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Video: Smart Pen Records Every Movement, Sound (20 February 12:30) |
| The Pulse Pen is a note taker's dream. This smart pen remembers every movement and sound it hears.
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iPhone Features Everywhere in Rivals' New Phones (19 February 09:24) |
| BARCELONA (Reuters) - Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple's iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer inter... |
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Hands On: Old MacBook Pro vs New MacBook (19 February 05:54) |
| Surrounded as I was with the new Macbook as I trudged through the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, I finally succumbed. Even though I had an eight-month old Macbook Pro, I picked up the... |
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Gear Gallery: Spy Shooters, Kitchen Computers, Atomic Clocks, Remotes That Rock (19 February 10:30) |
| : The R50 is remarkably easy to set up and use. As you program each component into the remote using the setup wizard, you test a few controls to make sure it has the right code. The remote i... |
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Feb. 19, 2002: Odyssey Turns Its Cameras on Mars (19 February 10:30) |
| 2002: Odyssey, the spacecraft NASA placed into orbit around Mars in late 2001, begins its scientific mapping of the red planet.
The Odyssey orbiter was the first of the six current operati... |
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Bamboo-zled: Eco Veneers Storm the Design World (19 February 10:30) |
| Bamboo is the latest "it" design material for gadgets as industrial designers rush to cash in on the green wave. It is a gimmick but it gets the green conversation started, say designers.
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'Katamari' Creator Keita Takahashi Gets Weird, Wormy With 'Noby Noby Boy' (19 February 10:30) |
| The Japanese designer's new videogame mixes terminally cute graphics with typically bizarre gameplay. Does he have another sleeper hit on his hands?
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Wikileaks Forced to Leak Its Own Secret Info (19 February 10:30) |
| Wikileaks gets a taste of its own medicine when a confidential e-mail solicitation to donors is posted to the site -- with the addresses of 58 of them.
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Scientists Exploit Bacterial Laziness to Beat Disease (19 February 10:30) |
| By engineering less-virulent, lazier versions of bacteria, scientists have discovered a way to overwhelm normal, infectious bacteria. The technique could help treat AIDS patients and burn vi... |
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Lazy Bacteria Enlisted to Fight Disease (19 February 10:30) |
| By engineering less-virulent, lazier versions of bacteria, scientists have discovered a way to overwhelm normal, infectious bacteria. The technique could help treat AIDS patients and burn vi... |
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Pirate Bay Crew Chums Up to Foes Over Lunch (19 February 03:30) |
| Courtroom arguments focus on the damages the entertainment industry thinks it's owed for years of BitTorrent downloads. But the fun starts when The Pirate Bay defendants run into the opposit... |
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Apple Slows Down Mac Upgrades, in Sync With Economy (19 February 03:00) |
| Apple's Mac desktops are long overdue for upgrades, and the struggling economy will only drag out the delay.
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Let's Learn From Facebook's Terms-of-Service Flap (19 February 02:38) |
| Facebook's recent policy change regarding control over photos, notes and other data shared by its members sparks a major controversy. But it also renews debate over data ownership within onl... |
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Asus Kitchen PC Cooks Up Fresh Processing Power (19 February 01:30) |
| PCs inhabit the living room, the office, the boudoir. But the kitchen? The recipe for an all-in-one kitchen-centric PC has been a mystery for years but now it seems that Asus has cracked the... |
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'Pull My Finger' iPhone Fart App Dispute Lingers (19 February 01:30) |
| Farting iPhone apps popular enough that two makers of the flatulence apps are engaged in a trademark dispute over the phrase, "pull my finger."
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Cellphone Makers Bet Big on App Stores (19 February 01:15) |
| The world's biggest cellphone manufacturers may be showing off their newest products in Barcelona, but the expo's highlight isn't hardware. The words on everyone's lips are application store... |
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UCLA Profs Did Not Find Osama; They're Guessing (19 February 01:10) |
| Despite frantic headlines, UCLA geographers did not locate Osama bin Laden. They mash urban myths about the jihadist leader, oversimplifications about his behavior and biogeographic theories... |
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Air Force Unplugs Bases' Internet Connections (19 February 12:06) |
| The Air Force, worried about cybersecurity, is cutting off bases' internet access if they don't follow strict network defense protocols.
