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- Is RealNetworks a RealSpammer? - The streaming media firm sends out up to 60 million promotional emails at a time. Many bounce, many more are unwelcome, and the anti-spammers have had it. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19748.html
- $600 DVD PCs from eMachines - The low-cost PC maker rolls out sub-US$600 computers with DVD drives and 400-MHz processors. Also: Dell will start selling boxes with a beta version of Windows 2000 pre-installed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19202.html
- Über Plants in Space - An experiment during a shuttle mission indicates that genetic alterations of plants are more successful in low gravity. "Edible vaccines" could be in the future. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19227.html
- 'A Flaw Worse Than Melissa' - A Windows bug permits an attacker to take control of an entire PC, and all the owner has to do is open an email message. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21459.html
- 'Airbag' Vest Protects from Falls - Construction workers in Japan are being safeguarded by a vest that expands before impact. The vest detects drops of more than 2 meters to help reduce fatalities from falls. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20569.html
- 'Cloned' Beef Scare Lacks Meat - Have Japanese consumers unwittingly been eating cloned beef? Japanese consumer groups think so, but animal scientists say it's all a misunderstanding. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19146.html
- 'EBayla' Bug Strikes eBay - Bidders on the online auction might unknowingly share their passwords with a snoop, thanks to a few lines of JavaScript that can lurk on an auction page. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19207.html
- 'Eve' Is the Root of All Plants - Scientists working on the Deep Green project say new research indicates that all green plants have a common ancestor. The group is busy mapping the shrub family tree. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21083.html
- 'Eye' Chip Tracks Movement - Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are developing a chip that helps cameras see and interpret movement. Minirobots, smart toys and life-saving medical techniques may be next. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19046.html
- 'Killer' Virus Targets Asia - Word of the "July Killer" is spreading faster than the macro virus itself. True, it can wipe out hard drives. But it only attacks Chinese and Japanese versions of Microsoft Word. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20548.html
- 'Maglev' Dreams Floating on Air - The idea of magnetic levitation trains is not a new one, but the technology behind them up has always been too costly. That may be about to change. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17331.html
- 'My Portal' Meets My Money - Start-up VerticalOne wants you to be able to see your bank balance, cell-phone log, and credit-card limit next to your customized news on My Yahoo. With US$12 million in seed money, it thinks it's got the system. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19826.html
- 'Second Childishness' is Science - A 20-year study shows the progression of Alzheimer's disease mirrors childhood development, except in reverse. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21317.html
- 'Take Me, You Slimy Hunk!' - Scientists discover the chemical cocktail made by male salamanders that gets their females in the mood more quickly. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21827.html
- 'The Other Y2K Problem' - Get ready for some millennial fireworks: Solar activity hits an 11-year peak next winter, disrupting satellites and creating a spectacular northern light show. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19954.html
- 'Wells' Spotted on the Moon - A mapping mission in 1998 showed previously overlooked craters on the Moon that could contain water. Could this be an important step toward Moon colonization? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20019.html
- 2000: An Automobile Odyssey - New car models for the millennium will soon appear in showrooms. That means a dazzling array of new technologies are ready to roll. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21374.html
- 3-D Images, Without the Glasses - A new computer screen can generate three-dimensional images using standard software and no additional hardware. And you don't need those goofy glasses, either. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18115.html
- 3Com Patent Hangs onto Packets - The hardware manufacturer scores the rights to technology it claims will lessen packet loss, avoiding drop-off in Internet phone calls. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18362.html
- 4 Legs Good, 2 Legs Bad - Scientists at Harvard genetically engineer a chicken embryo to grow legs instead of wings. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18426.html
- A Battery That Can Take a Bullet - Wearable electronics will let tomorrow's soldiers ascertain their locations -- and those of their enemies -- in an instant. But the snazzy mobile gear needs a special kind of battery. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21061.html
- A Better Look at Heart Disease - A new, noninvasive diagnostic tool for coronary artery disease could replace conventional angiograms. Patients breathe a sigh of relief. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20365.html
- A Big Show of Tiny Technologies - Microsystems created for the nation's defense can also be handy around the house. Just think, your own toxic gas scanner. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21829.html
- A Call for Public Cell Studies - Just how safe are cell towers in church steeples or, for that matter, cell phones near your ear? Speakers at a public forum say it's time to answer those questions with public research. Chris Oakes reports from Tiburon, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19069.html
- A Creepy Way to Save Lives - Engineers have designed a pipe-crawling robotic caterpillar that could seek out human victims in destroyed buildings. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22051.html
- A Cure for the Common Cold? - No, not a cure -- but researchers have found a drug that eases the pain, and lops off a few days from those intermimable winter colds. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21958.html
- A Field of Physics - What does it take to knock down Terrell Davis? It's all about momentum, one physicist says, and not the kind sportscasters usually talk about. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17460.html
- A Good Swing Saved - To the uninitiated, golf may be a game played by a bunch of fat guys in bad clothes. Slowly but surely, those fat, tacky guys are using technology to refine their game. Steve Kettmann reports from Pebble Beach, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17769.html
- A Hand in Every Game - Meet Charles Moore, football veteran. He has never run back a kickoff, has zero yards per carry, and has never completed a pass. Still, his contribution is critical. By Dan Brekke. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17635.html
- A Linux Support System - A new company provides full-time tech support, helping to bring the free operating system out of the closet. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17831.html
- A Network in Every Home - Intel joins the raft of companies with networking products that share Internet access in the home. Yet another reason for families and parents not to talk to each other. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18985.html
- A New Chip Off an Old Block - Pioneer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices unveils its K6-3 microprocessor, a product aimed squarely at Intel's new Pentium III. Analysts are ready with buckets of cold water. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18035.html
- A New Computer Age Dawns - The silicon chip will one day be regarded as a lumbering dinosaur, made extinct by tiny molecular "logic gates" that will dramatically shrink computers while making them still more powerful. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20777.html
- A New Weapon for Killing Tumors - The Millennium MLC-120 directs a precise beam of radiation at difficult tumors, allowing doctors to increase the dosage and raising new hopes in the treatment of cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17671.html
- A Nuts-and-Bolts Housekeeper - To hell with your Hoover. A new domestic robot will vacuum your floor and carry the dishes for you. But your new housemate is a long way from having a personality. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21060.html
- A Palm in the Tool Belt - Construction workers are using PalmPilots onsite to download blueprints and help plan for the weather. Staying connected is yielding concrete results. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21094.html
- A Prescription for Telemedicine - The American Medical Association recognizes telemedicine as legit as it rolls out new Net guidelines. A new site, meanwhile, promises that its 500 physicians will be more than pill pushers. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20462.html
- A Real Dilemma for Webcasters - When RealNetworks sent out an email this month offering a cool software tool that blocks banner ads, it probably wasn't expecting a client revolt. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19573.html
- A Recipe for Life on Mars - By simulating conditions on Mars, scientists manage to sustain microbial life forms on a diet of ash, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and a dash of water. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19996.html
- A Search for Intelligent Searchers - SETI's collaborative search for alien intelligence has been hit by a down-to-Earth problem: an overwhelming response from volunteers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20088.html
- A Search for the Highest Bidder - You know what you're looking for. Will you find it once AltaVista finishes selling its most-requested search terms? By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19110.html
- A Weekend on the Moon - Buzz Aldrin suggests that tourism could boldly take space exploration where NASA failed to go, and studies show a market exists for such pricey travel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20386.html
- ABC Site Falls to Crackers - A group calling itself the United Loan Gunmen replace the home page for the ABC Television network with an anti-corporate call to arms. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21365.html
- Acid Rain Redux - Rain falling on Midwestern cities is contaminated with levels of mercury far exceeding those considered safe for humans. A new campaign to clean the rain is under way. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21756.html
- Adding ROM to Your DVD - The wildly popular format isn't just for movie-watching. Developers and backers want their DVD-ROM, and they want it now. Andy Patrizio reports from the DVD Forum Conference '99. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21514.html
- Adobe Unleashes 'Quark Killer' - Adobe CEO John Warnock climbed the main stage at Seybold/Boston to unveil K2, the much anticipated QuarkXPress killer. By Jill Priluck. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18213.html
- Advertising Comes to Software - First there was free content on the Internet. Then free access. Followed by free computers. What's next? Free commercial software -- with a catch, of course. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20992.html
- Advocate Issues Windows Warning - A privacy watchdog says Microsoft's user registration and pay-as-you-go plans for Windows 2000 could result in the unprecedented collection of user data. No way, says Microsoft. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18280.html
- After the Fix: Lockdown - Indications are that many companies, having addressed Y2K, are clamping down on further capital investment until after the turn of the millennium. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18239.html
- Agriculture from an Armchair - The farmer in the dell, the farmer's on the cell. Tomatoes on line one, and cattle on line two. Tania Hershman reports from Israel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21599.html
- AIDS Mystery Solved - University of Alabama researchers pinpoint the origin of the virus that causes AIDS. An African chimpanzee who died in 1985 provides the definitive clue. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17643.html
- Alerta Joins the Giveaway Rush - Startup Alerta jumps on the free-product bandwagon, offering wireless information services with no subscription fee. Also: Britain's NTL won't charge extra for long-distance. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21053.html
- All Eyes on Columbine - Crime's down, but fear's up -- especially in Littleton, Colorado. So Columbine High kids are returning to school watched by video cameras and carrying ID cards. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21277.html
- All Eyes on Hotmail Audit - With Microsoft agreeing to an unprecedented audit of its security, self-regulation proponents and critics argue the merits of this latest case study. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21691.html
- All the News That's Fit to Wear - A German company develops the ultimate tool for reporters: a wearable device that delivers you-are-there coverage of breaking news. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20748.html
- All the Web That's Fit to Shrink - Nokia and Ericsson lend a hand to put browsing on cell phones. Also: NetRatings and ACNielsen get together on tracking Web traffic.... Sea Launch rocket is delayed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21883.html
- Alliance to Create Smartphones - IBM, Nokia, and SABRE Group say they're working on a phone system that would allow travelers to get up-to-the-minute flight information -- and change their plans -- at a moment's notice. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18555.html
- AltaVista Crawls Deeper - One of the founding search engines is exploring new Web turf, and giving MP3 addicts another tool to play with. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18835.html
- Alzheimer's Vaccine Being Tested - An Irish pharmaceutical company has come up with an experimental therapy that could lead to the first Alzheimer's disease vaccine. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20623.html
- AmericaOne, Tech Everything - The America's Cup has become much more than a race testing nautical skills and physical endurance. Laser technology and computer modeling will play a huge role in 2000's event. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19217.html
- Amiga Boots Two Execs - Amiga says its president and communications chief resigned for other opportunities, but the now former spokesman says the departure was less than voluntary. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21586.html
- Amiga: The OS that Wouldn't Die - A German enigma promises products for the long-neglected platform, and fans hope for a Mac-like renaissance. But their hopes could be dashed. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21418.html
