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  1. Wired.com's Leander Kahney Knows the Mind of Steve Jobs
  2. How to Back Up Your Flickr Photos on Linux With Flickrfs
  3. NBC to Create Programs Centered on Sponsors
  4. A Bad, Bad Idea: The Anti-Hijacking Safety Bracelet
  5. eBay Mulling Skype Sale
  6. Sort Tons of Beach Trash With Wired's Spreadsheet
  7. Woman Sues Blockbuster for Facebook Privacy Violations
  8. Worlds Collide as 'Mortal Kombat' Meets DC Comics
  9. $399 Mac Clone Most Likely a Hoax
  10. Apple Eases Aggressive Software Update Tactics
  11. Review: 21st-Century Ghetto Blaster Makes Us Want to Do the Right Bling
  12. Cheap, Flying Robot Butterfly Wows the Kids
  13. Microsoft "Albany" Offers Office and Security as Subscription
  14. 'Nerdic' Geek Speak Taking World by Storm?
  15. Look Who's Beating Up on Google
  16. Video Blogger Kevin Sites Keeps One Foot in the War Zone
  17. Lockheed Martin Tests New Spacecraft Prototype
  18. Inside Story of Galactica's Crazy Closers
  19. How Google Is Blowing It on Social Networking
  20. Judas Priest's 'Screaming for Vengeance' Becomes First Downloadable 'Rock Band' Album
  21. FCC Gets an Earful From Open-Net Defenders at Stanford
  22. Cybersecurity and Piracy on the High Seas
  23. Fedora 9 Preview Cleared for Launch
  24. 'Infocom Drive' Turns Up Long-Lost 'Hitchhiker' Sequel
  25. NBC Universal Will Make Programs Tied to Sponsor Products
  26. Cars Pollute, But Perhaps Not as Bad as We Thought
  27. IBM's Pilot Program For Internal Use of Macs
  28. Windows Update Can Hurt Security
  29. A New Family of High-Temperature Superconductors
  30. NBC Universal Will Make Programs Tied to Sponsor Products
  31. First Look: Speed Racer Zips in Candy-Colored World
  32. "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case
  33. Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue
  34. U. of Chicago Law School Blocks Internet Access
  35. RIAA Sues Homeless Man
  36. UK Scientists Make Transistor One Atom Long, 10 Atoms Wide
  37. NULL Pointer Exploit Excites Researchers
  38. BitTorrent Use Up 24% Since November
  39. Study Confirms ISPs Meddle With Web Traffic
  40. April 18, 1906: Mother Nature 1, San Francisco 0
  41. PayPal Plans To Ban Unsafe Browsers
  42. Carl Zimmer's Dissection: The More We Know About Genes, the Less We Understand
  43. Complete Darwin Papers Debut on Internet
  44. Sci-Fi Shows Set to Dominate Fox's Fall Lineup
  45. Major-Label Money Could Taint Music Blogs
  46. New Ion Engine Enters Space Race
  47. Storm Dismantled at USENIX LEET Workshop
  48. AU Government Demands Universal Wiretapping
  49. Thinkpad X300 With SSD Performance Evaluation
  50. Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features
  51. Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?
  52. Darwin's Private Papers Get Released To The Internet
  53. Why AMD Could Win The Coming Visual Computing Battle
  54. US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits
  55. Mile-High Skyscrapers and Floating Cities That Never Were
  56. Review: Olympus Hybrid Camera Makes a Big Splash Focusing Small
  57. D&D 4th Edition Game System License Announced
  58. Storm Dismantled at USENIX LEET Workshop
  59. AU Government Demands Universal Wiretapping
  60. Thinkpad X300 With SSD Performance Evaluation
  61. Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features
  62. Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?
  63. Japan's Cyborg Research Enters the Skull
  64. Darwin's Private Papers Get Released To The Internet
  65. Why AMD Could Win The Coming Visual Computing Battle
  66. Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible
  67. 10Gb Ethernet Alliance is Formed
  68. A Peek at AT&T's New Browser, Pogo
  69. US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits
  70. Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi
  71. Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough
  72. How to Soundproof a Room
  73. Pioneering Disney Animator Ollie Johnston Dies
  74. D&D 4th Edition Game System License Announced
  75. Jargon Watch: Fatosphere, Cellphone Novel, Yo
  76. Storm Dismantled at USENIX LEET Workshop
  77. AU Government Demands Universal Wiretapping
  78. Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?
  79. How-To: 4 Camera Hacks You Can Do Today
  80. Feds Charge California Woman With Stealing IDs From the Dead
  81. Google Still Raking In the Billions
  82. Scientists Build World's Smallest Transistor. Gordon Moore Sighs with Relief
  83. AU Government Demands Universal Wiretapping
  84. Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?
