You Grew Up Playing Shoot’em-Up Games. Why Can’t Your Kids?
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
You grew up playing gory shoot’em-up video games, and loving it. But are you gonna let your kids play them?
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Archive for December, 1969
Text of Wired’s Interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969Private Launches, New Tech … This Isn’t Your Parents’ Space Age
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Scientists, government officials and would-be extraterrestrial tycoons gather at the National Space Symposium to kick around the future of manned spaceflight. Robert Lemos reports from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Mozilla: Why Desktop E-Mail Crucifies the Browser
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
In the age of Gmail, we asked Thunderbird lead engineer Scott MacGregor why anyone needs desktop email these days. He had a pretty good answer.
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As Google Challenges Viacom and Microsoft, Its CEO Feels Lucky
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969Young Scientists Design Open-Source Program at NASA
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
NASA scientists plan to announce a new open-source project this month called CosmosCode — it’s aimed at recruiting volunteers to write code for live space missions, Wired News has learned.
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April 9, 1959: America Meets Its 7 Original Astronauts
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
April 9, 1959: America’s first astronaut class is introduced in a Washington press conference.
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NYPD Intelligence Op Targets Dot-Matrix Graffiti Bike
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Joshua Kinberg’s internet-connected, sidewalk printing graffiti bike got him a lot of attention ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention; he was BoingBoinged, Slashdotted and featured on CNN and in Popular Science. Then there’s the secret file the NYPD built on him.
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Culture Flows Through English Channels, but Not for Long
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Changing demographics and emerging market forces could spell an end to Anglo domination of arts and entertainment. Commentary by Momus.
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Blogging in a Land Where the Press Isn’t Free
Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
So far, bloggers like Mohammed Khan have managed to fly below the Pakistan government’s radar, but the internet is coming quickly to this nation that borders not just India, but also China, Afghanistan and Iran.
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