- An MP3 for Every Occasion - A European company has an all-in-one MP3 system under development, and has plans to get record labels and retailers in on its game. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18669.html
- Anonymous Web Surfing? Uh-Uh - It's not easy to cover your tracks on the Web. Services that promise to deliver anonymity admit there are flaws, but insist underlying technologies are partly to blame. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19091.html
- Another Big Step in Cancer War - Researchers successfully gave cancer to human cells in the lab for the first time. What does that bode for oncology research? By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20993.html
- Another Chance for Gene Therapy? - An 18-year-old man has died after undergoing experimental gene therapy for a rare metabolic disease. Researchers say it shouldn't stigmatize all gene therapy. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22036.html
- Another Cheap Y2K Knockoff - 9 September 1999: the COBOL code for "shut down." Will computer systems crash Thursday? Don't hold your breath. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21601.html
- Another Privacy Hole in IE 5.0? - When users bookmark a Web page with Internet Explorer 5.0, a new feature in the software notifies the site. Consumer advocates say software makers need to get a grip on the privacy implications of their code. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19160.html
- Anti-Spammers Opt for Opt-In - Marketers want to send commercial email, but fear the spam label. A new company full of spam-fighters sets out to do bulk email right. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20977.html
- AOL Blockades Yahoo and MSN - Microsoft and Yahoo irritate AOL by launching compatible messaging clients this week. Hours later, the services stop communicating. Fingers are pointed at AOL. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20914.html
- AOL Disconnects MS Messaging - AOL took its fight over instant messaging into Microsoft territory Friday, knocking MSN chat users off their own service if they dared to chat with AOL customers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21148.html
- AOL Insta-Spams MSN Messenger - AOL continues its spat with Microsoft. A mass instant message to MSN Messenger users says don't use unauthorized software, use ours. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21119.html
- AOL Reworks Spam Team - Long praised for cracking down on spammers, AOL is now cutting back its junk email task force. Does a reorg mean more or less spam for the Net? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19471.html
- AOL Uses Apple to Send Message - America Online partners with Apple on instant messaging products while continuing to turn its back on Microsoft. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20999.html
- AOL's Chat and Mouse Game - Microsoft releases another patch to get around America Online's instant messaging service blockade. How long will this one last? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20944.html
- Apache Now in Good Company - The free Web server that has always had the lion's share of the market now has a corporation behind it. The nonprofit company is being run by Apache's founding fathers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20506.html
- Apple Bets Magic Will Continue - The computer maker will use its jubilant developers conference this week to showcase updates to its operating system -- and maybe even roll out a new notebook. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19578.html
- Apple Defends Open-Source Move - Open-source leaders question Apple's licensing constraints in a letter to the company. Apple says it's acting in good faith. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18541.html
- Apple Frees Streaming Server - Apple joins RealNetworks and Microsoft in the streaming-video market and hopes to boost its effort by giving it away under open-source license. Leander Kahney reports from Cupertino, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19211.html
- Apple Lifts License Restrictions - Apple shows its willingness to listen to critics by amending its open-source license. And developers are warming to the company's software. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19233.html
- Apple Opens OS Code - Apple is jumping on the open-source bandwagon -- at least with one foot. The company will make parts of Mac OS X code available to developers and promises friendly licensing practices. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18515.html
- Apple Selling Out of iMacs - IMacs are flying off the shelves, and Apple is having difficulty refilling them. Is it their overwhelming popularity? Or something sexier, like new machines? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18670.html
- Apple Tackles Net TV - Apple takes on RealNetworks and Microsoft in the race to popularize video on the Net. Jobs says the world will be peppered with QuickTime servers to speed Netcasting. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20864.html
- Apple Updates OS, PowerBooks - Steve Jobs unveils the slimmer, faster notebooks and the upgraded Mac OS 8.6 to the delight of attendees at Apple's annual developers' conference on Monday. Leander Kahney reports from San Jose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19607.html
- Apple's Open-Source Movement - Steve Jobs and Eric Raymond join hands to present part of the new MacOSX server to the open-source community. Linux fans may not welcome the move with open arms. By Leander Kahney and Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18488.html
- Apple's Open-Source Movement - Steve Jobs and Eric Raymond join hands to present part of the new MacOSX server to the open-source community. Linux fans may not welcome the move with open arms. By Leander Kahney and Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18503.html
- Apple, Adobe Show Off at Seybold - Apple figures to spice up this year's Seybold publishing conference by releasing new chip architecture, and Adobe releases its Quark killer. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21482.html
- Apple: Upgrade Never Promised - Did Apple cripple its blue and white G3s to keep them from being upgraded with its new G4 chip? For the first time, Apple tackles the controversial issue -- sort of. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21629.html
- Are You Who You Say You Are? - Sure, concern about data privacy is an impediment to luring shoppers online. But a survey says Web retailers also need to think about proving their identity to shoppers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18866.html
- Armchair Astronomers' First Stop - Brainiacs and science enthusiasts, rejoice! NASA's new all-in-one Web site aims to be a gold mine of cosmological data for scientists and laypeople. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19859.html
- Asteroid, Inbound, 2044 AD - An astronomer working out of his backyard helps researchers track an asteroid that is hurtling toward a planet near you. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20184.html
- AT&T to Build At Home's Backbone - The company that offers Internet access over cable now says super-fast fiber will enable it to handle 5 million broadband customers. Now all it has to do is find them. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17169.html
- AT&T-BT Pulls in Push Chief - PointCast's Dave Dorman will head the two telecom giants' joint venture, returning to the industry where he flourished. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18267.html
- ATM Wants to Be Your Friend - A new biometric ATM prototype named Stella can see, hear, and talk to its customers. With machines like these, who needs friends? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20605.html
- Attack of the Frankenfish - Don't worry, they're perfectly harmless, say the creators of a genetically modified salmon. Consumer groups wonder, What are they trying to feed us? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21831.html
- Aussies: Open Access Not Hard - While AT T and other broadband cable owners complain that sharing their networks with other ISPs is too hard, an Australian utility is proving just the opposite. Stewart Taggart reports from Canberra, Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20448.html
- Averting Digital Death Signals - Heart and brain monitors may get their own broadcast frequencies -- for good reason -- if a Washington congressman has his way. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,20497,00.html
- Award from an Unlikely Source - Richard Stallman, enemy of the software industry, takes home a prize sponsored by Microsoft and Sun. His acceptance speech criticizes their most powerful tool: patents. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19733.html
- Backaches a Financial Headache - With back pain the prime cause of lost workdays and workers' compensation, the United States stands to gain a lot from a little preventative medicine. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20512.html
- Ballmer: Prepare for Rent-An-App - Microsoft's president says forget software on CD: Net distribution will soon be where it's at. Microsoft will be ready for the subscription model when broadband arrives. Andy Patrizio reports from Marina del Rey, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21276.html
- Bandage Feels Your Pain - The latest open sores development: smart bandages with built-in sensors that detect healing. The newly patented technology lets doctors track your progress. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18919.html
- Beaming Is Believing - Teleportation isn't just Star Trek fare any more. New research says practical applications for quantum transport are closer than we think. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19551.html
- BellSouth, 3Com Get Speedy - The phone company wants to make digital subscriber lines accessible in the South, so it'll offer 3Com modems and joint sales, online and off. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17956.html
- Berlin Subways Smarten Up - A new smartcard system on Berlin's subway, tram, and bus lines will give riders even more reasons to use public transport. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18401.html
- Better Odds for Kidney Patients - An experimental process that filters out antibodies may increase the chances of survival for kidney transplant patients. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19825.html
- Better Weather with Tech - Powerful computers and new satellites will allow meteorologists to peer further into the future. Could this actually bring meaning to the five-day forecast? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17282.html
- Big Blue Does Digital Broadcast - The computer giant said it will team up with five companies to secure digitally broadcast content... Also: Owners of the mighty Rio MP3 player can now dress up the device. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17960.html
- Big Bucks for Big Numbers - An anonymous donor is backing a contest that fosters cooperative computing as a solution to unraveling technical Gordian knots. Though the exercise itself -- discovering the biggest prime numbers ever -- is largely an academic one, the cooperation's the thing. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18863.html
- Bigfoot Users Get a Hotfoot - Users sending email to Bigfoot's customer service department now have something else to complain about: a copy of the Happy99 worm that found its way into Bigfoot's servers. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18208.html
- Bighearted Big Blue - To persuade leery competitors to adopt its critical new chip-making technology, IBM is giving it away. It's a step that will benefit the whole industry. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20662.html
- Biometric Banking Bides Time - The next generation of banking systems will store your fingerprint, voice, and other biometric information alongside your available cash balance. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18972.html
- Biometrics Breaks Into Prisons - Sophisticated technology allows inmates to be identified by scanning their irises or taking their voice prints. Corrections officials say this is more reliable than fingerprinting, but privacy advocates worry. By Vince Beiser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21362.html
- Biotech Quits Cancer Drug - Bristol-Myers says developing the promising remedy with EntreMed proved too difficult and leaves the fledging pharmaceutical to make a go of it alone. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17857.html
- Birth of an RFC Nation - What better way to celebrate the anniversary of the Internet's mundane but pivotal collaboration process than by creating an RFC about it? Those engineers sure know how to party. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19021.html
- Black Holes of a Different Color? - What color is a black hole? It's not a trick question. Astronomers claim they've found bright-pink black holes in galaxies that are more than 1 billion light-years away. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19554.html
- Blockbuster to Rent PC Games - Blockbuster rolls out PC videogame rentals with a Net twist: The games include antipiracy software that must be unlocked by a Web site. Smells like DiVX. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19287.html
- Blood Treatment on the Go - A medical device developed by a research team in Washington state may be able to deliver constant, portable treatment to patients suffering from leukemia and AIDS. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20307.html
- Boeing: 'Sea Launch' Is On - A grand jury is reportedly probing data transfers to Russia and Ukraine. But the company says it'll go ahead with plans to launch satellite-carrying rockets from converted oil platforms. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18207.html
- Bogus Email Eats MS Data - An email carrying a dangerous data-eating attachment is circulating the Net, and making Microsoft miserable. Guess who the sender is? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21823.html
- Boosting Biometric Privacy - An industry association releases a set of biometric guidelines designed to protect the privacy of retina scans, voice prints, and other personal data. Critics see holes. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18810.html
- Boston's Digital Dash - Is your cousin from Duluth keeping to his six-minute mile? Microchips affixed to every runner will let you follow the 1999 Boston Marathon in near-real time. By Josh Lucas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19188.html
- Boycott Targets Intel - Electronic privacy activists, appalled by the implications of the unique identifier in the company's next-generation chip, say they'll try to persuade the firm to change course. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17501.html
- Brain Surgery Sans Scalpel - New imaging technology and gamma-radiation treatments could make the surgical skull saw as obsolete as leeches. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20273.html
- Brain Waves Key to Memory - Researchers have located the brain waves that seem to play an important role in how humans navigate. The discovery could lead to treatments for epilepsy and other disorders. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20440.html