  85. Why AMD Could Win The Coming Visual Computing Battle
  86. US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits
  87. Chevy Volt Spy Shots -- Just What's in Those Pics, Anyway?
  88. Cellphones Challenge the Zen of Public Transportation
  89. Thinkpad X300 With SSD Performance Evaluation
  90. MySpace Music Sees Major Money in Free Tunes
  91. Safari Update Fixes Serious Security Flaws
  92. Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features
  93. Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web?
  94. Nikon Firmware Hints at Coming 24-Megapixel D3 Replacement
  95. I Want My Net TV
  96. Japan's Cyborg Research Enters the Skull
  97. Web Service Forecasts Flight Delays
  98. Darwin's Private Papers Get Released To The Internet
  99. Why AMD Could Win The Coming Visual Computing Battle
  100. US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits
  101. DHS to Begin Collecting DNA of Anyone Arrested
  102. I Want My Net TV
  103. Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible
  104. Google Uses Copyright-ID Tech in Child-Porn Fight
  105. Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible
  106. 10Gb Ethernet Alliance is Formed
  107. Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files
  108. 10Gb Ethernet Alliance is Formed
  109. China Claims Anti-Piracy Crackdown
  110. A Peek at AT&T's New Browser, Pogo
  111. US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits
  112. Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi
  113. Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough
  114. Senator Proposes To Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files
  115. Linus Announces the 2.6.25 Linux Kernel
  116. DHS to Begin Collecting DNA of Anyone Arrested
  117. DHS to Begin Collecting DNA of Anyone Arrested
  118. Nuked Coral Reef Bounces Back
  119. Software to Randomize Police Operations at LAX
  120. Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: Prediction -- The RSA Conference Will Shrink Like a Punctured Balloon
  121. Gallery: Journey Into the Science of the Sun
  122. April 17, 1970: Houston, We No Longer Have a Problem
  123. New Spam Site Found Every Three Seconds
  124. Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL
  125. Watch the Sunset From Google Earth 4.3
  126. Video: Water Balloon Exploding at 2,000 Frames per Second
  127. How to Make Your Own Björk-tastic 3-D Glasses
  128. Small Company Sues 14 Digital TV Goliaths
  129. Dying 'Last Lecture' Prof's New Book Becomes Runaway Bestseller
  130. The Inside Story of the Armed Robot Pullout Rumor
  131. Flickr Quells Video Fears With Free Doughnuts
  132. Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech
  133. Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses?
