Cover Story

His Space
He made his fortune on TV stations, newspapers, and film studios. Now Rupert Murdoch is betting half a billion dollars that he can turn MySpace into a colossal marketing machine.
By Spencer Reiss

The Wired 40
Meet the most innovative companies on earth. New this year:Verizon, Lenovo, InfoSpace, and more.
By Spencer Reiss

6 Trends That Are Changing the World
• The Power of Peer Production by Chris Anderson
• Video Unlimited by Eryn Brown
• Made to Order by Kevin Kelleher
• Carbon Killers by Eryn Brown
• M&A as R&D by Josh McHugh
• The Open Everything Economy by Kevin Kelleher

Special Section

Wired Test
The lowdown on the summer's must-have gear: rugged laptops, waterproof digicams, backpacks, softball bats, and more!

Features

Train to the Roof of the World
China’s 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the planet’s harshest terrain. All aboard the Tibet express.
By David Wolman

Feeling Lucky
Larry Brilliant has the coolest – and hardest – job ever: Decide how to donate $1 billion of the Google fortune.
By Evan Ratliff

The Rise and Fall of the Hit
The era of the blockbuster is so over. Niche is now king, and the entertainment industry will never be the same. An excerpt from The Long Tail, the new book
By Chris Anderson

The Intergalactic Mashup King
Werner Herzog’s new film, The Wild Blue Yonder, is the first undersea outer-space sci-fi documentary.
By John Pavlus

Code of the Caveman
A DNA mapping technique may solve an ancient mystery: Do modern humans carry Neanderthal genes?
By Annalee Newitz

What Kind of Genius Are You?
A novel theory suggests that there are two distinct types of creativity – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet.
By Daniel H. Pink

Found
Artifacts from the future
By Sean Hamilton Alexander