Wired News: Where Real, Cyber Worlds Collide

SANTA CLARA, California -- Although the speakers and attendees are gathered here in Silicon Valley, much of the real action at this week's O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference is happening in cyberspace.
During the first two days of the gathering, where pundits and technologists swap ideas about the future of all things digital, most of the 800-plus attendees spent their time huddled over their laptops. The exhibition space is rigged with a pervasive Wi-Fi network, which allows attendees to be in constant electronic communication with each other, and with the outside world.