- Brains: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em - The best defense against brain disease in old age? A stimulating childhood environment and lifelong learning. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18892.html
- Break It to Me Gently Online - A new study finds that electronic communication makes correspondence more honest. Or does it simply break down inhibitions? By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20420.html
- Breaking the Language Barrier - International scientists test a translation system that can convert the babble of up to six languages. A wearable version is aimed at travelers. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20747.html
- Breast-fed and Fit for Life - Children who are exclusively breast-fed in their first few months are significantly less likely in later life to become obese or suffer from a variety of illnesses, a new study shows. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20770.html
- Bringing the Web Closer - Akamai launches a service for building a faster Net: a thousand points of content that moves the Web closer to users. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19690.html
- British Inventor Eyes Linux - British icon and inventor "Uncle Clive" Sinclair is tinkering again. This time, he promises a cheap, portable Linux PC. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19462.html
- Brits on Net: Jolly Good - Ten thousand new Britons log on each day, a new poll reveals. German newbies nip close at their their heels, but France has a ways to go. [Wired News]
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- Broadband to the Kitchen Sink - Now that networking giant Cisco is looking to the home market for growth, other Internet infrastructure companies are likely to follow suit. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17243.html
- Bubble Baths Are for the Birds - No more wrestling soapy seagulls. Scientists find a way to dry clean birds caught in oil spills. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19390.html
- Building a Better Mouse Brain - Scientists have genetically engineered mice to learn faster and retain intelligence-building skills into adulthood. The findings could lead to new Alzheimer's drugs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21541.html
- Building a Self-Actualized Web - Web documents are dumb about the content they contain. XML backers are looking for ways to let electronic documents work smarter. Chris Oakes reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18356.html
- Building the Better Behemoth - That rumbling sound you'll hear during Super Bowl XXXIII on 31 January is not an earthquake. It's the sound of carefully engineered offensive and defensive linemen moving down the field. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17301.html
- Bulletproof Email for the Masses - The privacy benefits of fully encrypted email hover just out of reach of all but the techno-literate. But Hushmail is out to change that. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19804.html
- Burn Relief - Current burn treatments are as painful as the injuries themselves. Lidar technology promises a new level of precision for removing damaged tissue to promote healing and reduce infection. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17722.html
- Buying Time for Stroke Victims - Telemedicine helps doctors to evaluate and treat stroke patients remotely, saving time and, ultimately, lives. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17778.html
- C&W's High-Bandwidth Gambit - Cable Wireless promises to deliver broadband access to 60 US cities by 2001. The US$670 million investment paves the way for the Next Generation Internet. [Wired News]
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- Cable Boxes See What You See - The next generation of standard cable boxes can be used to create profiles of your viewing habits. Even cable companies worry about the privacy implications. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19132.html
- Cable Modems Going Retail - Hardware vendors and cable operators are building compatible products that should arrive in stores soon. Good-bye monthly rental fees. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18288.html
- Calling Dick Tracy - Lucent Technology zeroes in on a phone-cum-wristwatch. Also: iMac colors coming to clone PCs, and an email appliance for the technology averse. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19329.html
- Can Boeing Rescue Globalstar? - Boeing will launch 24 satellites this year and four more in 2000, to help a struggling Globalstar get its global cellular network up and running. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17259.html
- Can the Internet Drive You Mad? - The Internet may be like communism for paranoid psychotics. Patients diagnosed in the Web age are replacing the Red Scare with "Internet fear." By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20591.html
- Cancer Detection by Computer - New imaging technology could help specialists interpret mammograms more accurately. But doctors worry about the price of being too precise. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19929.html
- Cancer Drug Too Strong for Kids - A new type of cancer treatment prevents tumor growth but also inhibits bone development. That makes the experimental drugs too risky for children and pregnant women. [Wired News]
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- Car C230, Where Are You? - Mercedes jumps on the wireless wagon, becoming the latest automaker to install emergency navigation and communications systems. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17127.html
- Casinos Fight Back with Tech - The gambling industry has been slow to adopt cutting-edge surveillance technologies to combat snake-eyed scam artists. But now the house is on a roll. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19463.html
- Casting New Light on Dark Stars - Startling new astronomical research suggests black holes may produce far more power than scientists ever dreamed. [Wired News]
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- Cell Phone for Calling Up Tunes - Samsung launches a cell phone in Korea that can store up to 15 minutes of music files. A US version will be ready for people to rock in the New Year with MP3s. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21422.html
- Cell Study: Hazards Are Real - Studies questioning the health dangers of cell phone use aren't new. But industry-funded studies supporting those findings are. Chris Oakes reports from Long Beach, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20321.html
- Cell-Phone Calls Streamed on Net - Basement webcasters are using an AOL-owned streaming service to pipe private cellular phone conversations out onto the Net. AOL is digging into the issue. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20405.html
- Cells Curse the Promised Land - Israelis love their cell phones, but many are casting nervous glances at the thousands of antennas sprouting like weeds on their rooftops. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20890.html
- Cells May Grant Viral Immunity - A new study shows injecting specialized cells can temporarily boost immmunity. Researchers hope it could lead to vaccines for cancer, herpes, and HIV. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20772.html
- Censoring Censorware - One University of Massachusetts student is so opposed to the idea of censorship that he's offering software code to disable the blocking software provided by Internet Explorer. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17896.html
- Centraal Piggybacks on Inktomi - Centraal inks a deal with the search tech company that takes keyword browsing a big step closer to Web ubiquity. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17310.html
- Chat Users Get Voicemail - If your chat pal isn't online or answering the phone, a new service will send a voicemail to his inbox. Although the call is free, the Fone427 service isn't. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20032.html
- Cheap PC Doesn't Do Windows - A California computer maker is offering a PC with a fast processor for only US$299. How do they do it? They dump Microsoft Windows. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20108.html
- Cheap PCs Tied to Rental Apps - A Utah company is selling personal computers at a loss, hoping to attract subscribers to its Internet-based software-leasing program. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19247.html
- Chemical Erector Set for Release - A new drug for impotence provides the same uplifting results as Viagra, but without the frightening side effects. Uprima is undergoing trials before being presented to the FDA. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19499.html
- Chiapas' Well-Connected Rebels - For four years, the Zapatistas have used the Internet to fight the Mexican government in real time. Now, foreign groups are lending a hand, over shortwave radio. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17633.html
- China Satellite Deal Shot Down - The Clinton administration reportedly reverses itself amidst charges that US satellite sales to China could harm national security. [Wired News]
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- Chip Accelerates Drug Screening - A new chip technology helps scientists match drugs to genetic mutations in humans. It may better arm doctors to recommend treatments. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18141.html
- Chip Blocks Cell-Phone Emissions - A new chip has been developed to protect users from cell-phone radiation. Litigation-conscious phone manufacturers are wary. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19606.html
- Chips Ahoy - Sony unveils its new PlayStation super-chip and wows an annual gathering of leading processor designers. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17952.html
- Chips Track Rogue Elephants - Officials in Thailand are trying to limit the stampede of illegal elephants in Bangkok by implanting microchips under their thick hides. The smuggled pachyderms are being used to panhandle tourists. [Wired News]
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- Chit-Chat: Whenever, Wherever - Coming to a Palm or pager near you: your buddy list. AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo pair with communications vendors to provide instant messaging. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21677.html
- Cisco Strikes Back - The network-hardware vendor responds to Lucent's acquisition of Ascend with a few juicy tidbits about a superfast new routing architecture. Details are scant so far. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17443.html
- Click Here for a Privacy Policy - Microsoft rolls out the Privacy Wizard, a pre-fab privacy service meant to proliferate privacy policies across the Web. Observers cautiously see it as a decent start for building privacy into the Web's data structure. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18976.html
- Clone OS to Run Windows Apps - A Tasmanian company joins the growing ranks of developers cooking up programs that will run Windows applications without requiring software from Microsoft. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
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- Cloned Back to Life? - The Tasmanian Tiger has been extinct for three decades, yet some scientists think they can bring it back to life with some perfectly preserved DNA. Stewart Taggart reports from Australia. [Wired News]
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- Code-Breaking Record Shattered - In only 22 and a half hours, a bulky, homebrew computer cracks what was once the gold standard cipher for scrambling government data. The winner takes home US$10,000. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17412.html
- Collective Computing Breaks Up - Their little project tapped the power of idle computers on the Net to crack encryption codes in record time. Now the founders of Distributed.net go their separate ways. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19301.html
- Colorado Girl Wins Science Prize - A 14-year-old particle physics student wins the Intel Science Talent Search, the youngest winner ever in the prestigious contest. [Wired News]
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- Coming Soon: Back Orifice 2000 - The Cult of the Dead Cow preps a new, more powerful release of its notorious hacking program -- just in time for Def Con 7. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20493.html
- Coming Soon: Movies On Demand? - French TV viewers will be able to download movies at their discretion. Also: Simon Schuster takes the e-book plunge. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21733.html
- Compaq Adds Security to Handheld - Compaq debuts a handheld device with a built-in smart-card reader. Also: FedEx will provide package tracking to users of wireless handheld devices. [Wired News]
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- Compaq Seeks Broadband Edge - The computer maker ships machines with the gear needed to support high-speed Internet access to the home. When it gets there. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17141.html
- Computer Theft Hurts The WELL - One of the online world's oldest communities is the victim of a thief who absconds with around 2,700 credit card numbers belonging to members. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21076.html
- Confusion Over 'Cyberwar' - In late December, a group of computer crackers declared cyberwar on Iraq and China, triggering a worldwide backlash. Was it the work of cyber imposters? By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17273.html
- Cooking Without Thinking - A smart microwave oven will read cooking instructions and alert consumers to hazardous ingredients. Now those sumptuous TV dinners can be automatically cooked to perfection. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20040.html
- Cops Covet DNA Chip - Police may soon be able to compare corporeal evidence to a national database right at the crime scene. Law enforcement loves the tech, but privacy advocates are strongly opposed. By Vince Beiser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19878.html
- Corel's Linux Open to Question - Corel releases its Linux for the masses, and open source advocates are alarmed by its licensing restrictions. The company says it's just a misunderstanding. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21874.html
- Correction - On 1 April, Wired News ran an erroneous report that a company named WebNode.com had won a contract to sell nodes on the US government's Next Generation Internet. Wired News congratulates the pranksters and regrets being suckered into it on as obvious a day as 1 April. Pfft! [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18933.html
- Cosmonauts Say Goodbye to Mir - The Russian-French crew prepares to abandon the aging space station. It could be the final farewell for Mir, which will crash to earth next year unless last-minute funding comes through. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21467.html
- Counseling Can Help Fight Cancer - A new study affirms the mind's ability to heal the body. Researchers say that counseling is beneficial to breast cancer patients who have had surgery. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21415.html