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Oh, Hubble, Could This Really Be the End? (18 February 11:30) |
| The delayed Hubble Space Telescope repair mission may never get off the ground in the wake of the spectacular satellite collision last week. The increased risk of colliding with a satellite ... |
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Shape-Shifting EV Is the Ultimate iPhone Killer App (18 February 10:02) |
| Swiss auto tuner Rinspeed is rolling into the Geneva Motor Show with a wild shape-shifting, iPhone-controlled electric concept car that adapts to suit the number of passengers.
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Wired-o-Nomics: Transparency as a Stimulus (18 February 07:03) |
| The stimulus bill signed into law by President Obama provides billions for infrastructure projects ranging from roads to mass transit to rural broadband. But it also contains a measure promo... |
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Video: '80s Flashback With 'Retro Game Challenge' (18 February 10:30) |
| This week, Game|Life reviews Retro Game Challenge for the Nintendo DS, a collection of new games designed to mimic and parody those of the 1980s.
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Semiconductor Tech Diagnoses Eye Disease Over the Net (18 February 10:30) |
| A new automated diagnosis tool can tell if a diabetic's eyesight is in danger by analyzing images uploaded to it over the internet. It's based on image recognition algorithms developed for f... |
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Iomega's StorCenter Serves Your Network in Bare-Bones Style (18 February 10:30) |
| This compact network-attached storage device is cheap, sets up easily and covers the basics. But it's quite limiting due to its sluggish transfer speed and lack of remote web access.
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Feb. 18, 1898: Enzo Ferrari Gets the Green Flag (18 February 10:30) |
| 1898: Enzo Ferrari is born in Modena, Italy. He'll achieve fame as the builder of racing cars and sports cars.
"An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," Ralph Waldo Emerson once... |
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Hands On: 'Lost and Damned' Breathes New Life (and Death) Into 'Grand Theft Auto' (18 February 04:50) |
| Say "goodbye" to Niko Bellic and "hello" to Johnny Klebitz, as new downloadable content expands the series' violent universe. Now Xbox 360 players can bust heads with bikers in GTA's darkly ... |
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Review: 'Retro Game Challenge' Reheats the 8-Bit '80s (18 February 04:41) |
| Based on Japanese TV show Game Center CX, this fun new collection of nostalgia-inducing titles delivers the best of both worlds: old-school artwork and totally modern gameplay.
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Liberty Deal Keeps Sirius in Orbit — for Now (18 February 03:47) |
| Fans of Howard Stern, Oprah Winfrey and other high-profile satellite radio personalities have ample reason to rejoice at Liberty Media's $530 million bailout of Sirius XM satellite radio, an... |
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HTC, Vodafone Show World's Second Googlephone (18 February 02:50) |
| The world's second Android-based phone, the touchscreen-centric Magic, is put on display by HTC and Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Review: 'Street Fighter IV' Brings Back the Old Ultraviolence (18 February 12:00) |
| Capcom smartly updates its classic fighting-game series with killer 3-D graphics, while retaining the retro feel of the originals.
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Freescale Promises $200 Netbooks With New Chips (17 February 11:31) |
| Freescale says the company's new chips that will be part of netbooks this summer can deliver up to eight hours of battery life, while being significantly thinner and cheaper than existing de... |
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Atomic Powered Wonder-Watch Heats Geek Hearts (17 February 09:30) |
| It's not powered by a piece of uranium, but it can survive freezing, extreme heat and high impact abuse. It's Casio's latest G-Shock watch and it's coming to a wrist near you.
