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End of TV as We Know It? - Snap.com's Edmund Sanctis predicts that the days of families gathering around the telly are numbered. Move over TV, here comes broadband. Michael Stroud reports from the Herring on Hollywood conference in Los Angeles. [Wired News]
 
Erotica USA: Hideous, Kinky - Clublove.com throws a party at Erotica USA. It promises a carnal celebration but delivers something less. Craig Bicknell reports from New York. [Wired News]
 
EverQuest: the Latest Addiction - The hottest new MUD draws players of all ages. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, they're all losing their personal lives to EverQuest. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
 
Everybody Must Get Stoned - Ken Kesey and John Perry Barlow speak out for psychedelics at the 11th annual Digital Be-In. Joyce Slaton reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
 
Extreme Venture Capital - Just in time for the X-Games, a venture capital firm hosts the X-Deals, a contest to see how far and furious Net start-ups will go to get funding. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
 
Eyes Digitally Shut - Stanley Kubrick's highly anticipated Eyes Wide Shut may let American audiences down. The steamier scenes have been digitally muted. By Andrew Rice. [Wired News]
 
Family Circus Parody Folds Tent - A Web parody of The Family Circus comic strip receives a cease-and-desist letter after running for five years. Fans bridle at the site's belated shutdown. By James Glave. [Wired News]
 
Feedback Loop - Suck sits right down and writes itself a letter -- and makes believe it came from you. [Wired News]
 
Femme Fraggers Take Aim - Two women host a TV show geared to all gamers, but they've set their sights on girls. And they use big guns to hit their target. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]
 
Few Buyers for Aged Apples - An auction of vintage computers attracts more media than buyers. Of five lots, only one machine sold: to a buyer in London who bid by phone. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
 
Fighting Poverty with Music - Rock artists harness the power of the Internet in a concert to help war refugees. Organizers hope it will be a lasting weapon in the battle against poverty. [Wired News]
 
Film Festival Clicks Off - Film festivals are coming to a computer monitor near you, featuring videos and films that don't quite fit the offline mold. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
 
Finally, a US Digital Museum - The United States artfully enters the digital era -- at last -- with the opening this fall of the Beecher Center, dedicated to digital and electronic fine art. By Reena Jana. [Wired News]
 
Fired Med Editor Lands on Net - George Lundberg, canned by a major medical journal for running an oral-sex survey article during the impeachment trial, is named editor in chief of Medscape. [Wired News]
 
Firefly's Dim Light Snuffed Out - Microsoft will close down what remains of the Firefly Network. It's a small event in the larger scheme of things, but it also spells curtains for an Internet pioneer. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
 
First-Rate Ed for Third World - The poorer countries of the world discover that the initial investment in IT infrastructure can yield long-term gains: IT workers. By Lakshmi Chaudhry. [Wired News]
 
Fishing for Talent -- Digitally - Hollywood casting directors make their first tentative steps into the information age with services that help find new talent. Deb Monroe reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
 
Foes With Grudge Sludge Drudge - The same group that cracked the C-SPAN and ABC-TV sites now turns its attention to the king of online gossip. By James Glave. [Wired News]
 
Follicles on the Final Frontier - For just US$49, you can send your hair on an interplanetary journey. A planned commercial spaceflight will send millions of strands of DNA-rich human hair into space in search of intelligent life. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
 
Follow the Money: It's Online - A site that tracks the travels of currency as it passes from billfold to billfold turns one man's curiosity into an addiction for thousands of users. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
 
 

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