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Techs scramble to update software as Sunday's early switch to daylight-saving time threatens to spring computer systems forward into glitchville. By the Associated Press.

New Mexico's legislature expands its jurisdiction, mulling whether to return the slighted celestial body to its planetary status every time it passes overhead. By Robert Lemos.

The music industry group dangles fat settlement offers in front of 50 Ohio University students who face lawsuits for allegedly sharing music illegally. By the Associated Press.

An untethered, autonomous robot rummaging around a geothermal sinkhole may herald the future of deep ocean -- and deep space -- robotics. By Emmet Cole.

In response to the Justice Department's damning audit, FBI director Robert S. Mueller and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged illegal use of the USA Patriot Act to invade Americans' privacy. By the Associated Press.

The latest photo imaging enhancements, from a shaded DSLR loupe to a $23K 416-megapixel camera, are dazzling. David Becker reports from PMA 2007 in Gadget Lab.

How do you catch a wolf running 35 miles per hour in rough terrain on film? BBC filmmakers find the answer two miles overhead. By Sonia Zjawinski from Wired magazine.

Geeks radiate more charisma than Bill Clinton as the TED prize honors a photographer "intervening" in human misery and a biologist protecting Earth's biodiversity. Plus: What is the Pamela Anderson neuron? Follow Wired News' dispatches from TED with blogger Chris Suellentrop in Epicenter.

Wired News highlights the must-see performances and events to catch as geeks take spring break. Todd Jatras and Scott Gilbertson report from Austin, Texas. Stay tuned for news from the festival in Listening Post.

Move over Japanese horror film makers: The best stuff is coming out of Korea these days. Get ready for some really weird, genre-bending movies. By Jason Silverman.

When we can no longer pretend that we behave the way our cultural expectations say we should, perhaps it's time to adjust those expectations. Commentary by Regina Lynn.

Two ungainly, cranky -- but heavily armored -- warships clash off the Virginia coast and naval warfare is changed forever. Compiled by Tony Long.

The union's chief Ted Saskin denies monitoring player's e-mails, pointing fingers at his predecessor Bob Goodenow, who also denied the spying allegations. By the Associated Press.

Telling video game developers at the Game Developer Conference to resist producing hit sequels and games of horror and revenge, Nintendo's top designer wants to bring joy to the widest audience. By the Associated Press. Plus: Keynote disappoints in GameLife.

An Arizona Democrat will introduce a bill to bar the Pentagon from selling parts for the F-14 fighter jet, which is flown only by Iran, as part of an effort to control military equipment sales. By the Associated Press.

A "family values" group trying to clean up Hollywood employs a determined computer dialer named Cammie, which manages to annoy people from coast to coast. In 27B Stroke 6.

Does the bizarre science fiction world of Oth Dimension shed light on the strange career of AsianWeek's fired columnist? In Table of Malcontents.

The Chevy Volt will hit the streets in 2010, General Motors claims. Plus: Hyundai's good-karma composite SUV. In Autopia.

Reporter Kim Zetter learns what's next for the filmmaker, while making the rounds at the TED thinkfest. Plus: Conference interviews with MIT's Jeff Han on the world of multitouch.

German Chancellor pushes Green agenda at the European Union Summit. Plus: Congress proposes a pricey Great Lakes cleanup plan and TiVo steadies its losses.