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The Forbidden City of Terry Gou

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:40:19 -0400

His complex in China turns out iPhones and PCs, powering the biggest exporter you've never heard of

In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:28:06 -0500

Comparing two different technology business models.

The Kingmaker

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:09:46 -0500

A look at Walter Mossberg, the Wall Street Journal's most influential tech writer.

Nintendogs: The case of the non-game that barked like a game

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:39:17 -0400

A game design review of an innovative game

Originally from LostGarden.com

This is a game design review, not a game review. A game review typically is written for the consumer and is intended to help them decide if they want to purchase the title. A game design review is written for other game developers and is intended to highlight successes and failures of the various layers of the game design.

Ed Catmull: Pixar 's Superhero Shakes Up Disney

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:31:36 -0400

It's tempting to see "Cars," the seventh movie from Pixar Animation Studios, as a parable about the future of Walt Disney Co.

Early in the film, which opened Friday, a cocky race car named Lightning McQueen declares, "I'm a one-man show." But by the time the credits roll, McQueen realizes he's nothing without a great pit crew behind him.

It's a lesson that Ed Catmull, Pixar's co-founder and the new president of Disney Feature Animation, has built his career on.

Cargo Cult Science

Wed, 31 May 2006 03:39:59 -0400

By Richard Feynman
Caltech commencement address, 1974

Scan This Book!

Sun, 21 May 2006 16:59:09 -0400

The explosive rise of the Web, going from nothing to everything in one decade, has encouraged us to believe in the impossible: Might the long-heralded great library of all knowledge really be within our grasp?

Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:00:57 -0500

The CIA considered no other spot on Earth to be as sensitive as Groom Lake, and the astronauts had just taken a picture of it.

You are Exposed

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:29:15 -0500

When even the privacy commissioner's cellphone records are available online, we've all got security problems.

JONATHON GATEHOUSE
Originally by Macleans

Welcome to Planet Pixar

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:45:24 -0400

How the pixel-packing upstart became an animation superpower and left Disney in the dust.

The Convergence Bubble

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:51:51 -0400

Are all-in-one devices doomed to fail?

God Tech Support

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:35:16 -0400

God: Hello, this is the religion help line, what is your disbelief?

A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:00:34 -0400

Which will it be, a wifely prison or a humiliating one night stand? Into this void of potential mates comes a man you may not have considered before, a man of substance, quietude and stability, a cerebral creature with a culture all his own. In short, a geek.

Theological Engineering Exam

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:07:04 -0400

5 Questions, 60 Minutes

You may use a calculator, the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, and the Book of Mormon. The speed of light is c. Show all work. For all problems, assume a perfectly spherical Jesus of constant density D. No praying during the exam.

CIA's Artistic Enigma Yields All But Final Clue

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:32:27 -0400

The inscription on David Sanborn's copper sculpture, "Kryptos," at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va., contains a cryptic message.