Archive for December, 2006

Fetish: New Year, New Gadgets

It’s gizmos galore in 2007, including Sony Ericsson’s caller ID timepiece, Dash’s intelligent GPS tracker and Creative Labs’ audiophile sound processor. From Wired magazine.

Enhance-athon: Be Smarter

Everyone wants a better body, a sharper mind, or both. But how? To find the answer, Wired sends writers on three challenges: For one month, do everything possible (and legal) to run faster, get smarter or shoot straighter. In this installment, Joshua Green tries to boost his brain function. Plus: Run Faster

Computer Warming a Privacy Risk

A researcher demonstrates he can pierce the Onion Router’s anonymity protection by changing and measuring a computer’s temperature over the internet. Quinn Norton reports from the Chaos Communication Conference in Berlin.

Giving Search a Human Touch

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales plans to use open-source software and the collaborative power of wikis to transform the search engine. Google, watch your back. Wired News interview by Michael Calore.

Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007

Computers will be instant-on, Digg becomes the new Friendster and virtual adultery ends in real-life murder. Here are our predictions for 2007. By Wired News staff. Plus: 2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards