Bauer
A popular new Bible for teen girls dresses up the New Testament to look and read exactly like a fashion magazine.
E-mail is broken
Katharine Mieszkowski
Four Internet pioneers discuss the sorry state of online communication today. The consensus: It's a real mess.
Arnold’s body issues
David Gilson
Should California voters worry about Schwarzenegger's past steroid use? Depends on whether you believe scientists -- or tales of 'roid rage.
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