Stories by Annalee Newitz
For the holidays, please allow me to predict what kinds of lame holiday crap I'll be complaining about in years to come.
Posted on Nov 28, 2006, Source: AlterNet
There's a scientific basis to the truism that money can't buy happiness.
Posted on Nov 21, 2006, Source: AlterNet
It's easy to understand why open-source and free-software advocates are up in arms.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet
On 'fitness,' fruit flies, and gene pools.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A meticulous new report finally reveals why researchers can't seem to research TV.
Posted on Nov 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A fake British documentary explores what would have happened if the South had won the Civil War.
Posted on Oct 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet
So what will you lose when Google turns YouTube into one of its searchable data troves?
Posted on Oct 17, 2006, Source: AlterNet
I proudly identify as a geowanker (also known as a high-tech map enthusiast).
Posted on Oct 10, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Trying to track down an old friend via Internet mainstays -- Google, Myspace, Technorati -- was a surprisingly frustrating experience.
Posted on Oct 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A new alliance between MySpace and Dotster pulls the covers over the most basic web task: getting a domain name and setting up e-mail.
Posted on Sep 26, 2006, Source: AlterNet
How a plush creature with a mini-computer for a face just might change your life.
Posted on Sep 19, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Thanks to the Internet, political satire can be instant and lethal.
Posted on Sep 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Something changed the Internet forever during the surreal years after 9/11: Data mining was weaponized.
Posted on Sep 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet
I just can't muster up enough paranoia to properly eliminate all those bill stubs and other documents with my personal data on them.
Posted on Aug 28, 2006, Source: AlterNet
'Snakes on a Plane' became an Internet geek phenom for the same reasons that the Hamster Dance did: it was weird, stupid and fun.
Posted on Aug 22, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Last week, AOL revealed three months' worth of people's web searches -- and the data is oddly fascinating.
Posted on Aug 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet
There's a new threat to free speech, and it comes from the software that lets you read blogs.
Posted on Aug 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet
My fantasy about super-rodents goes something like this...
Posted on Aug 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet
I learned to navigate the cultural meaning of new technologies by analyzing movies about imaginary monsters.
Posted on Jul 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Welcome to a world of conspiracy, spies, and political intrigue -- it's Harry Potter fandom on the internet.
Posted on Jul 19, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Verizon is covertly preparing its newest customers for a world without network neutrality.
Posted on Jul 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Why is the prolific writer arguing against online publishing, which promises to spread even his books into a vastly larger public space?
Posted on Jul 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A random Moldavian pop tune has sparked countless online video homages.
Posted on Jun 27, 2006, Source: AlterNet
As more people buy phones like Treos, which keep extensive records of everyone who's ever called, I'm more confused by the corresponding etiquette.
Posted on Jun 23, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Now that we know dolphins have a complex language, shouldn't we be trying to learn it?
Posted on Jun 13, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Feminists shouldn't back away from the debate on genetic engineering, or it'll be up to the men. Again.
Posted on Jun 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet
An anti-war comic book series shows why comics are surging in popularity: because they can help us make sense of our troubled times.
Posted on May 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Why do so few American citizens care that our own government is spying on us?
Posted on May 22, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Everyone asks what porn has done for the Web, but they never ask what the Web has done for porn. In one San Francisco office, I found out.
Posted on May 16, 2006, Source: AlterNet
If the big corporations win their push to charge internet users different rates for the same product, the Web as we know it will wither on the vine.
Posted on May 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet
In Manhattan, a walk in the park is no walk in the park.
Posted on May 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Scientific studies are increasingly coming straight out of our living rooms and laptops.
Posted on Apr 18, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Slashdot has become the hub of the tech world. So why do many of its users seem like sexist dicks?
Posted on Apr 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A knight clanked by in his armor. He was talking on a smartphone.
Posted on Apr 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A new web tool is capable of tracking the moods of an entire global population.
Posted on Mar 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A new service allows you to track your every web move -- but how private is it really?
Posted on Mar 21, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Never have I been closer to true life among the geeks.
Posted on Mar 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Octavia Butler forced me to rethink contemporary American politics in ways that Thomas Pynchon never will.
Posted on Mar 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Watch out for the robber-barons of the attention economy.
Posted on Mar 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet
What does Star Trek have to do with Google in China?
Posted on Feb 21, 2006, Source: AlterNet
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