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technologyTechnologyThe future and what to do about it.3NA=1154&NC=1216&DI=4098&PS=89048&PI=7315technologyfalsefalsespacernotembeddedtechnologyMother's Little HelperMichael Agger1/123122/2202502/aggerm.gif4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse20091130112649AMMondayNovNovember1111/30/2009 4:26:49 PM63395177209969101220091130112649AMMondayNovNovember1111/30/2009 4:26:49 PM63395177209969101220091130112649AMMondayNovNovember1111/30/2009 4:26:49 PM633951772099691012false2008101711612PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:12 PM6335984617200000002008101711612PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:12 PM633598461720000000falseThe iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device.noMother's Little HelperThe iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device.noMove over, patio man. My new favorite demographic is the iPhone mom. A recent survey from a mobile-advertising company says that iPhone moms make up 25 percent of iPhone users and rely on their phone for such things as: scheduling! Store locating! Downloading coupons! All very nice, but the key stat is that 59 percent of these moms let their children use the phone. That leaves me wondering what's up with the other 41 percent. The iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device.truenotochyperlinkno2009113070633AMMondayNovNovember711/30/2009 12:06:33 PM6339516159300000002009113070633AMMondayNovNovember711/30/2009 12:06:33 PM633951615930000000technologyMicrosoft Office's Last StandFarhad Manjoo1/123122/2202502/manjoof.gif4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse2009113070647AMMondayNovNovember711/30/2009 12:06:47 PM6339516160746097002009113070647AMMondayNovNovember711/30/2009 12:06:47 PM6339516160746097002009113070647AMMondayNovNovember711/30/2009 12:06:47 PM633951616074609700false2008101711643PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:43 PM6335984620300000002008101711643PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:43 PM633598462030000000falseIs Office 2010 good enough to fight off its free competitors?noMicrosoft Office's Last StandMicrosoft Office 2010 reviewed.noIt's difficult to overstate the success of Microsoft Office. Calling it one of the best-selling tech products of all time is a bit like calling Michael Jackson a very popular musician—it's certainly accurate, but it woefully misses the mark. According to Microsoft, more than 500 million people around the world use the Fantastic Four of productivity apps—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Yet no one simply uses Office; for many, these programs are an essential daily tool kit, the ever-present background hum of the white-collar grind.truenotochyperlinkno2009111952734PMThursdayNovNovember1711/19/2009 10:27:34 PM6339424845400000002009111952734PMThursdayNovNovember1711/19/2009 10:27:34 PM633942484540000000technologyThis War Is HellChris SuellentropfalseCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made me feel terrible about myself, and I loved it.noThis War Is HellCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made me feel terrible about myself, and I loved it.noYou may have heard that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold nearly 5 million copies in North America and Britain on its first day of release last week—that's $310 million in sales, what publisher Activision calls "the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment."* Nevertheless, the game's more noteworthy achievement is an artistic one: It's a first-person shooter that plays as a tragedy, not a power fantasy. It's the most anti-war war game I've ever played, a murder simulator that won't let you forget the nature of your actions.truenotochyperlinkno2009111634126PMMondayNovNovember1511/16/2009 8:41:26 PM6339398288600000002009111634126PMMondayNovNovember1511/16/2009 8:41:26 PM633939828860000000technologyEt tu, Mario?Jamin Brophy-WarrenfalseMurder, looting, pizza theft, and other hazards of cooperative video-gaming.noEt tu, Mario?Murder, looting, pizza theft, and other hazards of cooperative video-gaming.noThis past year, during a brave attempt to weather the sweaty show floor of the video-game industry's annual E3 conference, I stopped by the enormous display dedicated to Nintendo. Unlike many publishers that show videos of their upcoming titles but won't let the public play them, Nintendo had bushels of flat-screen televisions pumping its biggest game of the year, the New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The most marketable feature of this new version of the franchise is the addition of four-player cooperative play, meaning I had the chance to play with three random strangers. I stepped up to the booth, grabbed a controller, and immediately had flashbacks to my youth—the many parts of my childhood, at least, when I'd start crying because of various Nintendo crimes perpetrated by my younger brother.truenotochyperlinkno2009111345142PMFridayNovNovember1611/13/2009 9:51:42 PM6339372790200000002009111345142PMFridayNovNovember1611/13/2009 9:51:42 PM633937279020000000technologyApocalypse ThenApocalypse ThenApocalypse Then: a two-part series on the lessons of Y2K.Farhad Manjoo0How our response to Y2K reveals what we'll do about global warming and swine flu.In 1993, a tech consultant named Peter de Jager wrote an article for Computerworld with the headline "Doomsday 2000." When the clock struck midnight on 1/1/00, he wrote, many of our computers would lose track of the date, and very bad things would happen as a result.nonotruenonotochyperlinkno2009111150156PMWednesdayNovNovember1711/11/2009 10:01:56 PM6339355571600000002009111245814PMThursdayNovNovember1611/12/2009 9:58:14 PM6339364189400000002005103103641AMMondayOctOctober1010/3/2005 2:36:41 PM6326393260100000002005103103641AMMondayOctOctober1010/3/2005 2:36:41 PM632639326010000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue2005927102019AMTuesdaySepSeptember109/27/2005 2:20:19 PM6326341321900000002005927102019AMTuesdaySepSeptember109/27/2005 2:20:19 PM632634132190000000