He's a 44-year-old "casher" who turned stolen credit-card accounts into cash for East European hackers. Now his life at the bottom of the cybercrime food chain has landed him in jail, and federal agents are sniffing at his heels. By Kim Zetter.
A hot-tub maker gets with the times by producing a DIY cedar home office kit for the telecommuting crowd -- but where's the soaker? By Holly J. Wagner.
A sex educator's Virtual Mystery Tour takes parents on a magical journey through the realities of teen internet use. It's not as scary as it sounds. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
Google's Summer of Code pays hundreds of students to work on open-source projects, hooking them up with big-name mentors. But a few of the kids are feeling the heat. Joanna Glasner reports from the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon.
Alarmed by "alarmist" scientists, utility companies raise big money to bankroll a dissenting voice. Some call the doubting climatologist more lobbyist than researcher.
A laptop stolen from Kaiser contains personal information on 160,000 hearing impaired HMO subscribers, according to a tip received by Wired News. Can you hear the word encryption now? In 27B Stroke 6.
If money were no object, advanced medical tools could make interesting furnishings -- from dental chairs to eraser beams -- but don't try this at home. By Steve Knopper from Wired magazine.