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One company: 300 million Chinese cellphone users One company: 300 million Chinese cellphone users
Also: that Internet thing? Still popular in China
Andrew Leonard Jan 23, 2007
I did good work for a nonprofit -- but it trashed me in its minutes! I did good work for a nonprofit -- but it trashed me in its minutes!
As a consultant, I brought unwelcome news.
By Cary Tennis Jan 10, 2007
Chinese shame parade Chinese shame parade
Authorities in the city of Shenzhen march prostitutes through the streets and jail them without trial.
Page Rockwell Dec 13, 2006
Three cheers for Internet porn Three cheers for Internet porn
Economists show that the rise in Web pornography leads to fewer rapes.
Melissa Lafsky Nov 3, 2006
Cuba Libre! Cuba Libre!
More fun with Communists and free software
Andrew Leonard Oct 27, 2006
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?
Salon exclusive: Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002. Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation.
By Kim Zetter Jun 21, 2006
Do you hide your gender online? Do you hide your gender online?
News flash: Women's names in chat rooms get more solicitations than men's!
Katharine Mieszkowski May 11, 2006
Meet the new AT&T, same as the old AT&T, only worse Meet the new AT&T, same as the old AT&T, only worse
"Net neutrality" loses another battle. Internet doomed, again.
Andrew Leonard Apr 27, 2006
The sun sets on Scott McNealy The sun sets on Scott McNealy
Sun's CEO takes the fall; thousands of employees sure to follow.
Andrew Leonard Apr 24, 2006
News The corporate toll on the Internet
Telecom giant AT&T plans to charge online businesses to speed their services through its DSL lines. Critics say the scheme violates every principle of the Internet, favors deep-pocketed companies, and is bound to limit what we see and hear online.
By Farhad Manjoo Apr 17, 2006
It's a small, unhappy world, after all It's a small, unhappy world, after all
Going to globalization grad school with Morgan-Stanley economist Stephen Roach.
Andrew Leonard Mar 1, 2006
"Men want facts, women seek relations on Web," take two "Men want facts, women seek relations on Web," take two
It's not as Mars/Venus as the press makes it look.
Lynn Harris Dec 30, 2005
"Men want facts, women seek relations on Web" "Men want facts, women seek relations on Web"
Study of Internet use shows gender difference in surfing styles.
Lynn Harris Dec 29, 2005
China online: Will the censors ever crack? China online: Will the censors ever crack?
Even as American corporations abet thought control, a surging civil society will not be denied.
Andrew Leonard Dec 16, 2005
Easy Internet riders, raging bull Easy Internet riders, raging bull
"The Daily Show" pokes fun at a very fervent Jack Valenti
H.H. Dec 7, 2005
Connected giving
Americans who want to give more than cash to help Katrina victims are using the Internet to send diapers, baseball gloves and CDs directly to the disaster area.
By Lynn Harris Sep 10, 2005
Europe vs. Google
American Goliaths like Google and Amazon are quickly cornering the digital book market. Will online libraries doom the scholars and small presses of old Europe?
By Hilmar Schmundt Aug 25, 2005
Code that kills, for real
Future military combat systems will require ever more complicated code, but writing software that is bug free and ready for a firefight is a challenge that gets tougher every day.
By Scott Rosenberg May 11, 2004
Why software still stinks
Programming must change -- but how? At a reunion of coding pioneers, answers abound.
By Scott Rosenberg Mar 19, 2004
Don't worry, be sexy
The government tells the Supreme Court that Web publishers should relax -- a Web censorship law only applies to the "worst" porn peddlers. But why should we trust it?
By Scott Rosenberg Mar 3, 2004
Politics by other means
The Internet may have made Howard Dean, but Dean didn't make the Net -- and his campaign's woes don't faze digital democracy's true believers.
By Scott Rosenberg Feb 10, 2004
The long road to Longhorn
Who knows what Microsoft's whiz-bang new Windows will look like by the time it's ready, in 2006 or beyond? In the meantime, the bloggers of Redmond will provide progress reports.
By Scott Rosenberg Dec 22, 2003
That 1994 feeling
RSS delivers a long-promised Internet dream -- getting you the information you want from the people you want without hassle or bother.
By Scott Rosenberg Dec 4, 2003
Roll over, Confucius Roll over, Confucius
As the sexual floodgates open in China, the biggest taboo left is talking about sex.
By Lisa Movius Dec 2, 2003
The future was so bright The future was so bright
Wired's techno-idealism jolted America before it flamed out. Gary Wolf's new book vividly recalls the magazine's wild and woolly saga, but leaves the big question hanging: Was it right?
By Andrew Leonard Jul 7, 2003
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