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Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos 8 Sep 2008, 12:21 am

Tesla coils, superconductors and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about physics. Here are some of our favorites.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Aaron Rowe

The Democratic and Republican National Convention Speeches, as Seen Through Wordle 6 Sep 2008, 8:46 pm

The national conventions are over and done, and what remains are the words that the politicians spoke (or didn’t). To re-cap those words, we thought we’d create a Wordle gallery of the most notable ca. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Sarah Lai Stirland

Metallica: Master of YouTube? 6 Sep 2008, 7:52 pm

Over eight years after Metallica raised the ire of fans by delivering a list of unauthorized file sharers to Napster’s headquarters, the band has launched a YouTube promotion featuring fans covering i. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Eliot Van Buskirk

Cassini Detects Partial Rings With Saturn’s Moons 6 Sep 2008, 6:35 pm

The latest images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn’s small inner moons.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Associated Press

Google Reigns as World’s Most Powerful 10-Year-Old 6 Sep 2008, 7:23 am

Ten years ago, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc., the internet powerhouse was little more than a pipe dream. But, today, Google draws upon a gargantuan computer network, nearly 20,00. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Associated Press

Safe and Sexy: Motorcycle Helmets With Bluetooth, MP3 Players, and GPS 6 Sep 2008, 6:00 am

Riding a motorcycle while talking on the phone is just plain dumb. But if you really must take that call, Mr. President, please consider a Bluetooth helmet. Some connected headgear can even tie in to. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Joe Brown

Gallery: Cosmic Motors From Another Galaxy 6 Sep 2008, 6:00 am

: Image: Daniel SimonDaniel Simon is an automotive futurist. He’s interned with Lamborghini and worked on concept cars for VW. But the auto industry — indeed, the galaxy — could not contain his imag. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Chuck Squatriglia

Mashup DJ Girl Talk Deconstructs Samples From Feed the Animals 6 Sep 2008, 6:00 am

Pittsburgh-based computer maestro Girl Talk (aka, Gregg Gillis) turns the cut-and-paste process of mashups into a jams-packed jigsaw puzzle. His latest release samples 300 songs.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Angela Watercutter

Jobs E-Mails: Are They Real? 6 Sep 2008, 3:00 am

A close look at e-mails supposedly sent by Steve Jobs to customers shows inconsistencies that make it likely that some are fakes.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Brian X. Chen

Meet the Latest Copyright Scofflaw — the GOP 6 Sep 2008, 1:40 am

As the Republican Party seeks to control the Oval Office, it has become a copyright scofflaw along the way. On Friday, the publishers for the Seattle rock “Heart” sent the party a cease-and-desist ord. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | David Kravets

Teach Your Kids the Basics of Hydro Power By Building a Waterwheel 6 Sep 2008, 12:30 am

Water wheels have been powering factories and mills for centuries, and now they can power your kids’ weekend activities. Follow our guide to build a water wheel out of cups and picnic plates. It’s a s. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | How-To Wiki

Weekend of Web Apps, Tech Talks Awaits at DjangoCon 6 Sep 2008, 12:15 am

The open source Django web framework gets its very own coming out party this weekend at the first-ever DjangoCon. More than 200 web developers will converge on Google’s headquarters in Mountain View,. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Scott Gilbertson

Code JavaScript Shortcuts With JQuery 5 Sep 2008, 11:00 pm

Coding animated selection tools and text effects can be a nice but time consuming task. Why reinvent the wheel? JQuery is a library of code which sits on top of JavaScript to quickly and easily insert. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Webmonkey

Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine 5 Sep 2008, 11:00 pm

First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were onc. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Jeff Howe

Fears Swirl Over Whether FCC Will Enforce Comcast Throttling Decision 5 Sep 2008, 10:51 pm

Fears abound whether the Federal Communications Commission will enforce its Aug. 1 order demanding Comcast stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. The non-profit law firm Media Access Project is asking th. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | David Kravets

Researchers Use Facebook App to Create Zombie Army 5 Sep 2008, 9:40 pm

Facebook users who choose to install the wrong third party application could find themselves inducted into a robot computer army controlled by a hacker. At least, that’s what a team of Greek computer. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Ryan Singel

Phoenix Lander Searches for Martian Microbial Oases 5 Sep 2008, 8:20 pm

The Phoenix Lander confirmed the presence of water ice on Mars a few weeks ago. Now the lander searches for a bigger prize: thin films unfrozen water buried underground that could support microbial li. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Alexis Madrigal

‘History Hacker’ Brings DIY Science From Web to TV 5 Sep 2008, 7:58 pm

A shoestring experimenter takes his homemade Tesla coil and other amazing technological re-creations from YouTube to the History Channel.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Jenna Wortham

Exactly What’s Under the Chrome, Anyway? 5 Sep 2008, 5:35 pm

News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Andreesen Holds Forth on Chrome, Obama, Startups Why Big Tobacco Need to be Bigger McCain’s Economic Policy: Does He Have One? Subscribe to Portfolio magazin. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Bob Rice, for Portfolio.com

Google Reigns as World’s Most Powerful 10-Year-Old 5 Sep 2008, 5:34 pm

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor’s $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search e. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Associated Press

Palin Comparison: Which Ticket Would Be Better for Music? 5 Sep 2008, 4:27 pm

Word is that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin gave one of her children the middle name “Van” so that his name would rhyme with Van Halen. Does that give the GOP ticket the edge on who. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Eliot Van Buskirk

MIT Brainiacs Cutting Weather-Related Air Delays 5 Sep 2008, 3:55 pm

Researchers find a better way of directing airplanes around storms. But then, anything’s better than the current method, which amounts to little more than guesswork.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Dave Demerjian

Nokia Warns 3Q Market Share Will Fall; Shares Dive 5 Sep 2008, 2:39 pm

Nokia warns that its 3Q global market share will decline from 2Q levels, sending its U.S. shares tumbling more than 11 percent in premarket electronic trading. Nokia gave no figures, but in July had p. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Associated Press

Mon Dieu! Citroën’s Psychedelic Hynos Will Fry Your Brain 5 Sep 2008, 11:58 am

One look at the Hypnos concept vehicle has us convinced someone’s tripping in Citroën’s interior design department.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Keith Barry

Explore ‘Puzzle Quest’ Designer’s New ‘Kingdoms’ 5 Sep 2008, 6:43 am

A first look at Puzzle Kingdoms shows expanded gameplay that’s both familiar and promising.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Chris Kohler

Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Revealed (to Dealers)! 5 Sep 2008, 6:16 am

Chrysler says it’s got “producible prototypes” of a plug-in hybrid with a 300-mile range. We’ll have to take its word for it, because it’s showing them only to a few dealers.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Keith Barry

Sept. 5, 1885: Pay at the Pump 5 Sep 2008, 6:00 am

1885: Sylvanus F. Bowser delivers the first gasoline pump. It improves safety, but can’t guarantee low prices. The automobile was yet to be invented, and gasoline was a byproduct of refining kerosene. […]

Source: Wired Top Stories | Randy Alfred

Michael Moore to Release Next Movie, Slacker Uprising, for Free Online 5 Sep 2008, 5:00 am

The Fahrenheit 9/11 director plays the Radiohead card with his new documentary about the 2004 election, Slacker Uprising.

Source: Wired Top Stories | Lewis Wallace