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Power Deregulation Brought Few Bargains

This wasn't supposed to happen with deregulation. Electric bills were supposed to go down. Instead, Ellie Dorchincez can almost see the dollars evaporating every time she turns on the lights or opens the freezer at her small Farm Fresh grocery store.

Wired News Pulls Freelancer's Stories

Online technology publication Wired News removed three articles from its Web site Wednesday after editors couldn't confirm the authenticity of at least one source.

Wired Magazine Buying Wired.com for $25M

The publisher of Wired magazine is paying $25 million for the Web site and online news service bearing the same name, reuniting Wired's print and digital operations for the first time since 1998.

The Vine

Backlash Comparison: Who's Nuttier, Apple Fanatics or Ron Paul Enthusiasts?

Source: Wired News

In the past two weeks, THREAT LEVEL reporters have managed to draw the wrath of two different cultural tribes renown for their resolve and certitude: Apple fanatics, and Ron Paul enthusiasts.

The 10 Gadgets That Changed the World

Source: Wired News

Home gaming started with Pong, but Pong got old fast. You'd blow your allowance at the arcade, come home and play your one-game console unit.

Are Music Blogs The Next Wave of Music Journalism: CMJ Coverage

In general, Newsvine users are a tech-savvy bunch. Almost all of them read blogs and many are bloggers in their own right.

MSNBC Buys Social Newser Newsvine

Source: mediaweek.com

MSNBC.com said it has acquired Newsvine Inc., a Seattle based Web firm that operates Newsvine.com, a community-based news aggregator.

Oct. 5, 1986: Israel's Secret Nuke Arsenal Exposed

Source: Wired News

1986: The existence of Israel's secret nuclear weapons program is revealed by a former nuclear-plant technician, whose story is published by The Sunday Times of London.

How To Stay Creative

In the most recent edition of Wired Magazine, they declare that "Staying Creative" is the new 'in' thing when compared with "Becoming Happier" and "Getting Smarter." (page 52)

Interview: Ridley Scott Has Finally Created the Blade Runner He Always Imagined

Source: Wired News

At age 69, Ridley Scott is finally satisfied with his most challenging film.

Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy

Source: The New York Times

RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) -- David Hanson has two little Zenos to care for these days. There's his 18-month-old son Zeno, who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his father's cramped office. Then there's the robotic Zeno.

Hooked on cable...sucks for me

Source: nypress.com

Selling telecom services to New Yorkers is like selling crack on the Lower East Side in the '80s. Telltale signs of our addiction include shortened attention span, carpal tunnel syndrome, nearsightedness and possession of a vast body of trivial knowledge.

Largest Space Prize Ever To Be Announced

Source: Wired News

The X Prize Foundation (the people who brought you the $10 million dollar Ansari X Prize for the first private sub-orbital flights won by Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan) just sent out an invitation to the September 13th, 2007 announcement of their next, and largest ever, space pri …

Video Games and Our Children

QUOTE: "In my career as a gamer, I've racked up quite a virtual body count. And I've just taken down one more: Big Daddy, a hulking monster with a giant drill bit for an arm. I had to unload all my armor-piercing rounds into his body suit, and I barely escaped with my life.

Wired: "It's Just The 'internet' Now"

Source: Wired News

Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the "I" in internet. At the same time, Web becomes web and Net becomes net. Why? The simple answer is because there is no earthly reason to capitalize any of these words. Actually, there never was.

Google As Predicted In 1964

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A girl pictured as doing her homework in the super connected home.

The iPhone is Internet Explorer 4 all Over Again

Source: Wired News

Inflammatory, I know. But I'm not the first person to suggest as much. Last month, Scott McNulty over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog floated the same idea and commenters here on Compiler have said as much as well.

Facebook DMCA Notices Silence Digg and Google

Source: Wired News

Google has shut down Facebook Secrets, the Blogger blog that gained notoriety when the anonymous author posted code from the recent Facebook server snafu. The mysterious owner of Facebook Secrets is not going down without a fight, however.

"You Dumb F*ck": Uwe Boll responds to Wired's review of Postal movie

Source: Wired News

Uwe Boll isn't happy with Wired's review of Postal. We attended the US premiere of the game-to-movie director's latest film and didn't find it especially funny. Boll, in turn, doesn't find us especially funny. Here's the email we receieved [sic] yesterday evening:

Web Based Resources

Source: Wired News

Here is Wired News' selection of the best educational resources on the net. Sure, the sites on this list aren't going to replace Wikipedia or Google, or even a trip to the local public library.

Haditha Update: Wired Magazine Reports Use of Live Internet Video « Dreadnaught

Source: dreadnaught.wordpress.com

Use of live video internet in murder trial of Marines in Haditha, Iraq. From Wired.

How Technology Effects your Wallet

Source: Wired News

Americans are spending more on technological services then ever before. Here is how it breaks down.

Vote: The Greatest Gadget of All Time Tournament

Source: Wired News

Wired.com set up a really slick, March Madness-style tournament to determine the greatest gadget of all time. From Walkman to iPod, and StarTac to iPhone (which you can win). This is fantastic. My final four was: iPod, Tivo, Commodore 64 and StarTac.

Emotion-Recognition Software Knows What Makes You Smile

Source: Wired News

Wired.com - Those crazy Dutch researchers are at it again.

Microsoft sets date for Xbox 360 Chatpad

Source:

Microsoft has revealed the release date for its forthcoming Chatpad, a small keyboard designed to attach to the Xbox 360 controller.

Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World

Source: Wired News

Whether it's citizens appearing at local zoning-board meetings with elaborate Google Earth presentations or the Air Force using the app to reach victims during Hurricane Katrina, the new mapmaking is about much more than spotting your house in a satellite photo.

Look ma, "I'm on the Cover of WIRED Magazine"

Source: The New York Times

Wish someone would have seeded something about this in April when the first 5k to upload a picture of themselves were delivered a copy of the magazine with their mug on the cover! Too bad I missed out on this. Would have been nice to put on the resume.

Wired Posts Leopard Screenshots, gets Cease and Desist

Source: Wired News

Not only did they post screenshots, they also got the good ol'' cease and desist letter. Fun times!

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