Crichton's Closet of Tech Horrors
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As Michael Crichton advises the president on global warming, it's a good time to review his technophobic Hollywood legacy, from Coma to Westworld. By Jason Silverman.
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Three programming geeks use monsters and metaphors to turn the Sci Fi Channel into the best little horror house in the movie business. By Gary Wolf from Wired magazine.
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The Web is scarier than most people realize, according to research published recently by Google.
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Wired's geek festival comes up big this year with lifelike robots, homes of the future and immersive games. Peep a preview of this weekend's activities.
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Flaming skulls, cheesy acting, satanic motorcycles -- what's not to like? In Table of Malcontents.
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How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computerÂs hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet.
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The latest work by million-selling novelist Michael Crichton is a futuristic thriller set in the present. "Next," to be released Nov. 28 by HarperCollins, has an announced first printing of 2 million and a storyline the publisher bills as "fast, furious and out of control."
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Also: Molecular 'extension cord' for chemical computing. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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Among the handiest villains in science fiction are Computers That Know Too Much. Think of the dream-weaving despots of "The Matrix" or murderous HAL in "2001: A Space Odyssey." But in reality, even the most super supercomputer lacks the reasoning capacity of a child engrossed in a Dr. Seuss book. Computers can't read the way we do. They can't learn or reason like us.
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Grafting media manipulation onto techno-terror, the latest âDie Hardâ expertly captures a current fear: What if weâre disconnected from our information overload?
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The Technologist | Life may soon take a miserable turn for some Internet-crazy movie lovers.
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Michael CrichtonÂs new un-put-downable thriller is based on real-life genetic, legal and ethical aberrations.
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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Blog: CNET News.com is interested in readers' favorite examples of science fiction that inspired real technology
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Introducing The 404s, Wired's contest to find the least-informative sites on the military web. Strike a blow for open government (and win prizes).  In Danger Room.
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From Google wonders to laptop reviews to iPhone torture tests, here's what the Web was reading and watching on PCWorld.com this year.