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Reality Show Mastermind Talks About America's Toughest Jobs Newbies take on dangerous work from ice road trucking and crab fishing to logging and oil drilling, in tough-guy TV producer Thom Beers's new project.
Exclusive Interview with MIT Subway Hacker Zack Anderson In his most extensive interview to date, MIT subway hacker Zack Anderson talks with PM about what's wrong with the Charlie Card, what happened at DefCon, and what it's like to tango with the FBI and the MBTA
On Tricked-Out Road to Wi-Fi, Wardrivers Start to Play Nice Inside the world of "wardriving," where hobbyists drive around looking for unsecured wireless networks, hoping that they can persuade people to think about their own wireless security by highlighting the weakness they detect.
Aldrin in His Ear, Fly Me to the Moon Director Eyes Next-Gen 3D 3D will vie for a top box-office spot for the second time this summer, but 3D guru Ben Stassen's Fly Me to the Moon has already made movie history. It's the first feature film to be released only in 3D, and it hits theaters Friday.
With Clone Wars, Lucas Goes Personal to Fill in Saga's Holes With his Skywalker family history complete, George Lucas is happy to be exploring some new corners of the "Star Wars" galaxy - starting with the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" movie that comes out Friday.
Gruccis: 'Fake' Fireworks Were Real, CGI on TV in Chinese Hands Footprint fireworks broadcast from the Olympics' opening ceremony turned out to be the work of CGI masters, and now the team behind the real fireworks are coming clean about what went down in the China sky.
Scoreboard Operator Christian Elias heads the three-man team that swaps the metal plates displaying numbers and city names in and out of the scoreboard’s 127 slots during the Boston Red Sox’ home games. (Published in the September 2008 issue)
Olympic Video Feed-ing Frenzy Shows Bandwidth Weakness Could corporate networks stall while workers overdose on water polo? One secure provider warns that NBC's 3000 hours of on-demand coverage for less popular sports could test the limits of streaming Web video.
Web 2.0 Chips Away at Great Firewall of China: From SFGate.com Blogs, forums, social networking and other community oriented sites depend on users expressing their opinions. The result is the chipping away of what's referred to as the Great Firewall of China.
Watchmen, Spirit Vie for Comic Future on Silver (& Green) Screen Will the fallout from Batman's newfound domination mean more stark reality for the future of comic-book movies, or the death of the green screen?
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