- Court Clears PlayStation Clone - Sony fails to block a startup company from releasing software that clones its PlayStation game console on PCs. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- CPU Contests No Trivial Pursuits - Forget scientific discoveries and cash prizes. Distributed computing contests are all about bragging rights. People will do anything to top the charts. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21136.html
- Crab Nebula's Glowing Heart - The Chandra orbiting observatory captures some spectacular images of the remains of a centuries-old cosmic explosion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21992.html
- Cracked: MS' New Music Format - Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited alternative to MP3, and a cracker quickly unleashed his program to get around MS' copyright restrictions. By Jennifer Sullivan and John Gartner. [Wired News]
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- Cracker Sentenced to Prison - A Rhode Island cracker will serve one year and pay a fine for a spree of invading university and corporate Web sites. His pals say he's a scapegoat. By James Glave and John Gartner. [Wired News]
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- Crackers 'Update' Symantec Site - Crackers deface the Web page managed by a leading security and antivirus software firm. The site is fixed, but questions linger. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21052.html
- Crackers Call Off 'War' - Responding to protests from hackers worldwide, the Legions of the Underground calls off its information war against Iraq and China. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17231.html
- Cracking the Mind of a Hacker - At the RSA Data Security Conference, a psychologist paints the typical network intruder as a socially inept, obsessive-compulsive geek. Hackers beg to differ. James Glave reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
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- Cracking Tools Get Smarter - The latest sniffing tools make network spying easier and far more stealthy, say experts at a security briefing. Thankfully, the same tools work for the watchdog, too. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18219.html
- Cranking Up the Windup Computer - The South African company behind the windup radio will bring a new human-powered generator to laptop computers. Meanwhile, it's talking with Apple. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18381.html
- Crisper, Cheaper Pix of Earth - The burgeoning market for satellite images of the world is driving the need for affordable software to process them. Enter a new open-source project that does just that. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Cruising the PCExpo Gadgetfest - New battery technology adds 16 hours to your unplugged laptop.... The Son of Microsoft Bob appears.... And a rewriteable DVD drive makes its debut. John Gartner reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20353.html
- Crypto Bound for Museum Bins - Technology marches on. The US government's former gold-standard cipher is now fit only for a museum, according to a tongue-in-cheek Internet Draft document. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20385.html
- Crypto Set for a Quantum Leap - Scientists borrow a chapter from the field of quantum physics to build a secret so random even code-cracking supercomputers won't be able to touch it. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18936.html
- Custom-Made Body Parts - Researchers are using MRI and CT scan images and industrial manufacturing techniques to create new plastic models that can help doctors better diagnose disease and injury. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20570.html
- Customers Rule on the Web - The Web transforms the role of patients in the health-care system. That may mean a new approach to marketing by drug companies. [Wired News]
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- Cutting the Cords - Computer companies agree on a common wireless language allowing PCs, TVs, phones, and other home electronics to talk to one another. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17161.html
- Cutting Through the DVD Matrix - Renting the latest DVD flick doesn't mean you'll actually get to watch it. DVD players have trouble playing The Matrix and other interactive titles as software outpaces hardware. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22015.html
- Cutting-Edge Surgical Robots - They say nothing beats a robot for precision. That's why Computer Motion, a medical-devices company, is trying to get surgeons to embrace the idea of operating room robots. But will any doctor willingly give up the scalpel? By Michael Stroud. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20920.html
- Dangerous Email Worm Crawls Net - Intel and Microsoft switch off their email in an effort to control a dangerous new Internet worm that deletes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- Dangerous Email Worm Crawls Net - Intel and Microsoft switch off their email in an effort to control a dangerous new Internet worm that deletes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20160.html
- Data Privacy Is Percolating - Java programmers have a new place to brainstorm about how to give consumers an edge in the battle for their personal data. By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- Deadly Scourge Was Common Flu - Scientists unlock the mystery of the 1918 epidemic that claimed up to 40 million lives worldwide. Lab tests show they were victims of ordinary swine flu. [Wired News]
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- Death Stars Make Winter Summer - Scientists discover stars similar to our sun that emit superflares that wipe out nearby planets. How does our solar system compare? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Debate Flares over MS 'Spy Key' - Security experts aren't satisfied with Microsoft's denials that it had left a back door open in Windows for a US spy agency. That's plain nuts, others say. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21589.html
- Deep Blue Goes Far and Wide - IBM's Deep Computing Institute gives top researchers the supercomputing power they need to tackle the world's thorniest problems. It will also offer open-source modeling software. [Wired News]
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- Def Con: Bring in Da Noise - The annual hacker convention kicks off in Las Vegas Friday. Some will be here for talk of exploits and scripts. Others just want to party. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Deja News Communities Bug Out - As its conference threads disappear from view, Deja News adds another problem to a string of recent snafus and shutdowns among Web-based discussion services. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Deja News Monitors Email Links - Someone emails you about your Usenet posting listed on Deja News, but before you receive the message, the Deja News server knows it's on the way. Is it a case of sloppy code or is it a privacy invasion? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Detectives in the Digital Age - In the online crime world, the guys in white hats are ahead of the guys in black hats. But computer security experts warn that online criminal activity is increasing, and the perpetrators are growing more sophisticated. [Wired News]
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- Devising the Sense of Touch - An MIT grad student invents an implant that may make artificial limbs able to feel. It all started with an Erector set. [Wired News]
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- Diabetes Drugs: A Better Way - Doctors say there are plenty of promising treatments to replace Rezulin, which the FDA restricted last week after some patients suffered liver damage. [Wired News]
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- Diabetes Mystery Solved? - Scientists identify the protein that may cause "juvenile" diabetes. Further research could lead to a treatment for one in 10 diabetes sufferers. [Wired News]
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- Did MS Dig Its Hotmail Hole? - Microsoft may have created the massive Hotmail security hole by leaving a backdoor script up on its servers. That's an all-too-common flub, according to the experts. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21495.html
- Digging for Big Bang Fossils - Hoping to find answers about the Big Bang that some believe created the universe, scientists will launch a satellite designed to sift through light waves in search of hydrogen, a primordial element. [Wired News]
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- Digital Evolution Enters Debate - Scientists observe evolution in progress with a computer program that creates digital organisms. It gives you the feeling you're not in Kansas anymore. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21297.html
- Digital Music Do-Alls - A new entrant in the MP3 portable market blurs the line between music player and personal organizer. [Wired News]
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- Digital Signatures for the Palm - PenOp releases the first electronic signature application for the Palm platform. Also: LookSmart will provide directory content for Excite. [Wired News]
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- Digital TV Gets Small - Microtune has figured out a way to shrink the critical electronics of DTV onto a single chip. Pretty soon, you might be able to watch high-res ER on your cell phone. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Digitally Detecting Forgeries - Bankrolled by the US Department of Justice, researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo are developing software to seek out phony signatures. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19945.html
- Dinosaurs: Long-Necked Cows? - New research shows dinosaurs were more like cows than giraffes. Their long, graceful necks were used to graze on grass, rather than treetops. [Wired News]
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- Docs to Jocks: Heads Up - New research shows that football and soccer players risk permanent damage from concussions on the playing field. [Wired News]
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- Doctors to the Stars - Injuries, major and minor, are the football player's lot in life. When he goes down, the athletic trainer is the first friendly face he sees. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17212.html
- DOD Scientist: Lose the Humans - The Department of Defense's chief scientist wants to take people out of the computing equation and give more control to smart processors that control robots. Niall McKay reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21354.html
- Dolly's DNA Damaged - Scientists who cloned the first mammal say her source material's age has affected her DNA structure. This could make researchers sheepish on cloning clones or older adults. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19897.html
- Domain Lookup Site 'Vanishes' - Internic has been absorbed by Network Solutions' corporate Web site. Critics say it's unfair to claim a Net resource. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18649.html
- Domain Name Glitch Plagues Users - Competition in the domain name registration market couldn't come soon enough for some people. Network Solutions' latest gaffe allows unauthorized users to make Web site changes, while many sites' contact information mysteriously disappears. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19342.html
- Domain Name List Is Dwindling - A Wired News investigation found that the .com versions of nearly all popular words have been taken. Of 25,500 standard dictionary words we checked, only 1,760 were free. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19117.html
- Don't Break It to Me, Doc - People at risk inherited cancer would rather not know about it. In a new study, more than half opted to avoid tests to show their genetic disposition. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19500.html
- Don't Mess with 'Melissa' - Part virus, part spam, "Melissa" is lying in wait for MS Outlook users. But software security experts say it's easy for users to stop her cold. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18783.html
- Down Under and Out of Reach - RSA Data Security Australia neatly skirts a US government chokehold on crypto exports -- and snags two leading engineers in the bargain. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17185.html
- Dr. Robot, Report to the OR - A new heart surgery procedure using remote-controlled robotics could help heart surgery patients to heal faster and feel less pain. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20711.html
- Dressed to the 9-9-99s - Is 9-9-99 a significant problem date for the world's computers or a non-event being exploited by the power industry to calm doomsayer fears? By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21637.html
- Drug Calms Pitter-Pattering Hearts - A drug used to treat irregular heartbeat proves to be highly effective in a recent study. It offers options other than the standard electrical shock treatment. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20277.html
- Drug Helps Kick the Habit - French scientists have developed a drug that stimulates the pleasure center and reduces the craving for cigarettes and cocaine. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20861.html
- Drug Revives Failed Hearts - Congestive heart failure hospitalizes hundreds of thousands of people every year. Now doctors think a kidney drug can bring tired hearts back from the brink. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21549.html
- Drug Targets Early Breast Cancer - A new drug has been shown to increase cancer survival rates. The FDA will decide whether to approve it as the new first-line breast cancer treatment. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20080.html
- DTV Could Be DOA - Digital television is hitting the airwaves, but no one is getting the message. The nation's largest broadcaster says the standard is flawed and threatens to jump ship. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20696.html
- DVD Audio: The Sound of Silence - Convincing consumers to upgrade from CDs is not going to be easy. Even backers of DVD-Audio admit that the subtle sound improvements might not be enough to sway music lovers. Andy Patrizio reports from Rancho Mirage, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21516.html
- DVDs Fragmented Future - Watching movies will continue to be the most popular use of DVD for the foreseeable future. DVD music, however, won't be popular anytime soon, according to an industry expert. Andy Patrizio reports from Rancho Mirage, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21497.html
- Dyslexia Found in Genetic Jungle - An international team has found a gene to go with dyslexia, a common brain condition that can cause problems with reading and writing. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21600.html
- E-Books Taking Shape - A new standard for creating electronic books should give authors and manufacturers a sense of stability as the nascent market tries to mature. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19870.html
