Tag: WIRED

Web-mail sites like Gmail and Hotmail are incredibly convenient, but when doing things online, security should be a major concern and not all Web-mail systems are as secure as you might think. Your personal data may especially be at risk when accessing your e-mail from a public Wi-Fi hotspot if you don't take the proper precautions. Thankfully, Wired has started a wiki to collect tips for how to ...

Privacy advocates, prepare thy letter writing hands. A student at Timberline High School, outside Seattle, Washington, has recently been arrested for calling in repeated bomb threats. That, you should have no problem with. The scary part is the manner in which he was caught and convicted. Josh Glazebook, 15, taunted authorities via e-mail and even created a MySpace profile called ...

So, you want to discover some new music? Good luck. While great services such as MP3.com are only shells of their former selves, MySpace, which began as place for bands to connect with fans, has become a cesspool of people and information, very little of which is music related. Fortunately, several new services have stepped up to help you score a fix of new-to-you, and often relatively unknown ...

Mascots are an unavoidable part of corporate brand identity. Even in the cold, coded world of computer software, many a company deems it necessary to cutesy-up its image to better connect with customers. Wired has cobbled together a list of the 15 Lamest Technology Mascots Ever. Leading off the article is Clippy, the animated paper clip from Microsoft's Office suite ...

It's hard to believe that it's been 30 years since Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and the droids first crossed intergalactic paths in 'Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope,' the first film in George Lucas's epic space opera. Though May 25th marks the actual 30-year anniversary, Lucas and company are kicking off the celebration tonight with a screening of the original film in Los Angeles. (No word if it's ...