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Pirate Bay's Future Uncertain After Operators Charged

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:40pm CST by Threat Level

Four administrators of the most popular BitTorrent site face criminal charges in Sweden.

Mideast Internet Failure Spreads to India

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:05pm CST by Associated Press

The internet service disruption plaguing the Middle East following damage to an undersea cable spreads to India.

Wired Magazine: How Facebook Exposed Us All as Freaks

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:00pm CST by Scott Brown

Never mind your profile. Social networking sites are tracking what you do and buy, and the you they see may not be the you you really want everyone else to see. From Wired magazine.

The Best: Extinct Animals, From an Elephant Bird to a 10-Foot-Long, Four-Eyed Spider

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:00pm CST by Daniel Dumas

Life isn't what it used to be. Just look at 10 of the weirdest beasts that ever roamed the Earth. From Wired magazine.

Author Delivers Sobering Vision of a Hotter Planet

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:00pm CST by Eliza Strickland

Environmentalist and author Mark Lynas paints a gloomy picture of Earth's future in Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet. But in an interview with Wired News he says it's not time to despair just yet.

Highlights From the New Peer-Reviewed Creation Science Journal

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 11:00pm CST by Wired Science

If you're looking to bolster an intelligent-design argument, the Answers Research Journal features "creationist researchers, scientists and theologians" tackling non-evolutionary, young-earth theories. It's joining the internet age, jumping online with downloadable articles, branching out from its old-fashioned, print-only format.

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Jan. 31, 1958: Explorer I Makes It Official — There's a Space Race

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00pm CST by Tony Long

Reacting swiftly to the Soviet success with Sputnik I, the United States makes its first foray into space a highly successful one.

Three of the Finest Bike Wheels Money Can Buy

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 6:50pm CST by Mark McClusky

You only need two wheels for that bike, but we review three models to choose from: the Mavic R-SYS, the Lew Racing Pro VT-1 and the Reynolds DV46C. Got bucks?

EBay Sellers Angry About New Fees, Feedback Rules

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 5:00pm CST by Epicenter

EBay isn't winning a whole lot of fans with its controversial new fee structure. Sellers say the new system equates to a rate hike. The company, by contrast, estimates that 60 percent of sellers will pay less in fees, so long as they provide quality customer service.

NASA's Messenger Probe Shows Hundred-Mile Cliffs on Mercury

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 4:30pm CST by Wired News Staff

NASA's Messenger probe sends scientists a treasure-trove of data, and with two more flybys and an orbital mission to follow, these images are just the beginning.

Fed Up With MySpace? Join the Club and Delete Your Account

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 3:15pm CST by Underwire

Frustrated users pledge to abandon the social networking site on International Delete Your MySpace Account Day.

Autonet Mobile: Your Own Personal Hot Spot, Everywhere You Go

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 2:45pm CST by Michael S. Lasky

A new device that lets you log on, anytime, anywhere, through anyone could transform the nature of WiFi. It might even transform you.

Gear Gallery: Laptop-Cellphone Hybrid and Tasty iPod Alternatives

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 2:00pm CST by Gadget Lab

Browse this week's Wired News gadget reviews for a $1,100 cellphone, a slick sheet-fed scanner, an iPod shuffle killer and more of the latest tech.

What's the Right RPG Tattoo for Your Child?

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:45pm CST by GeekDads

The GeekDads are joined by special guest "Z" from Hipsterplease.com, who comes on to chat about Nerdcore Hip-Hop, RPG tattoos and why home-made silly putty and snow are both so great.

Mercury Pics Show Spider Formation and Long Cliffs

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:30pm CST by Wired Science blog

NASA researchers share the "goldmine of exciting data" sent by the Messenger probe from its flyby of Mercury.

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Fly the Friendly Skies — Nude

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:20pm CST by Autopia

A German travel agency, citing "a gap in the market," offers nude flights to a Baltic resort. The crew will remain clothed "for safety reasons."

The Team Behind Snarky Startup Blog Uncov Reveals Its Own Startup, Persai

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:15pm CST by Epicenter

The authors of Uncov, a recently-shuttered blog that heaped abuse upon many Silicon Valley startups, have unveiled a startup of their own. Called Persai, it's a sort of search engine that promises to help users find content that interests them.

Chem Lab: Heath Ledger Is Fodder for Macabre Science Blogs

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:00pm CST by Wired Science

Heath Ledger's death engenders blog threads trying to determine the science behind his apparent drug overdose.

Judge Threatens to Expel Hans Reiser From His Murder Trial

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 12:30pm CST by Threat Level blog

Trial judge grows exasperated when the defendant interrupts his own lawyer once too often. "I'm not sure whether you're doing this on purpose to screw up the process, or it's just part of your nature."

EPA to Automakers: The Horsepower War Is Over

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 12:30pm CST by Autopia

The EPA tells the auto industry to end its horsepower war and start a green one. But who says "green performance" has to be an oxymoron?

China's Web Dilemma: Needs of Business vs. Urge to Censor

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 10:55am CST by Associated Press

China is ready to enforce a new law limiting video sharing to state-owned companies, but regulators will probably look the other way in order not to screw up private business.

Sustainability Scorecard Shows Green Business Has a Long Way to Go

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 10:00am CST by Alexis Madrigal

A new report on the progress of environmentally sound business practices finds that green results lag behind green marketing.

Damaged Undersea Cable Disrupts Net Service Across Mideast

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 9:55am CST by Associated Press

Large parts of the Middle East lost internet service Wednesday following damage to a communications cable running running between Palermo, Italy and Alexandria, Egypt. What caused the damage remains unclear.

Alert Swedish Bank Employee Foils Digital Heist

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 9:40am CST by Associated Press

Would-be thieves using "advanced technical equipment" had just begun transferring millions from a Swedish bank when an employee spotted the transaction and literally pulled the plug on the job.

MySpace Readies New Developer Platform For Feb. 5 Launch

Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:30am CST by Compiler blog

In an attempt to directly compete with rival social networking site Facebook, MySpace announces it's preparing its own app platform to launch Tuesday, Feb. 5. Developers can sign up now and start building widgets and games to run as native MySpace applications.

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