- E-Books: Read 'em and Keep - Adobe's new encryption technology protects copyrights and boosts the struggling market for digital text, while Fatbrain tries to help writers find an audience. Jennifer Sullivan and Leander Kahney report from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21533.html
- E-Books: The Next Killer App - For 50 years, tech gurus have promised that the next invention will make paper books obsolete. But the buzz on e-books at Seybold means this time, the hour may be nigh. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21550.html
- E-Commerce Hole Exposed - Security experts have uncovered a hole in e-commerce software from Microsoft that can expose sensitive information such as names, addresses, and credit card numbers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19566.html
- E-Commerce Sites: Open Sesame? - Microsoft is scrambling to fix a significant flaw in its Internet Information Server that could open e-commerce sites to remote control by crackers. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20231.html
- Earth's Oceans Washing Away? - The planet's oceans are slowly draining into the Earth's interior. Within a billion years they could disappear completely, just as they have on Mars. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21664.html
- EBay Browser Tracks Auctions - A new Web browser designed specifically for eBay users lets buyers and sellers keep track of multiple bidding wars at once. You'll never miss an auction again. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20771.html
- Electric Gene Therapy Approved - A new cancer therapy that uses an electric pulse to aid in the injection of DNA into tumors is ready for use in Europe. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18552.html
- Electronic Ink Makes Its Mark - The first thin, flexible display based on electronic ink technology made a splash at a JCPenney store on Monday. Though it looks like a regular store poster, it can be updated using the Internet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19457.html
- Electronic Nose Smells Illness - An electronic nose that can detect an infection by smell is in the works. With the potential to cut waiting times for lab tests by half, the Diag-Nose is nothing to sneeze at. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22000.html
- Eliminating a Deadly Cancer - Scientists say a vaccine currently being tested in several countries holds great promise for eradicating cervical cancer, the second-biggest killer of women. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20387.html
- Email For Your Grandparents - The MailStation is a no-brainer Net appliance that does one thing: send and receive email. All right, two things. It's a technophobe's delight. A Wired News product review by John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21901.html
- EMFs: Are Kids More Vulnerable? - The decades-long controversy over whether electric and magnetic fields cause leukemia in children continues with new evidence of a possible connection. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20342.html
- EMI to Sell CDs on Demand - Coming to a music store near you: kiosks that download tunes and spit out freshly minted CDs at your request. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20835.html
- Empty Mir a Danger, NASA Says - Russia's plan to leave Mir unmanned while the search for funding the aging craft continues is unwise, and possibly unsafe, a NASA director warns. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19987.html
- Energy, Physics, and Soda Pop - Don't worry about gas supplies, and never mind pollution. The fuel of the future is Mountain Dew. Declan McCullagh reports from the Conference on Future Energy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19446.html
- Enhanced MRIs Zero In on Cancer - Inert gases are being used to produce clearer MRIs that could enable doctors to use safer surgical procedures. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20849.html
- Erasing Email Trails - News from the ISP convention in Baltimore, Maryland: The Freedom Network, a privacy washer for protecting email, is born. And Inktomi and Sandpiper plan to integrate their technologies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19327.html
- Europe Halts Genetic Corn Trade - In the midst of transatlantic trade woes, the European Commission halts approval of a genetically engineered crop that could prove lethal to Monarch butterflies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19794.html
- Everest Trek Prepares for Mars - Members of the Everest Extreme Expedition '99 are using the rooftop of the world as a space travel training ground. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19764.html
- Every Web Site a Chat Room - When you land on a Web site, you're not alone. Gooey, a new hybrid chat-Web service, shows you who else is there so that you can strike up a chat. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20200.html
- Evidence of Plate Shifts on Mars - New data indicates Mars has geographic scarring similar to that found on Earth, a further indication that the red planet once contained water. And perhaps life. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19404.html
- Evolution vs. Creation, Round 2 - A group of creationists challenge the curriculums of Kansas schools, claiming the theory of evolution is highly speculative and confusing to religious children. Education officials will vote for changes on Friday. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20147.html
- Excite.com Goes to Illinois - A resident of a Chicago suburb woke up Wednesday to find he owned excite.com. It was news to everyone involved and highlights the weakness of the Net's name registration system. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20734.html
- Exploiting the Fungus Among Us - Yeast may hold a significant key to helping scientists understand how certain drugs work. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18180.html
- Extending a Palm to the Masses - 3Com's newest version of the Palm Pilot is aimed squarely at the frugal -- mainly newcomers to the handheld market and students with little money in their jeans. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20809.html
- Exterminating Mechanical Mice - Microsoft is replacing its mechanical mouse with a more durable, optical version. Good news for users with dirty desks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19204.html
- FAA on Y2K: Ready for Takeoff - Go ahead and book that millennium vacation. Air traffic control computers pass a Y2K compliance test at Denver International Airport. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19059.html
- Fake Brains a Smart Idea - British scientists build a better brain, at least for testing cell-phone emissions. Now, living subjects don't have to be subjected to potentially harmful radio waves. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21000.html
- FAO Schwarz Springs a Leak - Did you buy a Furby from the toy store's e-commerce site? If so, your home phone number, address, and email might have been exposed to the world. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17716.html
- Fashions for the Radiation Age - Manufacturers offer an array of products to stop electromagnetic rays in their tracks. And a brand new study says you may need them. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20305.html
- Fast Net Standards in Place - The ITU finishes the long-awaited ADSL standards. The technology can speed data over plain, copper phone lines -- but creating a standard is only the first step. Now vendors have to get on the bandwagon. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20585.html
- Faster Notes for the PalmPilot - The PalmPilot's character recognition software is nifty, but slow. But a new program will bring Piloteers up to pen-and-paper speed. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19411.html
- FasTV Hopes for a Fast Start - The startup wants to be to online video what Yahoo is to Web indexes. A lot of things will have to go right before that happens. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17537.html
- FBI Warns of Melissa Virus - The National Infrastructure Protection Center issues its first computer virus warning, cautioning network administrators to take the Melissa virus seriously. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18790.html
- Feds Pay to Push Genome Project - The Human Genome race pits a government-funded consortium that aims to keep gene data public against a private research company that wants to own the findings. The future of medical research is at stake. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18520.html
- Feed Your Head - The food in your future is as likely to come from a laboratory than a farm. Nourishment won't be enough. Food will make you smarter and prevent disease. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17106.html
- Fiber Cut Slows US Networks - A cut to a fiber optic line in Northern Ohio slows networks of several Internet service providers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22017.html
- File Storage Matter of Trust - I-Drive wants to host your personal files so that others can read them from any browser. The company says it's not liable if files are compromised, raising privacy concerns. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21154.html
- Fill 'er Up: With Hydrogen - Ford opens up a filling station for its electric cars of the future. Instead of regular or premium, customers will choose between liquid or gaseous hydrogen for refueling. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21293.html
- Finger(print) of Fate - The revamped FBI criminal database features software that allows cops in the field to instantly check the identity of motorists, via fingerprint, that they pull over for traffic violations. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20782.html
- Fire Knocks Out Net, Phones, 911 - A major blaze at a Toronto switching center wreaks havoc with communications in Canada's largest city. Internet access, telephone lines, and ATMs go dead. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20783.html
- Firm Sidesteps Intel on Chip ID - Power Technology says it has come up with a way to beat back software pirates without violating end-user privacy. Intel calls it comparing apples to oranges. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17624.html
- First Clone from Male Cells - Researchers have created a clone using cells from a male mouse, marking the first time they've gone outside the female reproductive system for source material. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20051.html
- First Steps for Bionic Woman - Researchers have successfully grafted mammal cells onto silicon, an important development in creating artificial replacement limbs. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19005.html
- Flaccid Flowers Bloom on Viagra - A horticulturist finds that a dash of the impotence drug keeps aging blooms from wilting. It's promising news for the floral industry. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21099.html
- Flash Dips a Toe in Java, MP3 - Macromedia upgrades the music in its animation software. Developers can now stream MP3 files in Flash, but the new player won't compete with Winamp. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20281.html
- Flower Power for the iMac - It had to happen sooner or later: an iMac accessory that lets users stop and smell the roses. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18190.html
- Fly Into 2000, If You Dare - The two biggest US air carriers foresee no Y2K problems. Then again, United Airlines and American Airlines say they don't have all the information they need about the rollover. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21987.html
- Flying Car Set for Takeoff - The world's first flying car to take off vertically will make its maiden flight in a matter of weeks. For US$1 million you can soar above traffic jams. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20017.html
- Free Spam Killing for the Masses - Spam-fighting service Bright Light licenses its tech to ISPs. To expand its sales reach, the company now gives away the tool to individual Net users. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20781.html
- From Pentium to PlayStation - Another company is posting software to run PlayStation games on computers -- this time for Windows PCs. Will Sony sue again? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18648.html
- Furby: It's Not Just a Toy - A Furby helps teach an autistic child to speak. The boy's mother appeals to hackers for ways to improve the toy's vocabulary. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20572.html
- FusionOne's Cool New Hot Sync - A start-up introduces free synchronization technology that can connect a user's PC, handheld, and other devices over the Net. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20319.html
- Galaxies' Urge to Merge - The Hubble Space Telescope catches a dozen or so galaxies in the act of merging. Scientists say they've never seen galaxies colliding at such a fast and furious rate. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20763.html
- Game Boy Gets the Net Picture - Nintendo is updating the popular portable game player with connections to the Net and digital cameras. It's time to reallocate the babysitter budget to the phone bill. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21590.html
- Geeks to MS: We Don't Do Windows - A cheerful but resolute Linux group drops in on Microsoft in search of refunds. Redmond offers them cold drinks instead of cold cash. Judy DeMocker reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17928.html
- Gene Therapy for the Bald - Forget the Hair Club for Men. Gene therapy may someday help bald men to grow new hair. Scientists graft tiny bits of human scalp to mice in an effort to develop a method of delivery of genetic material to hair follicles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20142.html
- Gene: I Wanna Be Like Mike - A recently identified gene with jumping tendencies now bears the name of the famed vertical leaper. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19016.html
- Genome Map Gets E-Biz Boost - Another company adds itself to the list of those offering a proprietary gene database for cash. Federal researchers, contrary to popular belief, are all for it. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21896.html
- Genome Researchers in the Chips - Scientists have created a faster, cheaper DNA chip that promises to offer researchers of all stripes access to the secrets of the genome. All it took was a little overhead projection. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21984.html
- Germans Make Mac Micro Browser - Munich developer iCab has written a small browser for Power Macs that supports the latest Web standards. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18087.html
- Gesundheit - When you get the flu, you call in sick and go to bed. When a Pittsburgh Steeler or a Miami Dolphin gets the flu, he goes to the trainer, who pumps him full of fluids and gets him back on the field. Fast. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17299.html
- Get Ready for Surround Video - A new immersive video technology lets users explore 360 degrees of live action video. The inventors want it for entertainment. The military wants to put it in missiles. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18364.html
