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Welcome to Planet Pixar
How the pixel-packing upstart became an animation superpower and left Disney in the dust.
By Austin Bunn

Features

The Ultimate Pitching Machine
Hardware and hard science are turning big-league ballplayers into precision-guided flamethrowers. Batter up!
By Tom McNichol

The Wrinkled Future of Online Gaming
Call it Nice City: No hardcore blood and guts, just low tech checkers and bridge - rated G for grandma and played 8 hours a day.
By David Kushner

The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking
Food Network superchef Alton Brown is part MacGyver, part mad scientist. Welcome to his lab.
By Rebecca Smith Hurd

The Wired 40
They are masters of innovation, technology, and strategic vision - 40 companies driving the global economy.
By Kevin Kelleher

You Can Cure AIDS. Or End Hunger. Choose.
Bjørn Lomborg has a brain trust and a blueprint to solve the world's problems. He also has (heresy!) a bottom line.
By Spencer Reiss

How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?
Hot gossip! Cool gadgets! Gawker & Gizmodo, Fleshbot & Wonkette! Inside Nick Denton's plan to become the nanopublishing media mogul.
By Steven Levy

The Dark Genius of Kyle Cooper
His two-minute masterpieces made him one of the hottest properties in Hollywood. And that's just for starters.
By Jon M. Gibson

The Free & The Unfree
It's producers vs. pirates vs. consumers, from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. A 10-page special Infoporn on the global battle between liberty and control. [ Coming June 7 ]

Cracking the Code to Romance
Every geek complains about looking for a hookup. Meet four lonelyhearts who are hacking their way into the sack - call them the dating optimizers. [ Coming June 8 ]
By Annalee Newitz