http://www.wired.com/ Get the latest headlines from Wired News, the net's leading chronicle of how technology affects our lives, culture and work. Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:42:44 +0000 http://ly.lygo.com/ly/wired/news/images/netcenterb.gif http://www.wired.com/ Get the latest headlines from Wired News, the net's leading chronicle of how technology affects our lives, culture and work. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245846&g=web Psychopaths are not a lost cause, one scientist argues. They simply suffer from a learning disability, and proper treatment could save society lots of pain and suffering. By Suzanne Leigh. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245846&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245847&g=web What's the typical U.S. spook reading up on? From encryption to extraterrestrials, recently divulged documents offer a glimpse between the covers of the National Security Agency's classified internal magazines. By Ryan Singel. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245847&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245848&g=web Now that the new World of Warcraft expansion is upon us, it's time to consider the extras that are yet to come. How about smokin' cybersex, more elves than you can shake a Quidditch broom at, and humanoid tapirs? Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245848&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245849&g=web Congress considers protecting journalists from being forced to reveal their sources, while punishing government workers who leak secrets to reporters. Here's why that schizophrenic approach actually makes sense. Commentary by Jennifer Granick. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5245849&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5239098&g=web Chris Kohler and friends podcast from Japan, discussing the highs and lows of the Tokyo Game Show. Plus: More TGS pics and game impressions. In Game|Life. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5239098&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:25:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5238096&g=web A Harvard researcher finds that sites certified by Truste are twice as likely to install adware or spam you than equivalent non-certified sites. In 27BStroke6. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5238096&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5238095&g=web GM and Honda are inching closer to commercial fuel-cell vehicles, but creating the hydrogen infrastructure for refueling will take an addtional decade. In Autopia. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5238095&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5227025&g=web Researchers creating the Allen Brain Atlas unveil their first accomplishment -- a map of every gene in the mouse brain. Next up is a similar study using human brain slices. By Xeni Jardin. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5227025&g=web Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:30:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5220941&g=web How do you get general relativity and quantum mechanics to live together? String theory is the darling for now, but other promising approaches are floating out there as well. By Mark Anderson. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5220941&g=web Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5220942&g=web Convenient and beguiling, the cell phone nevertheless is devil's handiwork. Don't think so? Read on. Commentary by Momus. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5220942&g=web Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197523&g=web At Space 2006, arguments erupt over whether the moon, Mars or a space station should be the central settlement. Each has its advantages and downsides. Robert Lemos reports from San Jose, California. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197523&g=web Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197524&g=web Plenty of video games promise 40 hours of play, but who has the time? That's right, those hard-core, teenage players who occupy the other side of that raging demographic schism, that's who. Commentary by Clive Thompson. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197524&g=web Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197522&g=web Congress is poised to pass a bill that could bury dozens of lawsuits over the Bush administration's warrantless spying, hiding them behind the closed doors of an intelligence court in Washington D.C. By Ryan Singel. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197522&g=web Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197521&g=web Some able-bodied people want to improve their bodies with artificial parts. But their dreams may outpace the capabilities of technology. By Chris Oakes. Part four in a four-part series. PLUS: A Question of Mind Over Matter Give 'em a (Working) Hand Grow Your Own Limbs Take an Interactive Bionics Tour http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5197521&g=web Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5133415&g=web The latest project at the Museum of Sex harnesses our collective sexual preferences to tailor personal recommendations for adult content. Commentary by Regina Lynn. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5133415&g=web Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5145753&g=web Japanese gamers get a cheaper PlayStation 3, and everyone gets HDMI. But Sony won’t say what percentage of PS3 units will be the less expensive models. Chris Kohler reports from Tokyo. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5145753&g=web Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5133414&g=web If shopping for clothes is not your idea of fun, you may want to head to a body scanner near you. The devices collect measurements that help shoppers find the perfect fit and the apparel industry to better size its garments. By Tracy Powell. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5133414&g=web Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5120882&g=web A high-tech scammer may have used an easily obtained default pass code to reprogram an ATM into giving out free money. With 75,000 cash machines in service, the manufacturer says it's coding a software update to force careless operators to change their codes before the cash scam gets out of hand. By Kevin Poulsen. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5120882&g=web Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5118750&g=web When the social discovery site turns members' most trivial actions into unfolding "News Feeds," users rebel, and the company races to quiet their anger. Both sides learn a hard lesson about the illusory nature of online privacy. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5118750&g=web Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5102606&g=web Now that we’ve got tourists blasting into space, we have to give them somewhere interesting to drop their disposable income. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5102606&g=web Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5102604&g=web After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation web services on the net -- and the most useless -- we've compiled this list of the best and worst. What's Web 2.0's killer app? And which app simply kills our will to live? By Michael Calore. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5102604&g=web Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5236758&g=web SanDisk's new music player is nice, and RealNetworks' companion Rhapsody subscription service offers some cool features. Together, can they make an iPod killer? Commentary by Leander Kahney. http://service.rssvp.com/mason/rssvp/article.html?id=5236758&g=web Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:00:00 +0000