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Your Second Life is Ready

Residents of one of the Internet's most populous virtual worlds shop, attend class-even run businesses. Soon you may do the same.

By Annalee Newitz Posted 09.01.2006 at 1:00 am 5 Comments

For an exclusive photo tour of Second Life, click here.

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The Fembot Mystique

Sex-and-tech writer Annalee Newitz explores the pop-culture fascination with female robots

By Annalee Newitz Posted 08.10.2006 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

Click here for a photo gallery of our favorite bombshell fembots from television and film.

Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them-witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner. But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination?

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Ask A Geek: Annalee Newitz

How can I surf the Web anonymously?

By Annalee Newitz Posted 03.23.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

You don´t have to be a conspiracy theorist or a criminal to be uncomfortable with the fact that your online movements are frequently tracked and recorded. Maybe you don´t want commercial Web sites using your browsing habits to inform their marketing, or perhaps you want to post an opinion to an online forum without worrying that it could be traced back to you.

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