What's Inside: Wired (2009.08)

November 4, 4:33 PMEntertainment Magazines ExaminerNicholas Jackson

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FEATURES:

• Keyword: Monopoly (Fred Vogelstein): Is Google the next Microsoft? Inside the new antitrust war.
• Sky Lab (Noah Shachtman): The Air Force's mysterious ionosphere-controlling facility.
• Behave Yourself!: The new rules for highly evolved humans. Scientific approached to:
  
  • Friending your ex
  • Calling in sick
  • Tweet limits and more!
• Ask a Basterd: Is it OK to view porn at work? Hell, yes. Inglourious Basterd Brad Pitt serves up some really bad advice. (Read, but don't follow.)
• Second Life (Erin Biba): Biologist Raul Cano tapped prehistoric fossils in search of a blockbuster drug. Instead, he made a truly delicious discovery.
• Booting Up Baghdad (Steven Levy): Can Silicon Valley save Iraq?
• Speechless (Brian Raftery): When a strange illness left Dilbert creator Scott Adams mute, the result was anything but comic.
• The Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning (Peter Schwartz): Tired of standing by while time and events hijack your life? Futurist Peter Schwartz reveals 5 easy steps for anticipating what's next.

ALSO INSIDE:

• Why getting canned is good for your career — and the tech industry; the man behind Facebook's most annoying app; a creak team of art conservators; evolutionary designs; lewd texting spells trouble in court; What's Inside Enfamil infant formula; stopping carp with noisy bubbles; putting NASA's next-gen spacecraft to the test; remembering to forget in an era of memory; the new Zune HD takes on the iPod; fake pets; radar detectors; Steven Levy on why the Kindle won't save publishing; and more.