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ICANN-oclast
Damien Cave
Get ready for a shake-up: Radical Karl Auerbach just got elected to the Internet's top governing body.
The drug war’s Tweedledee
Arthur Allen
Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
The Mojo solution
Damien Cave
Forget Napster and Gnutella. Jim McCoy's Mojo Nation is the coolest file-trading service on the Net.
Artificial stupidity
Damien Cave
Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier says computers are too dumb to take over the world.
World wide webcam
Damien Cave
In Garland Simon's future, everyone and everything will be on camera, all the time.
Missives to corporate America
Kenneth Cleaver
A consumer correspondent challenges SmithKline Beecham to start a Paxil softball league, wants Target-sponsored sunsets and confesses a desire for Gap mannequins.
Double DivX trouble
Damien Cave
And they're off! Two competing upgrades to a controversial video-compression format are racing to the finish.
Bewitched by alkaloids
Cynthia Kuhn, Wilkie Wilson
I've heard that after smoking these plants I will never be able to hallucinate again. Is this true?
The perils of anti-capitalism
Damien Cave
At a San Francisco art exhibit, trashing the new dot-com economy is harder than it should be.
License to be good
Andrew Leonard
In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life.
Poison PCs
Jim Fisher
Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills?
Spinning records
Jake Tapper
Candidates increasingly use music to bolster their media image. But Sting and Mellencamp have told Bush to back off.
A scanner darkly
Scott Rosenberg
Can Wired's CueCat giveaway turn us into a nation of bar-code-reading clerks?
Seeing red
David Tuller
Gay men have long been infuriated by a government ban on their donating blood. This week the FDA is reconsidering its position.
Back in the saddle.com
Rennie Sloan
An ex-workaholic new media director who quit her job at a major magazine ponders caffeine absorption, phone interviews and choosing the perfect gig.
When Big Brother knows you watch “Big Brother”
Damien Cave
TiVo helps you find and record TV shows it thinks you'll like, and shares your viewing habits with networks and advertisers.
Jonesin’ for johns
M.P. Dunleavey
Everyone knows that the few portable potties at Burning Man are gross. Meet the man who was responsible for keeping them from getting even
grosser this year.
Put that chip where the sun don’t shine
Katharine Mieszkowski
Soon you can have a tracking microprocessor implanted in your body. Is this a great technological breakthrough -- or Big Brother's last laugh?
“Lesbian Art in America” by Harmony Hammond
Jonathan Lerner
This new book is as much about the history of lesbians in this country as it is about their art.
Magic mushrooms
Cynthia Kuhn, Wilkie Wilson
Can one die from 'shrooming? I love the natural high, but I'm worried about the possible dangers.
Technical foul
Eric Boehlert
MP3.com goes to court with a tricky defense, alleging that Universal doesn't own the music it markets.
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