- Getting a Jump on Breast Cancer - A new test reveals hidden cancer cells in breast cancer patients. It could mean more accurate therapies that don't necessarily include chemotherapy. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21734.html
- Getting the 411 in a Flash - A new mobile-phone service that can track your location will find you the closest burger shack and steer you away from traffic jams. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20587.html
- Getting Zapped for Better Z's - Relief is on the way for chronic snorers and their partners. A new therapy uses radio waves to treat the breathing disorder known as sleep apnea. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19713.html
- Ghosts in the Machine - Fact: PCs come with dangerous security holes -- Compaq's Presario is only the latest example. But companies and consumers are blind to the danger until someone happens to notice. Is there a better way? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20995.html
- Giving Voice to Net Security - The Home Shopping Network is going to use voiceprint technology to recognize customers on the phone. HSN says it's convenient and secure. It will also allow the network to hone its customer database. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20460.html
- Global Credit Card Network Fails - Discover Card's authorization network failed for nearly three hours Wednesday, knocking out retail sales for Bravo Card as well. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18548.html
- Globalstar Gets Off the Ground - After months of setbacks, the satellite phone company consortium successfully launches four satellites from Russian soil. By Polly Sprenger [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17824.html
- GM Pollen Getting Around - A BBC program shows evidence that pollen from genetically modified crops is not being contained within mandated limits meant to keep non-GM crops safe from contamination. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22012.html
- GM Watches You Drive - Privacy activists sound the horn over a General Motors in-car surveillance device that records a driver's speed and actions in the event of an accident. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20010.html
- Going with the Flow - A new site offers water lovers and researchers the chance to find out, in near real time, how low the rivers are flowing or how dry the desert is. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20553.html
- Growing New Spinal Cells - Scientists have found a way to activate cell regeneration in the central nervous system, holding out hope for people with serious spinal cord injuries. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20000.html
- Handhelds Beaming Up a Coke? - New vending-machine technology may let you buy sodas using your PalmPilot or cell phone. But be prepared to pay for the convenience. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20366.html
- Handspring Handheld Debuts - PalmPilot creators Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins are the force behind "the Visor," a lower-price, more expandable system aimed at the mass market. It might grab some Palm buyers, but both companies' real target is Microsoft CE. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21740.html
- Have I Got an E-Deal for You! - An increasing number of consumers are using the Net to research a car purchase, so car dealers are trying to simplify the process to help reel them in. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17786.html
- Headaches for Super-Aspirin? - British researchers claim a new breed of "super-aspirin" will do more harm than good. Two have already been approved by the FDA. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19976.html
- Heartfelt Electronics - Miniature defibrillators implanted in the chest or shoulder combat sudden cardiac arrest in high-risk patients. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17699.html
- Here Comes SDMI, Ready or Not - The Secure Digital Music Initiative unleashes its controversial digital music framework for the world to see. A finished spec it ain't. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20691.html
- Herpes Attacks Zoo Elephants - A study shows that African and Asian elephants are swapping strains of the virus, creating a deadly interchange and devastating zoo populations. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18006.html
- High-Speed AOL Goes West - America Online will work with SBC to offer speedy connections to the western United States. The company made a similar East Coast deal with Bell Atlantic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18398.html
- High-Tech Cancer Link? - Working at chip plants exposes workers and their offspring to significant health hazards, according to a new report. Class-action suits are pending against IBM and National Semi. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19706.html
- High-Tech Skinny on Skin Grafts - A new method of creating skin from living human cells may one day replace the painful and time-consuming therapy currently in use in most hospitals. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17934.html
- Hits Keep On Coming Against MS - Discussion groups are ablaze with tales of Microsoft security flaws; one company program manager even 'fesses up. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- HIV Won't Go Quietly - New research concludes it may take a decade of treatment for drugs to eradicate the AIDS virus, while another study says current treatments may not work at all in the long run. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19906.html
- Hormone Therapy Not So Risky - Post-menopausal women often worry about the increased risk of breast cancer while undergoing hormone replacement therapy. A new study shows that in fact the treatment only raises the probability of a treatable form of the disease. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20095.html
- Hotmail Fallout: A Mere Trickle - Sure, it was probably the most significant public security breach in the short history of the Net. Will Microsoft's reputation suffer? Not likely. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21506.html
- Hotmail Hackers: 'We Did It' - A hacking group claims responsibility for publicizing the Hotmail security hole, which Microsoft says is most decidedly not a 'backdoor.' By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21503.html
- HP's All-in-One Music Box - Hewlett-Packard releases a CD burner that simplifies copying all kinds of digital music, and includes safeguards to protect copyrights. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21480.html
- Hubble: Just Point and Shoot - The Hubble telescope gazes at a galaxy far, far away.... Exactly how far away will be determined by you, as NASA lets the public vote on which galaxy the telescope will focus on next. By Heather McCabe. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17309.html
- Hughes May Get a Sky-High Bill - The deadline approaches for Hughes Electronics to get export licenses from the government to complete a Chinese satellite deal. Hughes may face an expensive bill if it fails. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18446.html
- Human Gene Research Accelerating - The research into classifying human genetic structure -- The Human Genome Project -- is going so well that the cooperative Anglo-American effort should be finished a year ahead of schedule. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18467.html
- Human Genome Count Rising - Scientists claim humans may actually have double the number of genes than previously thought. The race to finish mapping the human genome could get even hotter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21882.html
- Hut, Hut ... Huh? - The NFL used them this year, and now it's time for the junior ranks to test onfield wireless communication systems. Football purists may balk, but the days of hand signals and huddles may be numbered. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17463.html
- I Think, Therefore I Move - In a breakthrough for artificial limbs, scientists have rigged a robot arm to a lab rat's brain so the animal can translate thoughts into action. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20356.html
- I Want My Inmate TV - Criminal court proceedings and prisoner visitations are now being telecast by many US correctional facilities. But the video is not for "real TV" dramas -- it's to save money. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20251.html
- IBM and MP3? Maybe - IBM may supply its megastorage microdrive for manufacturers of MP3 players, giving them the ability to hold up to six albums worth of music. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18938.html
- IBM Joins Thin Client Revival - Big Blue joins Sun in trying to resurrect the market for dumb terminals. Analysts says sales will continue to rise. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21648.html
- IBM Launches Network Processor - Like Intel, Big Blue is taking aim at what everyone believes will be a huge market -- programmable communications chips. Its modest goal? To lead the sector by 2003. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21552.html
- IBM Launches Newest Mainframe - Big Blue gets a jump on its rivals with the release of its G6 mainframe computers. The age of copper chips has begun. Please fasten your seatbelts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19443.html
- IBM to Develop System-On-A-Chip - The computer maker plans to build a chip that integrates system memory and processing functions for use in electronic devices and PCs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18058.html
- IBM to Power Nintendo - An IBM chip will power the next Nintendo gaming system. The console, due out in late 2000, will use a customized version of the PowerPC processor. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19645.html
- IBM's Microdrive: Power to Go - It looks like a Thinkpad, works like a handheld. IBM introduces its first microdrive-equipped subnotebook computer. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19502.html
- IBM, Real Team on E-Music - A secure online music delivery system developed by IBM will now incorporate RealNetworks' audio player. The combination should give the RIAA all it needs in a secure digital music format. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19071.html
- Icon for Sale: The First Apple I - It's got no case and no hard drive. Still, a computer handmade by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs could fetch the most money ever paid for a personal computer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20271.html
- ICQ Users Get Disconnected - ICQ users lose their Net lifeline as their accounts are taken over and passwords changed. AOL says users fell prey to a sinister email. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21663.html
- ICQ's 'Dirty' Filter Fixed - Users of America Online's ICQ chat service have been downloading a copyrighted "dirty word" filter. ICQ has removed the tainted link, and a free replacement has been posted. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18567.html
- IE5 Nixes Push, Adds Integration - The latest incarnation of IE is more of a tweak than an overhaul. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18559.html
- iGeek: iMac for Geeks - A new joint venture ships a nerd computer available in multiple colors. BeComputing skips its preferred OS in favor of Linux. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21118.html
- Imploding Messages: You Had Mail - Say hello to the newest in ber-encrypted email. It's so secure it self-destructs after you read it. Oh, and there's a US$50k reward for anyone who can decipher the key. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21452.html
- In Search of Floating Fossils - NASA launches a Delta 2 rocket carrying a telescope designed to look for "fossils" of the Big Bang. Scientists hope the telescope will provide clues as to how elements are dispersed through the universe. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20414.html
- In Search of Little Green Men - A new Mars space mission will mine the Red Planet's South Pole for water and signs of life. Finally, we'll learn what's out there. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17104.html
- Intel Aims for Low End - Struggling in the under-US$1,000 home PC market, the chip giant rushes out 366MHz and 400MHz Celerons. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17111.html
- Intel CEO: PCs Still Unfriendly - Craig Barrett says that while computers are getting much faster, they are still way too complicated -- and too ugly -- for most people. Andy Patrizio reports from Palm Springs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21526.html
- Intel Gets Net-Centric - The networking future is now for chip leader Intel. At its Developer Forum in Palm Springs, the company unveils Internet Exchange Architecture, including a processor it hopes will become the brains for moving traffic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21536.html
- Intel Goes Broadband - Chipmaker Intel this fall will go after the consumer modem market, releasing a line of fast, always-on broadband products. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20760.html
- Intel Retools for E-Commerce - The company built on silicon tells a conference the Net will define its future. It also unveils its fastest microprocessor ever: a one-gig Pentium III. It's so hot, it's cooled. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18093.html
- Intel Talks 600MHz Mobile Chips - The chipmaker says it will introduce 600MHz Pentium III microprocessors for portables that can operate at multiple clock rates to save power. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18119.html
- Intel Thinks Different, Too - Swiping a page from Apple's primer on flogging new products, the chipmaker unveils its new Pentium III in an orgy of sights, sounds, and hype. Alas, Craig Barrett is no Steve Jobs. Leander Kahney reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17972.html
- Iridium Upstages the Stars - That brilliant flash in the night sky was the sunlight hitting a satellite at just the right angle. Thrilled backyard space jockeys are comparing notes online. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17992.html
- Is Light-Speed in Your Future? - Hurtling through space at faster than the speed of light is no longer just a Trekkie fantasy. New physics research suggests that warp speed could be in our future. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20152.html
- Is Microsoft Tracking Visitors? - When you visit Microsoft.com, you might be revealing more information than you think. The software company is making critical user data available to its Web sites. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18405.html
- Is Palm Losing Its Grip? - Handspring licenses the Palm OS for its handheld, then releases a more flexible organizer. Is the Palm dynasty on shaky ground? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21751.html
- ISPs Say Spam Study Full of Fat - The leading trade association of Internet service providers says a new study of the true costs of spam doesn't quite add up. Spam sucks, they say, but not that much. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20234.html