  134. Republicans Say Google 'Duped' FCC in Spectrum Auction
  135. Fetish: High-IQ Toaster, Wind-Driven Gadget Charger, Nine-Grand Diving Watch
  136. Google Crawls The Deep Web
  137. Is Captcha's Moment Passing?
  138. Bash Airlines All You Want, But Flying Still Beats Driving
  139. Folding@home GPU2 Beta Released, Examined
  140. Video: How to Fix Your Broken NES
  141. Six Apart's 'Blog It' Turns Facebook Into a Fire Hose
  142. Toshiba's High-Powered CT Scanner Could Save Your Life in a Heartbeat
  143. Consumer Groups Advocate for 'Do Not Track' Registry
  144. Angry Wife Lashes Out in 'YouTube Divorce' Video
  145. Why the Titanic Sank: Lousy Rivets
  146. Analysts Doubtful as Google Quarterly Earnings Approach
  147. How Social Networks May Kill Search as We Know It
  148. Report: 6 Million Pounds of Trash Litter World's Shorelines
  149. Top 5 Viable New Cancer Treatments
  150. ISO Releases OOXML FAQ
  151. The Javabot Combines Engineering and Coffee
  152. Dreamworks Acquires Rights for Ghost in the Shell
  153. 1.6 Million PCs Track Popular P2P Clients
  154. The Javabot Combines Engineering and Coffee
  155. Dreamworks Aquires Rights for Ghost in the Shell
  156. Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid
  157. New High-Res Map Shows U.S. Per-Capita CO2 Emissions
  158. Now They Ask: Comcast and File-Share 'Bill of Rights'
  159. Programming Collective Intelligence
  160. Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid
  161. iPhone SDK and Free Software Don't Match
  162. Comcast Proposes Self Regulation and P2P Bill of Rights
  163. Dreamworks Aquires Rights for Ghost in the Shell
  164. First Full Review of New Asus Eee PC 900
  165. Yahoo to Take on Google Analytics
  166. FBI Lied To Support Need For PATRIOT Act Expansion
  167. For CS Majors, How Important Is the "Where?"
  168. Need to Slice Through a Boulder? Try a 10,000-Degree Tactical Cutter
  169. Maverick Swedish Pop Star Reveals What Britney Could Have Been
  170. Bell Canada's Misinformation About Throttling
  171. Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid
  172. Show Us Your Most-Wanted Rare Gadgets
  173. April 16, 1813: Specifying the Interchangeability Standard
  174. Marketing On a .EDU Domain
  175. Lore Sjöberg's Alt Text: Flickr Fans Flustered Over Video Posting
  176. McCain's Gas-Tax Holiday: Smart Politics, Stupid Policy
  177. Lawmakers Proposing Millions for Elementary School Surveillance Cams
  178. What Should We Do About Security Ethics?
  179. Forget the Courts — Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech
  180. How To Fight Splogs
  181. End of the Internet's Tax-Free Ride?
  182. Programmers, DIY Types Embrace Soft, Hackable Chumby
  183. Fake Subpoenas Sent To CEOs For Social Engineering
  184. "Secure Elections Act" Coming Up For Vote
  185. IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips
  186. Image Editor GIMP, the 'Free-Software Photoshop,' Gets New Look
  187. Videogames Keep Olympic Shot-Putter Reese Hoffa Busy
  188. FBI Caused Delay in Terror Case Ahead of Senate Testimony
  189. Square Shooters: Four 5-Megapixel Camera Phones Judged and Rated
  190. Windows Live Hotmail CAPTCHA Cracked, Exploited
  191. Doctorow Tears Up ISP Contract Over Net Neutrality
  192. The Milky Way's Black Hole Is Not So Quiescent
  193. Seagate Sues STEC For Patent Infringement
  194. Bad Karma? Tesla Sues Henrik Fisker Over Sedan Design
  195. Monster Cables Pushes Around the Wrong Small Company
  196. The Return of Ada
  197. Armed Robots Not Actually Gone From Iraq
  198. Cuba's Cellphone Era Opens With Long Lines
  199. Banks May Be Screwing You, But Their Websites Rock
  200. For WiiWare, Ninento Summit Brings More Questions Than Answers
  201. Delta, Northwest Merger May Be Only Tip of the Iceberg
  202. Oklahoma Leaks 10,000 Social Security Numbers
  203. Bush Cyber Initiative Aims To Monitor, Restrict Access To Federal Network
  204. Malaysian Candidates Required to Have Blogs
  205. Bush Cyber Initiative Aims To Monitor, Restrict Access to Federal Network
  206. Tech That Will Save Our Species - Solar Thermal Power
  207. Microsoft Accommodating Eee With Lightweight XP
  208. Counterfeit DFI Motherboards Surface In Indonesia
  209. "Exaflood" Disaster Appears Unlikely
  210. Counterfeit DFI Motherboards Surface In Indonesia
  211. Iron Man's New Villain — an Open Source Terrorist
  212. Counterfeit DFI Motherboards Surface in Indonesia
  213. Weak Rivets May Have Sped Sinking of Titanic
  214. Iron Man's New Villain — an Open Source Terrorist
  215. Rocket Racing League Ready To Launch
  216. Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
  217. April 15, 1912: 'God Himself Could Not Sink This Ship'
  218. Japanese Schoolgirl Watch: Tobacco Vending Machines Block Underage Smokers
  219. Men's Little 500 Race Makes Its 58th Run
  220. Yuri's Night: Bay Area 2008
  221. How to Lace Your Shoes
  222. Laser Triggers Electrical Activity In Thunderstorm
  223. New Book Celebrates Singular Scientists and Their Beautiful Experiments
  224. Run Google App Engine Apps On Amazon's Cloud
  225. Better Bass: Skip the Subwoofer, Hack Your Hearing?
  226. Sun Developing Open Media Stack
  227. Eve Online Client Source Code Leaked
  228. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/deutsche-bank-l.html
  229. When Your Personal Life Is Your Business, Is Everything a Tax Write-off?
  230. Flickr's Doughnut Giveaway Morphs into Worldwide Event
  231. Dealing With an IT Bully
  232. Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Leaves Desktop Linux Behind
  233. ISO Calls For OOXML Ceasefire
  234. Nvidia Physics Engine Almost Complete
  235. Study Reports On Debian Governance, Social Organization
  236. After Delays, Rocket Racing Finally Coming to Airshows
  237. Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer
  238. Eco-Marathon Team Hits 2,843 mpg
  239. Physicist John A. Wheeler is Dead at 96
  240. 'OpenMac' Is a Poor Man's Mac Likely to Attract Apple's Lawyers
  241. Deal in a Box: MacHeist Retail Bundle Puts Shareware on Shelves
  242. Adobe's CinemaDNG Aims to Solve Video Format Woes
  243. Sabdes 50M Brings Hybrid Power to Megayachting
  244. Linux System Programming
  245. Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Leaves Desktop Linux Behind
  246. Free Municipal Wi-Fi Hits the Streets
  247. ISO Calls for OOXML Ceasefire
  248. Nvidia Physics Engine Almost Complete
  249. Blockbuster Wants Circuit City; Offers $1 Billion
  250. Guerrilla IT, Embracing the Superuser?