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“PC, M.D.” by Sally Satel
Ivan Oransky
A doctor argues that affirmative action and ignoramus patients organizations are ruining American healthcare.
The Napster parasites
Janelle Brown
Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download.
Hunting the wild hacker
Andrew Leonard
Work should be play, says a new book that sets forth the emerging ethical code of free-software programmers.
I’m a cyborg and I love it
Janet Lafler
My portable insulin pump never strays from my side, but I feel more human with the technology than without it.
From the Internet springs life eternal
Lizard
Online dinosaurs never go extinct -- instead, they thrive, jostling with their descendants for our attention.
Saddam won’t die
Vivienne Walt
Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever.
Ashcroft’s nephew got probation after major pot bust
Daniel Forbes
Although his arrest for growing 60 plants could have landed him in federal prison, Alex Ashcroft was tried in state court and avoided jail, despite his uncle's crusade for tougher federal drug laws and mandatory prison sentences.
Java: Slow, ugly and irrelevant
Simson Garfinkel
The programming language once hailed as a revolutionary breakthrough is no substitute for simply training good programmers.
“Traffic”
Charles Taylor
Steven Soderbergh, the director of "Out of Sight" and "Erin Brockovich," returns with a blistering look at our nation's hypocritical and useless war on drugs.
All I want for Christmas is … an e-mail program that works
Scott Rosenberg
Here's a real-world year-end wish list for people who actually use computers.
Worth a thousand words
Salon Staff
For the last-minute holiday shopper, Salon presents a sumptuous selection of gift books.
How Apple can be fixed
Wes Simonds
It's time to join the PC world and make the Mac the universe's most compatible computer.
Blind arrogance
Chris Scott
Apple repeatedly insults its own consumers, so why should we care if the company lives or dies?
The age of computer heroes is over
Thomas Summerall
Apple fans demand nothing less than "insanely great." But is it even possible to be a revolutionary anymore?
My grandparents’ legacy
Stephen J. Lyons
All I wanted was the Toas-Tite sandwich maker and the secret to joy.
A genetic death sentence
Jenna Glatzer
Doctors routinely deny heart transplants to the mentally retarded.
Virtual suicide and shopping
Katharine Mieszkowski, Read by Janelle Brown
The popular game Everquest survives a hoax, and environmentalists ask shoppers to think before they buy online.
High tech’s missionaries of sloppiness
Cheryll Aimee Barron
Computer companies specialize in giving consumers lousy products -- it's the American way of techno-capitalism.
Free Photoshop for the people
Ed Frauenheim
Berkeley's Experimental Computing Club has produced some of the Net's most cherished software.
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