- ISPs Unite to Fend Off Spam Tool - A storm of angry protests by regional Internet service providers pressures a software company to pull a mailing-list product off the market. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18383.html
- It Might As Well Be Winter - The Hubble Space Telescope beams back the first pictures ever of springtime on Uranus. The weather is stormy and very, very cold. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18854.html
- It's a LinuxWorld After All - This week's conference is turning a tightknit community into an international phenomenon. Not all of the new industry stars are ready for the spotlight. Polly Sprenger reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18261.html
- It's Now or Never for Bettors - You can go online to bet on Super Bowl XXXIII, but don't count on doing it for XXXIV. New regulations will probably derail Internet gambling by this time next year. By Vince Beiser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17313.html
- Itanium, Merced: What's the Dif? - Intel's newest, super-charged chip will be called the Itanium. Why? Because it sounds like titanium and it's similar to Pentium. It's a marketing thing, after all. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22074.html
- Japan Joins Space Station Test - Gearing up for life aboard the International Space Station, the island nation signs on with Russia to conduct a 110-day simulated cohabitation living experience. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18856.html
- Japan's Nuke Plant Disaster - At least two people are seriously injured in a critical nuclear accident at a Japanese uranium processing plant 90 miles outside Tokyo. By the Environment News Service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22022.html
- Java for the Cell Phone - Symbian, the powerful wireless alliance formed to take on Microsoft, says a new generation of handheld devices will use the Sun language as part of its operating platform. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18524.html
- Java Out, Linux In - Wyse Technologies jumps on the Linux bandwagon with its diskless workstations. Also: Microsoft hires an advocate of open source to work on Perl.... Lucent tests a wireless voice-and-data network. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20015.html
- Jets Take Off with Technology - Memorizing all those football plays is such a drag. But if a New York Jets executive has his way, his players will get schooled in multimedia style. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17629.html
- Jobs Hints at New Portables - At the upbeat Apple shareholders meeting, iCEO Steve Jobs speculates about new portables and quashes rumors about PDAs. Leander Kahney reports from Cupertino, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18709.html
- Jobs: There Is No Free iMac - Apple's CEO says the company isn't hopping on the free computer bandwagon yet. The top dog answers questions on all things Mac. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20871.html
- John Madden on Gridiron Tech - The renowned football analyst talks with Wired News about TV technology, its effect on covering the game, and about using his influence to make things happen. Interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17422.html
- John Madden on Gridiron Tech - The renowned football analyst talks with Wired News about TV technology, its effect on covering the game, and about using his influence to make things happen. Interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17481.html
- Journey to the Interior, Exterior - NASA has plans to get to know the Sun's closest neighbor and a certain comet headed our way. The missions will provide the closest look yet at the outside of fiery Mercury and the first-ever look inside a comet. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20664.html
- Keeping E. Coli in Check - A new technology combines photonics and chemistry to stop E. Coli from reaching consumers. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22013.html
- Keeping Their Heads in the Game - As technology has evolved, so has the equipment worn by football players. And nothing has changed more than the player's best friend: the helmet. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17272.html
- Kids' Browser to Spot Dirty Pics - An Oklahoma software firm is preparing to release a Web browser that the company claims will analyze images in search of all things fleshy -- and screen accordingly. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20298.html
- Kiss Your VCR Goodbye - Smart television devices promise to idiot-proof recording TV shows. But the price tags say early adopters only. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18784.html
- Knee Deep in High-Tech Help - Twenty years ago, a blown knee meant an almost certain end to a football player's career. Today, that same injury might not even end his season. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17236.html
- L0pht Releases AntiSniff - The Boston-based security collective unveils its second commercial tool, which monitors your network for suspicious activity. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20913.html
- Lab-Grown Organs on Horizon? - Livers and lungs growing in a petri dish might seem the stuff of science fiction. But the discovery of a gene that controls organ shape in roundworms could make human organ-growing a reality. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20112.html
- Lambs Get Human Genes - Scientists have found a way to modify animals using human genes that could one day lead to transplants between species. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20874.html
- Larger Wafers May Cut Chip Costs - Intel expects its future move from 8-inch to 12-inch wafers will increase the yield in processor chips and cut production costs by up to 30 percent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20120.html
- Lasers Power Wireless Net - Lucent Technologies debuts a wireless technology that uses lasers and amplifiers to transmit huge amounts of voice and data through the air. It will be handy in places where fiber-optics can't be installed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20731.html
- Lavish Debut for Apple's G4 - If Steve Jobs appeared to be gloating a little, he has a right to. Apple's new G4 is, by all accounts, a huge leap in computer technology. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21522.html
- Learning Shrinks Your Brain - Learning will shrink your brain in later life, new research has found. But don't worry, a shrunken brain won't affect your memory or your likelihood of developing dementia. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20712.html
- Lego Hackers Go Deeper - It was only a matter of time before programmers mastered the toy's robot kit and craved more. Now, an open-source project hopes to drill down to the silicon. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18065.html
- Let Your Fingers Do the Charging - Compaq gets a patent that puts your keyboard pounding to good use. The technology can recharge a laptop battery as you type. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20894.html
- Li'l Kid Saved by the Net - Digital images of a poisonous plant are sent over the Net to help save a child who ingested some poisonous berries. Who says the Net is bad for kids? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20757.html
- Linux Cuts In on MS Turf - PC manufacturers are preparing to offer the Linux operating system on some desktop lines. They say expanding support for non-Windows platforms is merely coincidental with Microsoft's troubles with the Justice Department. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
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- Linux Downloads Top 1 Million - Corel says the march to Linux is on, as more than 1 million people have downloaded its free word processor. And Windows and Linux are sharing space on new PCs. [Wired News]
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- Linux for the Masses - Ebiz Enterprises zeroes in on the computer newbie with a new computer priced at just US$200. Also: Linux gets a boost from Objective Reality Computer, which is working on a three-dimensional interface for the increasingly popular OS. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20479.html
- Linux Gets Open-Source GUI - Thanks to an interface lift, Linux is ready to star on the desktop. GNOME marries components from familiar windowing environments and adds a few things of its own. Leander Kahney reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18265.html
- Linux Gives New Life to Old Macs - A group of Linux developers is preparing a version of the OS for the cute little Mac SE, once a college dorm room staple. Polly Sprenger reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18222.html
- Linux Goes Mainstream - This week's LinuxWorld Expo heralds the adoption of the free operating system by the business mainstream. Is that what geeks really want? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18211.html
- Linux Meets Main Street - This week's LinuxWorld Expo heralds the adoption of the free operating system by the business mainstream. Is that what geeks really want? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18199.html
- Linux On Board - It looks like a car stereo, but it plays MP3 music, surfs the Web, and supports GPS. Naturally, it runs Linux. Leander Kahney reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18236.html
- Linux Streams QuickTime - Linux developers bring Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server to the open source platform. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20630.html
- Linux Users Shut Their Windows - It doesn't take a federal case to undo Microsoft's Windows dominance. Demonstrators demand refunds for an operating system they say they were forced to buy. The company offers them lemonade instead. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17926.html
- Linux's Forgotten Man - Outspoken Richard Stallman was shoved out of the Linux spotlight because he cares more about the principles of free software than advancing the platform. Leander Kahney reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18291.html
- Linux, Meet Opera - Fans of Linux and Opera, which have both built support by taking on the bigwigs, can now run the underdog browser on the underdog OS. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18241.html
- Linux-Based Crypto Stops Snoops - Three years in the making, Linux FreeS/WAN software is ready to keep point-to-point Internet communications secure. Developers predict the freeware will thrive. Law enforcement officials predict trouble with terrorists. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19136.html
- Linux.com Lives - The open-source community gets another forum for trading news and views. This time, though, it's a public resource with a dot-com address. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19749.html
- Linux.com Worth Millions - Linux.com is now officially a commercial domain. But the seller says its open-source spirit will live on. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18202.html
- Linux.com Worth Millions - Linux.com is now officially a commercial domain. But the seller says its open-source spirit will live on. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18215.html
- Lockheed: Ikonos Fell into Sea - The Ikonos I imaging satellite and its booster rocket vanished shortly after launch earlier this week. Investigators believe a faulty nose cone may have caused the mission to fail. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19403.html
- Locking Up Net Video - Encryption software protects RealNetworks streams on the fly. Also: A Web service converts old video and audio files into ready-to-go media streams. It's free, for now. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19511.html
- Long Live the Newton - Forget the Palm Pilot, the Newton is still tops with people at Macworld. Also: Everybody wants in on the iMac success, and partying in 1999 ain't what it used to be. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20901.html
- Look Who's Talking - A new study shows babies can talk at six months -- much earlier than researchers previously believed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17979.html
- Look, Ma! No Computer! - SBC Communications is about to roll out the latest gadget: a US$180 machine that does email, email, and nothing but email. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21353.html
- Lucent Enters Net-Music Fray - Lucent and e.Digital have teamed up on a portable player for reading secured music files delivered over the Net. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19250.html
- Mac EvangeList Bites the Dust - The plug has been pulled on the site that launched a thousand Mac enthusiasts' assaults. Revival efforts are already underway. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19175.html
- Macs Jumping on the Bus - Apple, one of the first companies to embrace the universal serial bus technology, is beginning to reap the rewards for its faith. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20863.html
- Mad Cow Risk on the Run - Americans face little risk of contracting mad cow disease.... Geneticists cook up a ketchup-friendly tomato.... And headache experts gather to discuss pain. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20379.html
- Making All Music Net Music - A day after its acquisition, Diamond Multimedia unveils a spin-off company, a new portable player, and a grand plan to woo major record labels onto the Net. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20389.html
- Making It Too Hot for Cancer - A new technology bombards malignant tumors with focused heat, destroying the neoplasm while leaving the surrounding tissue undamaged. It shows great promise for treating breast cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17994.html
- Making Medicine to Fit - Pharmaceutical companies launch a US$45-million cooperative gene-research project that may one day yield the keys to the origins of disease and allow the development of tailor-made therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19159.html
- Making the Phone-TV Connection - US West and Network Computer say they'll combine telephone, TV, and the Internet with a new service called At TV. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18185.html
- Mammograms Before Age 50 - Women younger than 50 stand to benefit from regular mammograms to detect breast cancer, according to two new studies that contradict conventional medical thinking. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20026.html
- Mapping the Red Planet - The Mars Global Surveyor adjusts its orbit to begin its detailed survey of what's really up there. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18063.html
- Mapping the Valley That Glows - What's that strange smell in the vacant lot? A new set of click-and-zoom Web maps reveals where not to put down roots in Silicon Valley. By Louise Bowser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19307.html
- Mars Mission's Metric Mixup - One spacecraft control team uses inches and pounds. Another uses millimeters and grams. NASA says measurement confusion likely caused the loss of the US$94 million Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22031.html
