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May 5, 1992: 'Wolfenstein 3-D' Shoots the First-Person Shooter Into Stardom
via Wired Top Stories by Noah Shachtman on May 05, 2008
1992: Id Software releases Wolfenstein 3-D, and it launches a huge computer-game category.Wolfenstein 3-D may not have been the very first "first-person shooter," as the genre came to be known, but it was by far the most successful. Technically the genre goes back to the '70s, but no one really paid any attention to it. Even id released an earlier FPS called Catacombs 3D, but again, it...
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Monster.com Founder Starts Social Networking Site for the Dead
via Wired Top Stories by Marty Graham on May 05, 2008
Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor helped you find a job, and helped ease you into middle age. Now he wants to help you build the last web page you'll ever need.Tributes.com is scheduled for a soft launch in June. It aims to provide a central location to house online memorials for those who have passed on. It's starting with $4.3 million in funding, with The Wall Street Journal as a lead...
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Know Nukes How to Survive an Atomic Blast
via Wired Top Stories by How-To Wiki on May 07, 2008
There's more to it than "duck and cover." Stay alive to fight in World War III by following our advice in Wired's How-To Wiki.
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You Hacked an Epilespy Site with Flashing Pix. Really.
via Wired Top Stories by Associated Press on May 08, 2008
Hackers who probably also think that torturing small animals is funny bombed an epilepsy foundation's site with animations and link forwards to sites that serve up pulsating kaleidoscopic images. Severe migraines and near-seizure reactions were reported by the afflicted. The FBI is investigating, and we're wondering what punishment fits this crime.
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Hydrogen Cars Won't Make a Difference for 40 Years
via Wired Top Stories by Chuck Squatriglia on May 12, 2008
President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the big automakers agree on this much: They love hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology and its promise of a zero-emission, petroleum-free future. Unfortunately, experts say it will be 40 years or more before hydrogen has any meaningful impact on gasoline consumption or global warming, and we can't afford to wait that long. In the meantime, fuel...
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Gallery: How to Make Super-Strong, Super-Flexible Metals
via Wired Top Stories by Dave Bullock on May 12, 2008
: Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.comPASADENA, California -- Researchers at Caltech are pioneering new ways to make superstrong metals that are twice as tough as titanium, and twice as elastic. These "metallic glass" composites are so strong a 3mm rod can support a 2-ton truck and they bend instead of snapping like most other metals of their kind, which are called "glass metals."The new metals can...
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Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them
via Wired Top Stories by Brandon Keim on April 13, 2008
Scientists using brain scanners prove a long-standing theory that your brain makes decisions long before you are aware of them -- as much as seven seconds before.
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Image Editor GIMP, the 'Free-Software Photoshop,' Gets New Look
via Wired Top Stories by Compiler on April 15, 2008
The new developer release of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) incorporates many requested features. The release isn't ready for everyday use, but it signals one of the most robust updates yet to this open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop.
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Sorry, Absinthe Trippers: Scientists Say You're Just Really Drunk
via Wired Top Stories by Wired Science on April 29, 2008
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Recession? Not in the Advertising Business
via Wired Top Stories by Willow Duttge, Portfolio.com on April 30, 2008
News from Portfolio.comAlso on PortfolioYou 2.0: Recreational DNA and Genetic VoyeurismGM Loses Billions, Impressing Wall StreetSplitting Cable, Still Pondering AOLSubscribe to Portfolio magazineYou don't need to be all doom and gloom about it.Sure, the U.S. could be in a recession. Consumer confidence is declining. Food and gas are so expensive it's more cost-effective to stay home and...
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