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Technology Review: June 2005

The People Own Ideas

Do we want music, software and books to be free -- or not?

The Creators Own Ideas

Contrary to what Lawrence Lessig says, a truly free society allows for proprietary systems.

Lessig's Rebuttal to Epstein

Epstein is smart, but still wrong.

How Linux Could Overthrow Microsoft

The open-source movement is the largest threat the software giant has ever faced. Does Bill Gates have a plan?

Demo

Body Image

The latest medical-imaging advances provide unprecedented diagnostic power--and they're visually stunning.

Datamine

Nanotech Grows Up

Funding for R&D doubled in 2004.

Financial Indices

Pain Relief (for Some)

Pharma feels great -- for now, anyway.

Megascope

Rise of the Plagiosphere

How new tools to detect plagiarism could induce mass writer's block.

Reviews

Do Maps Have Morals?

Digital mapping is an invaluable tool--but it's partly rooted in Cold War schemes for mutual annihilation.

Group Rethink

Can technology raise society's IQ?

Cybernought

The founder of cybernetics is largely forgotten. That's a pity.

Briefcase

The Vaccine That Almost Wasn't

GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix

One Decision: UPS Goes Bluetooth

To track its millions of packages, UPS is going to a wireless scanning system.

Preventing "Fratricide"

Raytheon's troubled Patriot missile.

Trailing Edge

The Start of Computer Games

Created at MIT, Spacewar inspired future game pioneers.

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