Marvel mastermind Stan Lee picks contestants for a new "reality" show that will document the everyday drama of a loft full of wannabe crime fighters. By Erin Biba from Wired magazine.
The search giant is confronting a seemingly intractable problem: how to tell if a real person, and not a robot, is sitting at a keyboard and clicking on all those ads. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
After years of torment by callers and e-mailers trying to get in touch with the biggest name in search advertising, the owners of adsense.com give up and get themselves a new domain name. By Rachel Metz.
Newsreaders and RSS aggregators aren't known for being particularly flashy. But some mashups transform headlines, photos and other ephemeral nuggets into expressive exhibitions. The result? Bohemian RSS! By Eli Milchman.
Get interactive live weather maps, find the closest golf course or get train schedules sent to your mobile phone. All of these web-service mashups are on display at Mashup Camp 2 in Mountain View, California. In Monkey Bites.
Scientists developing technology that plugs directly into gray matter to help paralyzed people regain autonomy publish their promising results in Nature. In Bodyhack.
A guy asks female students to sign a petition eliminating women's right to vote, with either unexpected or predictable results, depending on how cynical you are. Plus: Headbutt mania in Zidane vs. Materazzi. In Table of Malcontents.