The popular format that defined the online music revolution is outdated, but a new upgrade may give MP3 its best chance for a second life. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk. This column is also available as a .
The best film tech is all but invisible to the movie-going public -- and that's the way it's supposed to be. The designers of stunt airbags and steadicams receive Academy Awards for their work. By Xeni Jardin.
Banks and brokerage houses are first in line for a slew of new security technologies that will change the way you log in -- whether you know it or not. Ryan Singel reports from the RSA Conference.
A new search engine promises to index and organize the 100 million pages of open-source code available on the web. The hope is that programmers will actually use it. By Dylan Tweney.
Camino 1.0 was released this week after four years in development. Webmonkey editor Michael Calore has his hair blown back by the awesome speed of this Mac-only browser. Commentary from Webmonkey. This column is also available as a
Touting an experimental plan to reprocess radioactive waste into fuel -- part of his "alternative energy" agenda -- Bush wants $250 million to jump-start an old research program, which needs $13 billion over 10 years to demo the idea.
Space Adventures, a U.S. company known for sending three tourists into space last year, moves toward building a commercial spaceport at the southern end of the Persian Gulf. The United Arab Emirates government has contributed $30 million.
Loads of people post comments on blogs without running one of their own. Now services like coComment let serial opinion slingers round up their stray rants. By Joanna Glasner.
Dilbert and the Colbert Report take on fuel economy and its effect on terrorism. Plus: Stanford researchers say nanotubes are the answer to hydrogen storage. In Autopia.
No fan-made ripoff, Katamari Damacy 2 comes from the team that developed the original years ago as an old-school PC game. Plus: Atari, hovering on life support, decides to sell its internal studios. In Game|Life.
Because athletes aren't allowed to inject drugs to improve their performance, a New Zealand company is reversing the flow to gain a competitive edge. By Kristen Philipkoski.
The English language ain't what it used to be, and the Luddite maintains that technology and today's ease of communication must shoulder some of the blame for our current lamentable state. Commentary by Tony Long. This column is also available as a
The White House must fork over details about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program within 20 days to satisfy a privacy group's request for documents.
A new technology could increase the nutrition in some plants and reduce the elements that trigger allergies. It manipulates genetics without the controversy that plagues transgenic plants. By Tracy Powell.
Culture shock kicks harder than a computer-enhanced rodeo bull when you hop back into the saddle after five years without cable TV. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. This column is also available as a .
When social values collide, the results can be cataclysmic. But for the internet to become a true force of democratization, we must accept that we'll all be offended by it eventually. Commentary by Jennifer Granick. This column is also available as a
After some false starts, the automotive industry rolls out vehicles with systems that really do look beyond the headlights. But you'll have to shell out $100,000 for the car. By Bruce Gain.
You may think of yourself as an e-mail maven, but a new study says when it comes to interpreting electronic missives, most of us are way off the mark. By Stephen Leahy.
Forget practicing tedious scales and studying counterpoint. A new generation of computer tools empowers legions of no-talent composers by making song writing a simple game. Commentary by Clive Thompson. This column is also available as a .