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Everybody knows Google is one of the netâs big kids, but how big is it exactly? Well, as Arbor Networks measures it, if Google were an ISP it would be the third largest in the world and the fastest growing â if you are measuring the amount of traffic passed from its network to another.  
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An Australian researcher invents an essential tool for identifying the causes of an airplane crash.  
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The casting director of Amazing Grace and Survivor tells Wired what it takes to get a role in reality TV.  
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OnLive, Gaikai and Otoy -- these pioneers of cloud gaming are competing in a field many experts believe is technically impossible.  
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Detailed thermal images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot is far more dynamic and structured than had previously been thought.  
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The badass bass player for the world's loudest rock 'n' roll band cracks up the audience at the world premiere of a documentary about him. The movie reveals intimate details about the living legend.  
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This week's behind-the-scenes podcast focuses on 10 years after the dot-com boom and bust. Senior editor Joanna Pearlstein hosts a conversation between contributors Matt Honan and Steven Leckart about the dot-com era's major players, total failures and missed opportunities.  
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PayPal's latest upgrade to the PayPal iPhone app lets you pay (and be paid) by bumping fists.  
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As a Wired Editor's Pick, Luna Optics' night-vision binocs can do almost nothing wrong. They're warrior tough and have an artist's vision, with unmatched light-magnifying power and impressive versatility.  
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Microbes living in lakes beneath the ice of Antarctica and Greenland could be producing methane. The greenhouse gas could be building up and released if the ice melts.  
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Classmates.com is offering to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of falsely leading people to believe their old schoolmates wanted to contact them. A proposed settlement would give $3 each to more than 3 million paying customers.  
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A new study suggests that fighting climate change by seeding the ocean with iron could result in algal blooms that produce a neurotoxin, killing marine life and eventually working its way up the food chain to humans.  
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An ordinary-looking store on the south side of town hides a back room brimming with vintage guitars, amps and other sweet finds. When SXSW Music hits town, Cash America Pawn breaks out the good stuff and gets ready to wheel and deal.  
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A Russian hacker is being accused of artificially manipulating 38 stocks on the Nasdaq and New York stock exchanges, profiting a quarter million dollars between August and December alone.  
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The Mars Express Orbiter has taken its closest ever images of the Martian moon, Phobos. The views show possible future landing spots.  
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Our list of almost perfect cars doesn't satisfy some of you readers. Now it's your turn to weigh in on your favorites -- and why your pick tops your list.  
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The company's sensors, Linux modules and other parts make DIY electronics projects easier and more accessible than ever. But will open source hardware really democratize production of a million geeky gadgets?  
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Looking to hack your office basketball pool? Here's how to do it.  
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That new person trying to "friend" you just may be an undercover fed trying to read your private messages and view your pics, according to a government document.  
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Broadband, not broadcast, will deliver the big laughs in decades to come -- sitcoms are staging a comeback on the web. Shorter and darker than the half-hour TV comedies , a new wave of web series draw from mockumentaries like The Office and Arrested Development.  
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Wired checks in with favorite '80s movie stars -- not the whiny dweeb protagonists, but the wheels, like the BMX in ET and Back to the Future's DeLorean.  
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An act of Congress established the corps, and one of its first tasks was establishing the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.  
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There's a method to the March madness. Two engineers from North Carolina State have a strategy for scoring like a champ at the free throw line.  
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The U.S. depends on rare-earth metals to feed our fondness for Priuses and iPhones, as well as some weapons all with components made from the rare-earth materials. The House Committee on Science and Technology is holding a hearing today on rare-earth metal supplies, focusing on China's near-monopoly on the stuff.  
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On paper, it's a no-brainer: Prisoners have mobile phones they are using to run gangs, call friends, and intimidate witnesses. It's technically possible to jam the phones, but the 1930s law setting up the nation's telecommunications bureaucracy makes this illegal -- and a bill that would allow it is in legislative limbo.  
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Twitter CEO Evan Williams announces a plan to bring status updates to a variety of other websites. His keynote presentation at SXSW does not get a wow from his audience, Many critics weigh in on -- ironically -- Twitter.  
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The FCC is to present the first ever national broadband plan to Congress Tuesday. It's an ambitious, carefully crafted plan, but it lacks the revolutionary zeal some had hoped for.  
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The communities of bacteria on your skin may transfer to your keyboard and mouse, creating a unique, living marker of your identity.  
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Microsoft on Monday revealed details on third-party apps for Windows Phone 7 Series.  
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