Technology Audio

  • Rude awakening

    Andrew Leonard, who reported on biological warfare in his article "The Invisible Nightmare," responds to his critics.
  • Circumvention overkill

    Damien Cave on the barrage of problems with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
  • How felonious is your code?

    Damien Cave describes how Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov found himself on the wrong side of a Las Vegas jail cell.
  • Downturn? What downturn?

    Katharine Mieszkowski on why the dot-com bust didn't kill the Webby Awards' spirit -- and how yet another wacky Net celebrity stole the show.
  • Don't call them morbid

    Katharine Mieszkowski describes just what kinds of people build online burial sites.
  • Bill Gates' problems aren't over

    Andrew Leonard explains how the media read the Microsoft verdict wrong.
  • I was a judge at the Sexiest Geek Alive contest

    Katharine Mieszkowski describes the scene at the annual tribute to extreme nerddom -- and why Ellen Spertus won, hands down.
  • The day Feed died

    Scott Rosenberg describes how Feed and Suck brought intelligence and wit to the Web and why they'll be missed.
  • My house understands me

    Patrick Deutsch's home X10 setup knows when to turn the lights on, how warm to keep the kitchen and what videos to play on the toilet TV.
  • Reporting on Yang Zili

    Katharine Mieszkowski describes how tech support got the activist in trouble with Chinese authorities, and why many of the story's sources went unnamed.
  • The recording industry eats its young

    Janelle Brown describes Vivendi Universal's surprising purchase of MP3.com and what it means for the future of online music.
  • Therapy by e-mail

    All that hate mail was getting us down. So we sent a note to Usofyne.com and got back a healthy dose of ass-kissing.
  • Why Yahoo pulled the plug on porn

    Damien Cave tells the story of how the mega-portal got scared out of the sex-industry.
  • The programmer's lament

    How one overworked, underpaid coder lost his health, his sanity and his faith in the dot-com dream.
  • The latest and greatest Web meme oddity: Hyakugojyuuichi!

    We tracked down the creator of a weirdly wonderful animation site and found ... a home-schooled 14-year-old from Massachusetts.
  • Kozmo's bright idea

    The Web-delivery service wants you to return that video, but they aren't saying how.
  • Escaping the Napster trap

    DivX Networks aims to do for video what MP3s have done for music. Can it please both hackers and the movie biz?
  • From the Net Hall of Shame

    Remember all those sobbing, pathetic messages you left on your ex's voice mail? Well, they're now available to MP3 users everywhere on a site called "Psychoexgirlfriend."
  • Going, going ... gone?

    Laura Miller speaks with Salon Tech writer Janelle Brown about the recent developments in the case against Napster.
  • Filtering out the fun

    Damien Cave explains how censorware is cutting out access to such useful Internet services as Babel Fish.
  • Life after Napster

    Ahri Birnbaum talks with Janelle Brown about Monday's ruling against the file-trading service and the future of music distribution on the Web.
  • Hackers in hot rods

    Janelle Brown talks about Silicon Valley's drag-racing geeks and Damien Cave discusses online pornographers with image problems.
  • Art for art's sake

    Amy Standen explains why a satirical site has the Humane Society up in arms, and Katharine Mieszkowski reports on Homestore.com's film venture.
  • Lights out

    Katharine Mieszkowski reports on the continuing West Coast energy crisis, while Janelle Brown goes underground as she explores the attraction of a new urban sport called "infiltration."
  • Code name: Hype

    Katharine Mieszkowski reports on the mystery invention that baffled technologists and publishers alike.
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