WIRED Magazine

Buzz Watch: Wired's Top 10 Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

Authored by Jay Baage on December 26, 2008 - 7:01am.

Wired magazine just announced their picks for top 10 technology breakthroughs of 2008, a list which includes lots of cool stuff like flexible displays and Michael Phelps high-tech Speedos. However, their top two picks can be seen as somewhat controversial: #1. Apple's App Store and #2. Google’s Android. While Apple’s App Store certainly is an improved environment for third party developers (as compared to anything the traditional mobile operators currently offer), it still represents a “walled garden” school of thought. Google’s free, open source smartphone operating system is designed to work best with Google’s web-based email, contacts and calendar programs. While both products represent steps in the right direction, it can be argued that their two top picks are designed to benefit their creators more than the consumers…

WIRED Magazine: Phipps Family Heir Heads Chinese DVD Piracy Ring

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2005 - 3:18am.
San Francisco - The latest issue of WIRED magazine includes a feature on Randolph Hobson Guthrie III, an heir to the Phipps multi-billion dollar family fortune, who was arrested in China in 2004 in a joint Hollywood-Chinese government sting and accused of heading an international DVD piracy ring.