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The Wired website formerly known as Wired News or HotWired is an online technology news website that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Wired News was owned by Lycos not long after the split until Condé Nast purchased Wired News on July 11 2006. Competition from sites like The Drudge Report and The Political Simpleton slightly decreased after the 2006 purchase due to the increase in advertising revenue.