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Where Do Batteries Come From? Bolivia.


Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:13am
The battery boom may change the automobile industry as we know it.
  • Joshua Keating is deputy Web editor at Foreign Policy.

Walt Whitman Thinks You Need New Jeans


Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:37am

from SlateNew Levi's commercials incorporate Walt Whitman's poetry. The ads may inspire national pride, but will they boost denim sales?

  • Seth Stevenson is a frequent contributor to Slate.

How GeoCities Invented the Internet


Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:20am

from SlateYahoo (YHOO) shut down the last few remaining GeoCities pages this week. Here's why it should be remembered with respect:

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

Why Drupal in the White House is a Bad Idea


Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:28pm

from SlateThe White House has chosen to run its Web site on the open-source management software Drupal. Here's why that's a terrible idea:

Get Windows 7


Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 - 9:20am

from SlateMicrosoft's (MSFT) latest release, Windows 7, may not be perfect. Still, you should get it because it's the best operating system on the market:

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

Spare a Dime for the Times?


Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 9:22am

from SlateThe New York Times announced newsroom cuts this week, and many of its readers responded offering cash to help the paper stay afloat. But can struggling newspapers accept donations?

  • Menachem Kaiser is a Slate intern.

That Tune, Named


Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 9:30am

from SlateThe music-identifying iPhone app Shazam seems magical. Slate's Farhad Manjoo dispels the mystery and explains how it actually works:

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

Coke Suckers


Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 - 1:53pm

from SlateCoca-Cola North America is getting set to release a mini can. But is it just a bite-size way to keep people hooked? See what William Saletan says:

  • William Saletan is Slate's national correspondent and author of Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War.

The Underground Market for Sperm Donors


Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 - 9:44am

There's a growing underground market for sperm donations. Unfortunately, what you see may not always be what you get:

  • Rachel Lehmann-Haupt is the author of In Her Own Sweet Time: Unexpected Adventure in Finding Love, Commitment, and Motherhood.

Let's Kill Bluetooth


Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 - 9:18am

from SlateWill all of our electronic devices be wireless someday? Maybe, but we'll need something better than Bluetooth:

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

In Defense of Lingerie Football


Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 - 11:33am

Could a lingerie football league ever be as profitable as the NFL? The players don't have to be talented, but they must be pretty:

  • Greg Beato is a contributing editor at Reason.

Chamber of Horrors


Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 1:07pm

from SlateIf the Chamber of Commerce can't do anything right, what can we do about it?

  • Eliot Spitzer is the former governor of the state of New York.

Enter the Big Cheese


Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:04am

from SlateIs it a good idea to put your CEO in your advertising campaign? That all depends on the head honcho's performance:

  • Seth Stevenson is a frequent contributor to Slate.

I Heart the New FCC Chairman


Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 - 9:17am

from SlateSince when do mobile carriers go out of their way to offer their customers more functions and substantially cheaper service? Since Julius Genachowski became chairman of the FCC.

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

The FTC's Mad Power Grab


Posted Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 9:59am

from SlateBloogers, beware. If you're planning to endorse just about any book, movie, or restaurant, you might be breaking new rules from the FTC:

  • Jack Shafer is Slate's editor at large.

The iPhone Is Not an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet


Posted Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 9:42am

from SlateAs the exclusive carrier of the iPhone, AT&T (T) has gotten lots of new customers but also lots of complaints. Because these customers use their phones so much, the network is overloaded:

  • Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society.

How Condé Nast Is Like General Motors


Posted Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 10:17am

from SlateCondé Nast is dropping titles like General Motors (MTLQQ) got rid of auto divisions:

  • Jack Shafer is Slate's editor at large.

Bank of Mom and Dad


Posted Monday, October 5, 2009 - 7:52am

from SlateBank of Mom and Dad is a new show in which parents try to teach their kids to be smart with money. Is it worth watching?

  • Troy Patterson is Slate's television critic.

Break the Banks


Posted Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 10:36am

from SlateThe Obama administration has done a lot to help big banks and financial firms, but what about the rest of the country?

 

  • Eliot Spitzer is the former governor of the state of New York.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Big Fat Asses …


Posted Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 8:12am

from SlateAs if being poor were not hard enough, a lot of impoverished people are overweight too. Does poverty lead to obesity, or is it the other way around?

  • Daniel Engber is a senior editor at Slate. He can be reached at danengber@yahoo.com.

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