Tag: WIRED

Wired Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, like Prince, thinks the Web is dead. Unlike Prince, though, Anderson actually has some facts to back up his claim. In the cover story of the September issue of Wired, both Anderson and Michael Wolff use Internet traffic trends to support the argument that smartphone apps and e-readers have gradually begun to overtake the Web browser as our primary ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Will Ferrell and Wired explore the world of tech that never came to be, ranging from underwater cities and laser guns to nuclear spaceships and the ever-important ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... With a remarkable 886-percent worldwide growth rate, Android phone sales have apparently surpassed those of the iPhone for the first time. However, according to Nielsen, customer loyalty still remains significantly higher for the iPhone. [From: GigaOM] Satisfied by "clarifying public comments," Lucasfilm Ltd. will reportedly ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. BoingBoing shows off the best thing to come out of weeks of iPhone 4 shenanigans: photo and video of Apple's surreal, echo-free antenna testing center. [From: ...

If you've been following the Wikileaks controversy over the last month or two, you're already familiar with 22-year-old Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the man accused of stealing more than 260,000 classified files, including the infamous video of American soldiers shooting Iraqi civilians from an Apache helicopter. Manning's been under intense scrutiny, obviously, by both the government and the media, ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. In case you haven't already drowned in the sea that is the series finale of 'Lost' -- what with it's clever little parodies with Jimmy Kimmel, or Sarah Silverman's ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Wired examines YouTube's incredible popularity, and finds 5 secrets behind the video sharing site's success. [From: Wired] 'The Phantom Menace' reviewer is back ...

As postmodern society accelerates, we look back with greater and greater fervor. Nostalgia, not for decades past but for mere months back, informs us of who we are and whence we come. Reminiscence helps us to situate ourselves in history. But also, it helps us to make fun of ourselves! Danish tech fan Theis Søndergaard recently launched Wired ReRead after flipping through back issues of ...

When you're trolling Facebook, how much of what you read do you actually believe? It's an important question, particularly if you're looking to develop a meaningful relationship beyond the realm of social networking. According to Wired, a new study claims that college-age people tend to tell the truth rather than lie on their social networking profiles. German psychologist Mitja Back, along ...

The Apple iPad is just around the corner and it's time for developers to start showing off their wares. In particular, magazines and newspapers are lining up to unveil ideas about how we'll interact with "print" content in the 21st century. We've already gotten a look at the iPad specific version of the New York Times, and now Wired is demoing its new tablet app as well. It might not be a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Nokia and Intel are forging an unlikely alliance, as the two companies are combining their incomplete Linux-based operating systems into one entity known as MeeGo. The odd coupling of Moblin and Maemo, which is expected to begin producing results later this year, was reportedly created in order to provide service for "the broadest ...

If you love lists and rankings, then December definitely represents the pinnacle of the year. As the Advent calendar's panels steadily open, and the menorah's candles incrementally inflame, every publication, it seems, reveals its own take on the closing year's most notable achievements. Sometimes those celebratory 'Best of (fill in the blank)' lists grow tedious and overly enthusiastic, though. ...

Evan Ratliff knows how to pull a good disappearing act. For the August issue of Wired Magazine, Ratliff outlined the best way to literally disappear, citing the case of Matthew Alan Sheppard, a health and safety manager who faked his own death for insurance money, as a way to highlight the impossible possibilities of trading in an old identity. The digital age, with Google and social networking, ...

A drama has been playing out on the Web involving Wikipedia and Chris Anderson, Wired's editor-in-chief and author of the book 'Free: The Future of a Radical Price.' Anderson's book doesn't hit store shelves until July 7th, but copies have already landed on the desks of reviewers at several publications. One of them, the Virginia Quarterly Review, published an article on June 23 revealing ...

A recent Wired.com story reports that the FBI has been using a proprietary spyware program to snoop on alleged ne'er-do-wells since at least 2004. According to heavily redacted documents that Wired obtained by invoking the Freedom of Information Act, the FBI has developed a sophisticated program it calls 'computer and Internet protocol address verifier,' or CIPAV, that can infiltrate target ...