Building on technologies like Google Earth and increasingly available digital maps, "neogeographers" gather in Silicon Valley to swap recipes for a machine-readable planet. Annalee Newitz reports from San Jose, California.
A new book recognizes that young people today live in a very different world, sexually speaking, than their elders did. Thank goodness. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
Readers take a stand against intrusive advertising, tiny text and other web-usability pet peeves. Plus: Some missed mentions from the link-aggregator shootout. In Webmonkey.
Effects whiz Dennis Muren creates some of modern movies' most memorable imagery. But the creatures that stalk through his 1967 flick The Equinox came alive the old-fashioned way. Wired News interview by Jason Silverman.
Reporters Without Borders lambastes the Chinese version of the Yahoo search engine, saying it is worse than either Google or MSN when it comes to complying with Chinese censorship laws. By Eli Milchman.
Motivated by a desire to spend more time with his philanthropic foundation, Bill Gates says he'll begin pulling away from his day-to-day role at Microsoft, a process expected to take about two years.
A CEO leaks choice info about a next-gen iPod he says is just around the corner. Plus: Watch the World Cup for free using live P2P.... "Weird Al" Yankovic's take on digital music. In Listening Post.
Joga.com's World Cup Companion extension for Firefox offers live match updates, providing hope and distraction to soccer-mad fans stuck at work. Plus: Traffic prediction, lifesaving GPS and more from the Where 2.0 conference.
This year's recipient of the Millennium Technology Prize developed a new light source that may replace the lightbulb, but just as importantly successfully challenged a Japanese corporation over the matter of intellectual property rights.
