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Losing Your Memory? What Was the Question? - Dr. Andrew Weil recommends Ginkgo biloba, certain essential oils, and mind exercises to stimulate your mind and cut your memory losses. [Wired News]

Make Your Own Weird Vibrations With a Pocket Theremin - Currently one of the hottest pieces of retro musical gear around, Longwave's Pocket Theremin lets anyone create convincing B-movie atmospherics. [Wired News]

McGraw-Hill Pre-Releases Books Online - Like early adopters of buggy beta browsers, readers are becoming involved in book development, thereby getting access to material they need sooner. [Wired News]

Microsoft Peddles Glam - Will Consumers Buy? - The online fashion move comes as Microsoft is forging its way into the fashion software market. [Wired News]

Net's Pirate Sensibilities Thrive on TAZ - The Temporary Autonomous Zone: All the fun of revolution and none of the dirty work [Wired News]

Nonprofit Attacks MacWorld Over Ad for War Game - MacWorld is running a controversial ad it had vowed to boycott. [Wired News]

Not Just Tits and ASCII: Playboy's New Cyber Club - Software from Well Engaged will help to port Hugh Hefner's bachelor-pad 'Playboy philosophy' to cyberspace. [Wired News]

Official Star Wars Site Launches - But Who Knew? - While other film producers broadcast their URLS, LucasFilms is keeping its Star Wars site hush-hush. [Wired News]

Online CD-ROM Service Offers a Virtual Tour of Paris - A partnership between Le Deuxieme Monde and Obscura allows subscribers to roam the sewers of Paris, meet the dead and buy goods. [Wired News]

Online Connection is a Holiday Lifeline for Gays - Online support groups help gays and lesbians survive holiday homophobia. [Wired News]

Online Fans Sing Blues About Garcia Estate Wrangling - "This is the ultimate airing of dirty laundry," one Dead observer says. [Wired News]

Oz Author Accused of Advocating Genocide - An American Indian Web site claims that L. Frank Baum's newspaper editorials triggered the Wounded Knee massacre. [Wired News]

Paper Scapegoats Net for U2 Song Theft - The London newspaper blamed hackers for the theft of two U2 songs; Island says poppycock. [Wired News]

Paramount Locks Phasers on Trek Fan Sites - Resistance is futile, Paramount tells those who dare to put up unofficial Web sites. [Wired News]

QuakeWorld to Rattle Online Gaming Realm - If a certain beta-tester's very public hunch is correct, QuakeWorld, id's online gaming platform for Quake, will be available for download this weekend, and the fragging - complete with kill statistics - can begin. [Wired News]

Quorn's Popularity Mushrooming, but Yanks Must Go Without - While Europeans are eating up the flesh-like fungus, Quorn's still on the U.S. FDA's plate awaiting approval. [Wired News]

Resisting First Contact is Futile - The film deserves credit for freshening up the tired Cold War allegories that have always lurked very close to the surface of the Star Trek saga. [Wired News]

Rocket Science Gets Back to Gaming - Post-Siliwood titles set for December release. [Wired News]

Rogue Market Runs Meter on 15 Minutes of Fame - The site offers virtual equity in the personal fortunes of celebrities, from the sublime (painter Philip Taffe) to - well, Sheryl Crow. [Wired News]

Roll Your Own CD: Music Sites Push New Features - Music sites pile on intricate features in the face of new competition - and in the quest for new sales. [Wired News]

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