AltWeeklies Wire
Vote Obama Because He's Just Like an Apple Computer?new
I'm weirded out by the idea that it's meaningful to compare the Democratic primary to the release of a new technological gizmo.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-28-2007 |
Commentary
Testing the Limits of Vulnerabilitynew
Unlike real-world exploitation, nearly all computer exploitation can be turned to good in the end.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-21-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Web Trenz!new
With SXSW Interactive and O'Reilly's Emerging Technology shindig, it's the time of year when we celebrate new ideas and fresh memes on the Interwebs -- here are some hot new trenz.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-14-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Inevitable Data Crash of 2027new
When we store all our personal, financial, and social information on other people's computers, we risk losing everything for reasons even stupider than the war on terror.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-07-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Peeing by Designnew
As somebody who often has to pee while going for walks, I can't recommend Safe2Pee.org enough -- I can plot my course around the city based on where I can get to nice public bathrooms.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-15-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
MySpace Muscles Innew
The self-appointed censors at GoDaddy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-07-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Bias on eBaynew
Falsely inflating reputations -- and the Indian divide.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-31-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Stop Online Expression Actnew
Leaked drafts of the Stop Online Exploitation of Our Children Act read like a speech squasher's gift list -- here are four good reasons to oppose this legislation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-17-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Wikipedia vs. Womennew
The dawn of the Wikichix.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-20-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
This is Not Progressnew
I can't stop thinking about the Antikythera Mechanism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-06-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Happiness Sciencenew
While neuroscience struggles to untangle the mystery of whether dopamine boosts our happiness and which parts of the brain are active when people report being happy, social science has an easy answer: Just ask.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-22-2006 |
Commentary
When Sex Sucksnew
In the genetic war between the sexes, genes that are good for one sex aren't necessarily good for the opposite-sex children who inherit them.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-09-2006 |
Sex
GooTube is Deadnew
When Google turns YouTube into one of its searchable data troves, you may lose the ability to find a video of a beautiful thing you never knew existed.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-18-2006 |
Tech
Chumby!new
This quasi-plush animal is in fact a hardware prototype of a cute little wi-fi thing that's designed to "think."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Weaponizing Datanew
Something changed the Internet forever during the surreal years after 9/11 -- data mining was weaponized.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-06-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Patriot Act, surveillance
