The future and what to do about it.

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• Secret Surfing How to keep prying eyes away from your Web browser, e-mail, and IM.
  Paul Boutin Dec. 27, 2007
  
• A Librarian's Worst Nightmare Yahoo! Answers, where 120 million users can be wrong.
  Jacob Leibenluft Dec. 7, 2007
  
• In Defense of Audiophiles The iPod hasn't made great sound obsolete.
  Fred Kaplan Dec. 4, 2007
  
• Transformers ... Now in Streaming Video! The latest trend in online movie piracy.
  Dan Morrell Nov. 21, 2007
  
• Yes, Google Is Trying To Take Over the World Next step: Take out Ma Bell.
  Tim Wu Nov. 16, 2007
  
• The Death of E-Mail Teenagers are abandoning their Yahoo! and Hotmail accounts. Do the rest of us have to?
  Chad Lorenz Nov. 14, 2007
  
• Is Facebook the Next Google? The social networking site tries to become an ad-sales behemoth.
  Paul Boutin Nov. 7, 2007
  
• Apple's Microsoft-Devouring Jungle Cat How Leopard demolishes Vista.
  Harry McCracken Oct. 31, 2007
  
• Can Google Kill PowerPoint? And the winner of our presentation deathmatch is ...
  Paul Boutin Oct. 30, 2007
  
• Apple vs. Everyone Every media conglomerate wants to start its own online venture. Will iTunes survive?
  Ivan Askwith Oct. 17, 2007
  
• The iPhone Freedom Fighters Don't be afraid: Unlocking Apple's superphone is legal, ethical, and just plain fun.
  Tim Wu Oct. 4, 2007
  
• Where's My Free Wi-Fi? Why municipal wireless networks have been such a flop.
  Tim Wu Sept. 27, 2007
  
• The Facebook Commandments How to deal with unwanted friend requests, the ethics of de-friending, and other social networking etiquette predicaments.
  Reihan Salam Sept. 25, 2007
  
• Still Waiting for That $100 Laptop? The latest sign that Nicholas Negroponte's cheapo-computer scheme will never work.
  Cyrus Farivar Sept. 24, 2007
  
• Gambling and Burger Flipping What kids like to do online—a Slate investigation.
  Emily Yoffe Sept. 14, 2007
  
• The iPhone Menace Only the BlackBerry can save our nation's productivity.
  Paul Boutin Sept. 6, 2007
  
• FrankenGoogle How to mash together the ultimate search engine.
  Christopher Beam Aug. 14, 2007
  
• I Want To Be a Mad Scientist Looking for work at the Pentagon's high-tech military science fair.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 8, 2007
  
• What Are We Searching For? The answers to today's crossword, Jewish baseball players, testicular comfort, and the right way to pronounce "Reuters."
  Josh Levin Aug. 3, 2007
  
• YouTube's Dark Side How the video-sharing site stifles creativity.
  Nick Douglas July 18, 2007
  
• Karaoke 24/7 The intoxicating appeal of singing online.
  Michelle Tsai July 10, 2007
  
• My iPhone Doesn't Work, but I Love It Anyway Inside the mind of an Apple obsessive.
  Reihan Salam July 2, 2007
  
• iPhony Why Apple's new cell phone isn't really revolutionary.
  Tim Wu June 29, 2007
  
• In Your Face How Facebook could crush MySpace, Yahoo!, and Google.
  Christopher Beam June 22, 2007
  
• Gears of War The new Google product that could augur the death of Microsoft.
  Harry McCracken June 15, 2007
  
• Microsoft's Touchy-Feely Table Is surface computing the next big thing?
  Harry McCracken June 4, 2007
  
• Other People's Porn Watching my neighbors watch on-demand television.
  Josh Levin June 1, 2007
  
• Do You Really Need Three Phone Numbers? GrandCentral, a phone service that wants to simplify your life.
  Harry McCracken May 29, 2007
  
• Cyberwar I What the attacks on Estonia have taught us about online combat.
  Cyrus Farivar May 22, 2007
  
• In Search of the Perfect Web Page How Netvibes helped me cram the whole Internet onto a single screen.
  Reihan Salam April 23, 2007
  
• The iPhone Wannabes What Apple's competitors get wrong about the next generation of cell phones.
  Paul Boutin April 4, 2007
  
• Fiftysomething, Facebooking, and Fabulous! Last week I had zero friends on Facebook. Now I have 775.
  Emily Yoffe March 16, 2007
  
• The Best Way To Do Work Online A Web-based office suite that bests Google and Microsoft.
  Harry McCracken March 9, 2007
  
• E-Mail in Space! Can you get spammed on the space shuttle?
  Michelle Tsai March 8, 2007
  
• Facebook for Fiftysomethings I'm unfriendly, solitary, and 30 years older than everyone else on the site. But could social networking work for me anyway?
  Emily Yoffe March 8, 2007
  
• Spring Forward, Fall to Pieces? Will early daylight–saving time destroy your computer?
  Paul Boutin March 8, 2007
  
• How Do You Intercept a Text Message? Turn your cell phone into a spy gadget.
  Christopher Beam March 7, 2007
  
• The Power of OneTouch How to back up your movies and music with the push of a button.
  Paul Boutin March 6, 2007
  
• Watching "Watch Now" Netflix's new movies-on-demand service, reviewed.
  Reihan Salam March 1, 2007
  
• Office Politics Microsoft's Office 2007, the most annoying computer upgrade since Windows 95.
  Paul Boutin Jan. 30, 2007
  
• The Verdict on Vista Is the new Windows any good?
  Paul Boutin Jan. 22, 2007
  
• Google's Buried Treasure Four great applications you might not know about.
  Paul Boutin Jan. 2, 2007