Touring the Home of the Future
Magical, musical, invasive and even persuasive, tomorrow’s fanciful furnishings cater to our every whim, even those we’re barely aware of. Commentary by Momus.
Archive for Technology
Web 2.0 Acquisition Bait
What do Technorati, Digg, FeedBurner, Zillow and Facebook have in common? They’d all make excellent trophies for the wannabe Web 2.0 entrepreneur flush with cash. By Christopher Null from Wired magazine.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Tips for IM Privacy
One good thing to come out of the Foley story is that now everyone knows that instant message isn’t as secret as they thought. In Sex Drive Daily.
U.S., EU Share Air Passenger Data
An anti-terror deal struck between the United States and the European Union gives U.S. law enforcement access to passenger data on U.S.-bound flights. The agreement was deadlocked for months as the EU held out for privacy rights.
Songbird: One Foxy Music Player
This music playback app is only available as a “developer’s preview,” but it already offers excellent features for grabbing music from MP3 blogs and other web-based music forms. In Listening Post. 
