Notorious hacker Chris Tarnovsky opens his underground laboratory to Wired.com, providing a peek into the world of satellite TV smart-card hacking. This complicated process involves nail polish, a pin head and various acids -- so don't try this at home (unless you're Chris Tarnovsky)!
Wired visits Potenco, makers of a pull-cord power generator the company says could bring power to hundreds of millions. We put it through the paces with one of the company's founders at their headquarters inside the Alameda Naval Base near Oakland, California.
If only you knew the power of the dark side! LucasArts' Haden Blackman discusses the story and the technology behind the upcoming game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
There are two things the Internet excels at: helping us connect with people, and helping us avoid people. Twitter fits right into the crawlspace between these functions, giving you an IV drip of tiny pseudo-interactions. Take a look at this exciting, not particularly new site with our guide to social networking.
Spore is an evolutionary game that takes you from amoeba to intergalactic traveler. We talk to creator Will Wright about Spore, astrophysics and crowdsourcing.
Game|Life takes on two of this year's most intriguing games. We speak to Alex Evans, designer of LittleBigPlanet, and Peter Molyneux, creative director of Fable 2.
The Difference Engine was an accurate mechanical calculator designed by Charles Babbage in the 1840s, but was never built in its inventor's lifetime. Here, its modern builder explains how it works.
Humans have been attempting to send messages to the stars since...I'm going to say the early '70s. But of all the messages sent into space, which ones are good? Which ones conform to quality standards?
Do you ever get in arguments on the Internet? If not, get a refund from your ISP, because you're not getting your money's worth. This handy guide to logical fallacies will aid you in any argument. It won't actually help you win, but it will allow you to keep changing the subject until your opponent gives up. And on the Web, that's just as good!
Cute kittens, crazy stunts, weird science. Every bite-size morsel of web
writing can be boiled down into just a few key ingredients or a mutation on
a standard theme.
This week, Chris Kohler gets the inside scoop on Gears of War 2 from Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games. Then Chris gets retro with Nintendo's Power Glove.
This week, the Gadget Lab checks out the full frame, 24.6 megapixel Sony Alpha 900 still camera, as well as the brilliant screen of the Archos 5 Media Tablet.
Ever wanted to be a wizard, binding demons as easily as a human being changes a litter box? First, your neophyte wizard needs to master a few less-impressive spells.
Renowned origami artist Robert Lang's beetles, centipedes and dinosaurs are exhibited around the world. In this video, Lang tells Wired how he became an origami master.
Seeing, as it turns out, is not believing. Not if you're smart. Human visual processing is so unreliable that in the right light, a Chevy Tahoe LS can appear to be a small book of quinoa recipes. This video is a guide to some of the more well-known optical illusions out there ... or is it?
This week, Wired.coms Chris Kohler and Daniel Dumas review the Nintendo DSi. Currently available in Japan, it features two cameras, an SD card slot and an online store.
With the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC videogame on the horizon, you may be telling everyone around you, "I wonder what other match-ups would make for a good fighting game." From now on, they can just silently point you to this video, then while you're watching it, they can go through your stuff.
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![Wired CES 2008: Samsung\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/xBZi1Riq1lw/2.jpg "Wired CES 2008: Samsung\")
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