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Space Artistry in Bloom
02:00 AM Jul. 09, 2004 PT Artist Martin Naroznik has a vision to boldly grow where no one has grown before, and NASA finds it fascinating. By Mark Baard.


Dirty Word Filters Prove Costly
02:00 AM Jul. 09, 2004 PT Preventing disc jockeys and callers from uttering dirty words on the air doesn't come cheap for small stations. But companies that sell technology to delay broadcasts for a few seconds are doing very well indeed. By Randy Dotinga.


Winwood: Roll With P2P, Baby
02:00 AM Jul. 09, 2004 PT Grammy-winning rocker Steve Winwood took an unusual step to promote his latest album when he voluntarily released a song over peer-to-peer networks. So far, the experiment has enhanced record sales. By Katie Dean.


Bloggers Suffer Burnout
02:00 AM Jul. 08, 2004 PT Authors of some of the most popular political and general-interest weblogs are calling it quits or scaling back their sites, claiming that the pressure to post or moderate reader feedback is too much to handle. By Daniel Terdiman.


Single Post Wins Google Contest
02:00 AM Jul. 08, 2004 PT A blogger comes out the victor in a contest to garner the top Google ranking for the term "nigritude ultramarine." His strategy: one blog entry asking readers to link the term to his site. By Daniel Terdiman.


The House That Music Fans Built
02:00 AM Jul. 07, 2004 PT Gracenote, maker of the leading tool for identifying music tracks, has become a powerhouse in the digital music biz and is building its reach in consumer electronics. The firm's humble origins, however, began with the sweat of music fans worldwide. By Katie Dean.


Superhero Game Is Super Blah
02:00 AM Jul. 07, 2004 PT Activision's Spider-Man 2 game tries to capitalize on the popularity of both the movie and the previous games in the series. Unfortunately, at best it's uninspired, and at worst it's too buggy to play. By Lore Sjöberg.


John Kerry and the Lost Kos
02:00 AM Jul. 07, 2004 PT Blogs like the Daily Kos represent free speech in excelsis. Or do they? If a blogger accepts advertising or maintains ties to institutions -- like, say, the Democratic Party -- then the freedom to say whatever you like can be sharply curtailed. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.


A Wretched Hive of Fan Films
02:00 AM Jul. 06, 2004 PT Star Wars fans armed with camcorders are preparing entries for the 2004 George Lucas Selects Award. Some of the short tribute films need a bit more work, but others are -- as Darth Vader might say -- impressive, most impressive. By Jason Silverman.


A Terrible Thing to Waste a Mind
02:00 AM Jul. 06, 2004 PT In Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, you control a special agent who uses telekinetic powers to kill soldiers with the power of his mind alone. Unfortunately, your own brain won't get nearly as much of a workout. By Chris Kohler.


Software Makes a Tiger of Panther
02:00 AM Jul. 06, 2004 PT Apple won't add nifty features like systemwide search to Mac OS X until 2005. But who needs the newest version of its operating system when we've got third-party software that transforms Panther into Tiger? By Chris Oakes.


Violent Video Games Under Attack
01:14 PM Jul. 04, 2004 PT Legislators and activists who want some titles kept out of kids' hands are on the warpath again against the video-game industry. Game makers, however, seem to thumb their noses and amp up the virtual gore.