Environment The World’s Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy Werner Koch’s code powers the email encryption programs around the world. Julia Angwin
Environment Odometer Fraud Continues to Plague Used Car Sales The tools and methods have evolved over the decades, but the crime remains the same. Lauren Kirchner
Social Justice What Tech Talent Shortage? Microsoft Trims 18,000 Employees From Payroll Like manufacturing before it, the Innovation Economy has reached a turning point, with jobs moving to places where labor is cheaper. Jim Russell
Education Should All Software Engineers Be Required to Take an Ethics Course? Facebook outing students. Google collecting personal information from wireless networks. A dating app used for stalking. The creators of a new three-day ethics program believe these incidents could have been avoided. Lauren Zumbach
Social Justice Write a String Quartet? There’s a Program for That Reboot, Beethoven: One group of Canadian concert-goers enjoyed computer-generated works as much as those written by humans. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Triumph of the Cyborg Composer David Cope's software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that? Ryan Blitstein
Economics Memorable Stories of 2008 A host of meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web. Michael Todd