As old media struggles for relevance, the once-maligned blogosphere proves it's as transformative as the telephone
By Scott Rosenberg Jul 6, 2009
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Is Google the Mr. Spock of the Internet -- all head, no heart? A new book wonders if the very things that made the company great will bring it down.
By Scott Rosenberg
October 9, 2008
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"Hulk" director says superhero flicks are boring! So I'm off to a 10-hour Japanese film. Also: A.P.'s wacky war against the blogosphere.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 16, 2008
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Like electricity, the Web is everywhere and changes everything, says Nicholas Carr. But the one thing it can't deliver is freedom.
By Scott Rosenberg
January 24, 2008
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A spate of e-mail etiquette guides and productivity manuals commands us to clear out our e-mail. Don't we all have better things to do?
By Scott Rosenberg
July 13, 2007
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates take the stage at a tech conference and come off more like old pals than business rivals.
By Scott Rosenberg
May 31, 2007
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John McCain courts the tech industry.
By Scott Rosenberg
May 30, 2007
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Now that the Web has made everything miscellaneous, as David Weinberger argues in his new book, we're free to remix the world.
By Scott Rosenberg
May 23, 2007
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Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
By Scott Rosenberg
March 12, 2007
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Will the professionalization of bloggers destroy the openness and directness that have made blogs so popular?
By Scott Rosenberg
February 9, 2007
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Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law."
By Andrew Leonard
February 3, 2007
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Programmers talk to computers using precise instructions -- but when they communicate with people, human language betrays them. An excerpt from "Dreaming in Code."
By Scott Rosenberg
February 3, 2007
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Former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick died today -- but her big idea was discredited long ago.
By Scott Rosenberg
December 8, 2006
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A U.S. document dump online was supposed to help prove Saddam had WMD. Instead, it published bomb-making details to the world.
By Scott Rosenberg
November 3, 2006
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Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror.
By Scott Rosenberg
October 30, 2006
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Today's must-reads from TPMMuckraker, William Gibson and more.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 31, 2006
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Plus: What the Israel/Hezbollah war has to do with 9/11.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 31, 2006
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The report on prewar intelligence just can't seem to make it out of committee.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 31, 2006
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Trying to figure out what the administration could be thinking -- four possibilities.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 31, 2006
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Pundits try to link the Lamont campaign to the conflicts that divided Democrats four decades ago.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 31, 2006
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His lawyer says his decision to quit the House and not seek reelection has nothing to do with any criminal investigations. Right.
By Scott Rosenberg
April 3, 2006
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New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground.
By Scott Rosenberg
March 29, 2006
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February 2, 2006
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New features on the way -- and why we ask you to sign your name.
January 30, 2006
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To defend an antiporn law, government lawyers say they need to see search engine logs.
By Tim Grieve
January 19, 2006
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