Art School Confidential

Windows Is So Slow, but Why?

NY TIMES / STEVE LOHR and JOHN MARKOFF

Back in 1998, the federal government declared that its landmark antitrust suit against the Microsoft Corporation was not merely a matter of law enforcement, but a defense of innovation. The concern was that the company was wielding its market power and its strategy of bundling more and more features into its dominant Windows desktop operating system to thwart competition and stifle innovation.

Apple OS Gallery

On April 1, Apple celebrates its 30th birthday. Having created one of the first personal computers and the graphical mouse-and-menu interface most PCs now use, it is now reshaping the music industry with the iPod and iTunes.

Trouble in Toontown

WIRED / Robert La FrancoPage

Director Richard Linklater has a mind-blowing vision for his new Keanu Reeves movie, A Scanner Darkly. Making it a reality - that's another story.

Visiting Artist Scott Fitzgerald

Scott creates custom software and hardware for other artists including Leo Villareal and Toni Dove. He has been showing his installation and video work in galleries around NYC, performing at venues such as the Tank and Richard Foreman's Ontological Theater, and recently appeared in IDN magazine.

Dungeon Masters in Cyberspace

NY Times / SETH SCHIESEL

"There have been a lot of video games based on Dungeons & Dragons, but in the past they have been almost entirely solo, single-player experiences," Jeff Anderson, chief executive of the company that makes the online game, Turbine Inc., based in Westwood, Mass., said last week. "Now, with the Internet and advances in graphics, we can finally create an online version of that classic sitting-around-the-kitchen-table Dungeons & Dragons experience, without people having to actually go out."