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"+++lead-in-text\n\n**START**\n\n+++\n\n**BREAKING DOWN THE BUZZ**\n\n![Ignite thrusters](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_up.gif)**High Tech McDonald's**\\\nWi-Fi, ordering kiosks, and robot burger-flippers. Giga-size that for me, McMachine Overlord.\n\n![Ignite thrusters](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_up.gif)**Rising Interest Rates**\\\nIf you haven't refinanced everything by now, be it on your soul.\n\n![Ignite thrusters](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_up.gif)**Hot Spots Go Mainstream**\\\nT-Mobile, Verizon, and now SBC are on board. You might have to pay, but you'll have ubiquitous access to Net porn. At last\\!\n\n![Abort countdown](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_dn.gif)**Time Warner's Identity Crisis**\\\nDropping A, O, and L from its moniker won't help the media giant wash off the stink.\n\n![Abort countdown](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_dn.gif)**Al Qaeda Weapons in Gadgets**\\\nA bomb in a walkman? Don't worry; it's just Robbie Williams' latest album.\n\n**KEY:**\n\n![Ignite thrusters](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_smup.gif)\n\n**Ignite thrusters**\n\n![](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/wired/archive/11.10/images/ST_hype_smdn)**Abort countdown**\n\nSTART\\\nhype list\\\n[Why Stock Options Still Rule](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=2)\\\n[Grassroots Geeks for Governor](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=3)\\\n[Ranking Privacy at Work](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=4)\\\n[The Graffiti Early Warning System](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=5)\\\n[Optical Alchemy](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=6)\\\n[Your Guide to New York's Spycams](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=7)\\\n[The Architecture Zoo](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=8)\\\n[How Brown Gets Around](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=9)\\\n[Foam Depot](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=10)\\\n[Jargon Watch](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=11)\\\n[The Robot Air Corps](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=12)\\\n[Frosty the Painkiller](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=13)\\\n[Darpa's Gambling Man](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=14)\\\n[Wired l Tired l Expired](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=15)\\\n[On the Record](https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/start.html?pg=16)\n\n"
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