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Google's Traffic Is Giant, Which Is Why It Should be Your ISP

Everybody knows Google is one of the net’s 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 — if you are measuring the amount of traffic passed from its network to another.


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March 17, 1953: The Black Box Is Born

An Australian researcher invents an essential tool for identifying the causes of an airplane crash.


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How to Get on a Reality Show

The casting director of Amazing Grace and Survivor tells Wired what it takes to get a role in reality TV.


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Games: Cloud-Based Gaming Still Up in the Air

OnLive, Gaikai and Otoy -- these pioneers of cloud gaming are competing in a field many experts believe is technically impossible.


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The Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What Astronomers Thought

Detailed thermal images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot is far more dynamic and structured than had previously been thought.


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SXSW: Motorhead Mania Cranks Up as 'Lemmy' Blitzes Austin

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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Storyboard: A Look Back at the Dot-Com Boom and Bust

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 Fist-Bumps Square

PayPal's latest upgrade to the PayPal iPhone app lets you pay (and be paid) by bumping fists.


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Rugged Night-Vision Specs See Through the Muddiest Dark

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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Methane May Be Building Under Antarctic Ice

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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Lonely Classmates.com Users Get $9.5M in Lawsuit

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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Climate Quick Fix Could Create Toxic Algae Blooms

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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SXSW: Austin Pawn Shop Unleashes Mother Lode of Music Gear

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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SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices

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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SXSW: YouTube Launches Partner Program for Indie Bands


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Closest Ever Look at Martian Moon

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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Tell Us Which Cars Are Damn-Near Perfect

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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SXSW: Bug Labs Says Content Will Drive Open Source Hardware

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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The Geek's Guide to NCAA Tournament Pools

Looking to hack your office basketball pool? Here's how to do it.


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Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites Raise Questions

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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Web-Smart Sitcom 3.0 Makers Update Ancient Comedy Formula

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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Motor: Where Are Your Favorite Movie Cars Now?

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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March 16, 1802: Army Engineers Get New Foundation

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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How to Nail a Free Throw

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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Congress Holds Hearings on Unobtainium

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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Prison Mobile Phone Debate Jammed Up in the System

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 Launches @Anywhere to Tepid Audience Reaction

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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FCC to Release Ambitious, Pragmatic National Broadband Plan

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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You're Leaving a Bacterial Fingerprint on Your Keyboard

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 Lifts the Curtain on Windows Phone 7 Apps

Microsoft on Monday revealed details on third-party apps for Windows Phone 7 Series.


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