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Liberty's $530 Million Lifeline Keeps Sirius XM Afloat (17 February 07:55) |
| Sirius XM got a reprieve from bankruptcy Tuesday by agreeing to an under-the-gun deal with Liberty Media which will ensure at least three years of continued service. But the respite does not... |
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Nokia to sell phones with Skype software (17 February 07:31) |
| BARCELONA (Reuters) - Internet calling company Skype has secured a deal with Nokia under which the world's biggest phone maker will preload Skype software into some of its new smartphones st... |
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Pirate Bay Copyright Test Case Begins in Sweden (17 February 06:50) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A copyright test case involving one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites that could help music and film companies recoup millions of dollars in lost revenu... |
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Prosecution Drops Some Charges Against the Pirate Bay (17 February 11:00) |
| Observers are stunned when, after a two-and-a-half year investigation, the prosecution drops half its case against the operators of the popular BitTorrent site on the second day of trial.
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Love (17 February 10:30) |
| It's all you need. It makes the world go round. It's everywhere. And now it's this week's photo-contest assignment: Love.
Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best love photo and vote... |
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Top 10 Wired.com Circle Photos, Decided by Us (17 February 10:30) |
| : Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our Circles photo contest, we here at the photo department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions tha... |
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Top 10 Wired Circle Photos, Decided by You (17 February 10:30) |
| : We managed to avoid being hypnotized by this month's Circle photos, but they did make our head spin. With so many unique and creative entries, we never knew what the next photo would bring... |
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Roomy Overhead-Ready Bag Schleps Your Stuff — All Your Stuff (17 February 10:30) |
| It's a carry-on, but only barely. Ballistic nylon on this cavernous bag protects your gear against just about anything the travel gods can throw at it.
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Pivotal Moments in TV Tech History (17 February 10:30) |
| TV stations across the country were supposed to switch from analog to digital broadcasting on February 17. Even though it's postponed some months, it's gonna happen. We highlight a few of th... |
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Feb. 17, 1818: Proto-Bicycle Gets Things Rolling (17 February 10:30) |
| 1818: A minor German nobleman patents a two-wheeled, foot-powered vehicle. It looks almost like a modern bicycle, but it's missing some key components.
Baron Karl Christian Ludwig von Drai... |
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Army's Ultimate Paintball Gun is No Toy (17 February 10:30) |
| The U.S. Army is funding the development of a "paintball gun on steroids" -- a gun that would become the chief non-lethal weapon in the arsenal. It should be capable of firing pepper spray, ... |
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Anonymous Caller? That's What You Think (17 February 10:25) |
| Don't bother dialing *-6-7 anymore. A new, free service set for launch Tuesday allows cellphone users to unmask your Caller ID when you think you have it blocked. Critics say domestic violen... |
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Pirate Bay Trial: Hottest Ticket in Stockholm (17 February 03:30) |
| It's standing-room-only as the Pirate Bay trial kicks off in Sweden, where the prosecutor begins by painting a strangely benevolent portrait of the defendants he hopes to jail. Threat Level ... |
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HP's Media Server Sets Up Quick and Easy (16 February 10:30) |
| HP opts for Microsoft NAS management and Windows Home Server, but it's pretty darned good. Even though it hates Macs, the auto-scan feature imports and organizes all your media quickly.
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Carbon Burial Research Grows as Huge Experiment Begins (16 February 07:37) |
| A new carbon sequestration project, sponsored by the Department of Energy, is underway in Illinois. It's a sign of the agency's continued support for the controversial climate-change tech.
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The Hunt for E.T. Comes Home to Earth (16 February 12:45) |
| Some scientists think our best bet for finding alien life forms is in our own terra firma. If life evolved independently more than once on Earth, finding this "weird life" could be as easy a... |
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Cross Words: Talking About Bad Feelings Helps Control Them (15 February 12:00) |
| Talking about your feelings might not be a self-indulgent exercise. New psychological research suggests that the mere act of naming your negative feelings helps your brain control their impa... |
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