Congress passes a bill that would open up federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, but President Bush promises to veto it. Some researchers say placental stem cells could be a good alternative. By Gretchen Cuda.
Desperate for an audience of millions yet don't have anything to offer? Fortunately, shame and notoriety can be yours just as quickly as you can make your own music video and say the word "YouTube." Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.
South Korea's high-tech eavesdropping scandal offers proof that democratic countries aren't immune to government-surveillance abuses. But the Koreans are actually holding the perpetrators accountable. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
Under sharp questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, AG Alberto Gonzales says the president is responsible for nixing an internal probe by Justice Department lawyers of the warrantless eavesdropping program.
The insanely popular video site owns the right to redistribute anything that's been uploaded to its servers, and small content producers could end up getting ripped off. Plus:
Crippled Verizon Razr sinks into the murky depths. In Listening Post.
After the budget-conscious travel-lodging site suffers a massive data crash, its worldwide community of couch surfers and backpackers springs into action to resurrect it. In Monkey Bites.
Readers wonder if the need to collect is inherited, accuse Wired.com of having a bias, and suggest that game developers intentionally make games that are fun to struggle with.
It may be slow, but developers hope the 42-passenger Serpentine Solar Shuttle cruising a lake in London's Hyde Park will usher in an era of solar-powered transportation. A 60-passenger sun-run train and a 300-passenger Thames ferry are in the works.