Things added in 2009
in conversation with norbert blei
From my own experience, and the experience of friends who had spent months to years to a lifetime devoted to little magazines and small presses, I knew in my bones that ...
Hot Gadgets of 2009 (CNBC Video)
I spent a few minutes on CNBC Asia talking about Wired's picks for the hottest (and most unusual) gadgets of 2009. Most of these came from Wired's awesome Wish List 2009, ...
Nook E-Reader Promises, But Doesn’t Deliver
You can imagine that Barnes & Noble, with 774 stores scattered across suburban strip-mall America, finally got fed up with the way Amazon's Kindle dominates the e-book market."I know," some B&N exec ...
Tiny Reader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
When the zombie apocalypse hits, you'll want to have a copy of Wikipedia with you. And you'll want to make sure it works even if the power is out, cellphone and ...
Embargo Is Latin for “F*** You”
A couple of weeks ago I took part in a discussion about press embargoes, with Tom Foremski, Damon Darlin and Mark Glaser, skillfully moderated ...
Why I’m Not Getting a Droid Today
I’ve been testing the Verizon Droid for the past few days, and it’s an awesome phone.But even though I’m eager to ditch my iPhone and eighty-six AT&T, I’m not going to ...
Are we having fun yet?
The collective intelligence poured into inventing new portable games over the past several centuries is equivalent, scientists estimate, to the outpouring of genius from a whole year’s worth of Nobel prize winners. ...
This Day in Tech: CompuServe Debuts
Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers DebutsThe company known as Compu-Serve, and later CompuServe, opened its doors in 1969, providing dial-up computer timesharing to businesses. Over the next ...
FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat, ...