- Mars Probe Feared Destroyed - NASA's much ballyhooed Mars Climate Orbiter is likely demolished after a navigation error pushed the spacecraft precipitously close to surface of the Red Planet. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21911.html
- Mass-Producing Blood Cells - Scientists discover a way to multiply the blood stem cells of mice in vitro. Experts are hoping that humans will be next. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20593.html
- May the Force Be with the Toys - Hasbro licenses some cool microchip technology for its upcoming line of talking Star Wars action figures. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17800.html
- May the GeForce Be With You - Nvidia says gamers will go gaga over its new graphics chip which provides more wallop than a Pentium III. The company wants PCs to be gamers' favorite play stations. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21562.html
- McDonald's Really Special Sauce - The granddaddy of the fast-food world imposes a ban in the UK on the use of genetically modified ingredients. Environmentalists are ecstatic. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20222.html
- McGwire: Another Bust-Out Year? - Androstenedione, the drug made famous by super-slugger Mark McGwire, increases the chance of heart disease and may also cause breast enlargement, a new study finds. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19985.html
- McGwire: Athlete of the Future - Sure, the ace slugger is 6-foot-5 and has huge forearms. But his use of technology in conditioning is setting the standard for future athletes. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18376.html
- Med-Tech 'Decades Behind' - The woeful state of medical technology is costing patients their health and hurting their wallets, according to a leading Microsoft researcher. The Net is the answer. Michael Stroud reports from Santa Barbara. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20789.html
- Medicine by Satellite - Scientists are developing satellite technology to transmit advanced medical images used in cancer treatment to remote hospitals and clinics. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18411.html
- Meet the Double-Decker MP3-CD - NetDrives is set to release the Brujo, a home stereo component that will play both conventional CDs and MP3 files that have been burned onto plastic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21155.html
- Melissa Was But a Sniffle - While Melissa was grabbing the media spotlight, another, much more lethal virus was waiting in the shadows, quietly counting down to 26 April. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Melissa, Spawned by Spam - Melissa trackers are nearing the source of the virus. They suspect a mix of spam-gone-bad and malicious intent from a famed virus author. By Leander Kahney and Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18819.html
- Memory Boost for Palm V - Hardware hackers have found a way to upgrade the slimline Palm Pilot V's meager 2MBs of memory. And engineers have turned the warranty-voiding service into a lucrative venture. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18937.html
- Mercury Rising - Marine salvage crews discover the sunken wreckage of a Mercury space capsule. It may answer a riddle from the early days of space exploration. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19441.html
- Mercury's Scary Migration - Scientists have known that fish can absorb mercury into their bloodstreams, but they thought brain tissue was protected. Until now. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21674.html
- Messaging Alliances Take Shape - Battle lines are being drawn in the instant messaging skirmish, as America Online and Microsoft pull interested parties into their camps. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21028.html
- Meteor Watching By Balloon - NASA scientists launch a camera-equipped, helium-filled balloon to broadcast the upcoming Perseids meteor shower online. Even clouds can't mar this view. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21215.html
- Micro Devices Get Nuked - Researchers get funding to build nuclear batteries as thin as a human hair. The miniature power cells will use radioactive decay for energy. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20508.html
- Micron's Not-So-Free PC - Micron gives PCs away to customers who sign up for premium Internet access services costing more than US$1,000. Also: Iomega sues competitor Castlewood for patent infringement. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20647.html
- Microsoft Off Truste's Hook - The Internet watchdog scotches an investigation of Microsoft that would have tested Truste's ability to oversee consumers' online privacy. A consumer privacy advocate appeals to the Federal Trade Commission. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18639.html
- Microsoft Patches Privacy Holes - Microsoft issues a patch for Office to fix a glitch. The download will prevent the software from invisibly tagging documents with user information. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18600.html
- Microsoft Posts Web Server Fix - Microsoft has a temporary work-around for a security hole in its Internet Information Server. And it criticizes the Internet security firm that discovered the hole for publicizing it before a software patch was posted. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20285.html
- Microsoft Shows Off at Mobicom - Microsoft research was on parade at the Mobicom technical conference in Seattle, where attendees looked into the future of wireless. Niall McKay reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21311.html
- Microsoft's Music Agenda - The software maker will disclose its plans for distributing audio and video files over the Net next month. What a coincidence that the announcement will be made on the music industry's home turf. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18622.html
- Microsoft: Paper Is Dead - Long live e-publishing! Microsoft's head of technology says newsprint and leather bound volumes will be surpassed by digital delivery within a decade. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21499.html
- Microworkz Signs On AT&T - Dumped by Earthlink just days ago, the PC provider smoothes its feathers and turns to AT&T to provide iToaster customers with free Net access. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21091.html
- Migraine: A Pain in the Meninges - New research indicates that migraine headaches may be related to meningitis. The similar symptoms were the giveaway for one scientist. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19267.html
- Millennium Bug: Nowhere to Hide - Even the most advanced countries will suffer some disruption, say those attending a global Y2K conference in Manila. There's no cause for alarm, they say, but a contingency plan might not be a bad idea. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18238.html
- Mir's Demise May Be Near - The venerable, if problem-plagued, space station, a symbol of Russian technological prowess, may be dumped into the Pacific Ocean after all, since no private money can be found to keep it in orbit. [Wired News]
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- Mir's Hope: Shed Light on Earth - Old space stations don't fade away. They just embark on odd experiments -- like the one involving the sun, a very large mirror, and the frigid north. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17704.html
- Mir's Mirror a No-Go - The Mir space station's troubles with a giant, light-casting mirror apparently mean Russia's north will remain shrouded in wintertime gloom. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17729.html
- Mir's Star Turn - A filmmaker's plan to shoot a movie aboard the financially imperiled Russian Space Station could be Mir's saving grace. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20433.html
- MIT Grads Aim To Cut Congestion - Akamai will create a "smart" distributed network of servers to streamline traffic to the Web's five-star sites. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17373.html
- MIT: E-Commerce Just Beginning - Pattie Maes, MIT's leading expert on software agent technologies, says e-commerce will flourish only when humans get out of the way. Jill Priluck reports from Cambridge. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18104.html
- Mitigating the Effects of Stroke - A sugar-coated protein molecule protects laboratory rats from the debilitating effects of strokes. What are the implications for humans? By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20923.html
- Mitnick Sentenced to 46 Months - It will be another year before celebrity cracker Kevin Mitnick is a free man. But he could be released to a halfway house this fall. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18782.html
- Mix 'n' Match PowerBook? - Apple Computer scores a patent that allows users to switch cases of their laptop computers. The age of multiple choice iMac portables may be closer than we think. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17873.html
- Moms Smoke, Men Fume - A new study shows the sons of women who smoked more than a pack of cigarettes a day during pregnancy were twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as the sons of non-smoking mothers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18451.html
- More Antique Apples on the Block - The father of the original Macintosh project will put three early Apple machines up for auction next week. By cleaning house, he could make enough to send his kids to college. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20410.html
- More Tech Backers for Linux - Red Hat gets a new round of financing from IBM, Compaq, and Novell. Also: Communicator 4.51 hits the Web.... Linux OS' Debian gets an update. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18350.html
- More than Words Display - The newest weapon in the fight to protect copyrights is a search engine that scours the Net for photos, logos, and other images instead of words. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17914.html
- More Trouble for Mir - Russian cosmonauts switch to a back-up navigational system following a malfunction in the space station's main computer. Officials say it's nothing serious. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21046.html
- Morning Glories Go 'Boing'? - Scientists discover a morning glory plant extract that, when combined with extract from another plant, enabled the Mayans to create the bouncy rubber balls they used in the ball games of the pre-pre-NCAA era. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20286.html
- Moscow's Mea Culpa - A Russian space official shoulders the blame for his country's failure to deliver International Space Station components on time. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17923.html
- Moscow, We Have a Problem - The issue of Russia's sending missile technology to Iran is throwing a monkey wrench into an agreement to allow US satellites to be launched from Russian sites. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17338.html
- Most Office Workers Use IE - Microsoft surpasses Netscape at work with a 59 percent share of the Web browser market. Also: Netscape's browser upgrade ties the software more closely to the AOL and Netscape portals. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19753.html
- Motorola: Fighting Back Online - After ceding market ground to Nokia and Ericcson, the company unveils a barrage of new products -- and says that all its mobile phones will be Net-capable by the end of 2000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18556.html
- Mouse Gets Alzheimer's Gene - A new genetically engineered mouse displays the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. This and other mouse models are bringing researchers closer to a cure. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20899.html
- Mousing with Good Vibrations - A new mouse will let you run your hand over the sleek contours of that Jaguar you're ogling -- without leaving your keyboard. You'll soon be able to feel as you browse. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21207.html
- Mozilla's First Birthday - A year after entering the open-source fray, questions linger over the status of Netscape's Mozilla project. Mozilla and Netscape managers blow out the candles. Interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18896.html
- MP3 on Your Stereo. Groovy. - GoodNoise and Adaptec will develop a technology that lets regular stereos play MP3 files downloaded off the Net. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17466.html
- MP3 Portable Hits $100 Mark - As the demand for MP3 continues, a number of manufacturers are getting into the game with new -- and cheaper -- players. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19603.html
- MP3: Monster in a Box - A California company hopes its MP3-ready chipset for set-tops will mean greater momentum for the digital music distribution standard. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17226.html
- MP3s Rock the House - MP3 files can be sent from PCs to stereos using a new wireless transmitter. Annoy the whole family with your latest deafening download. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21331.html
- MRIs in Living Color - A medical researcher develops a way to display magnetic resonance images in color, making it easier for clinicians to read the subtle variations that spell disease. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17951.html
- MS Admits to Privacy Blunder - Microsoft confirms that it has been sending private user-ID information to its Web site. The company promises to change its ways. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18423.html
- MS Ballyhoos Digital Audio - Microsoft is not embracing digital audio quietly. With strategic alliances, investments, and new technologies folded into Windows, the blitzkrieg is on. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18512.html
- MS Denies Windows 'Spy Key' - Experts have discovered a hidden key in Microsoft Windows that they say grants high-level access to the most powerful spy agency in the United States. Hogwash, says Redmond. By Steve Kettmann and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21577.html
- MS Kaffe-Maker Swallows Java - Transvirtual Technologies releases software linking Java to Windows, something Sun once sued Microsoft for doing. Guess where Transvirtual got some of its funding? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20225.html
- MS Patches Privacy Peephole - Microsoft promises to address a software privacy problem, but it's still not clear what the company can see through Windows 98. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18315.html
- MS Wins Patent for Web Standard - Microsoft is handed the rights to a technology that developers fear will give the company control over next-generation design. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17741.html
- MS' Massive Y2K Campaign - The software maker will send 80 million emails and snail mails to customers, reminding them to update computers before the odometer changes to 2000. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21337.html
- MS, Watchdogs Team Up on Privacy - With a boost from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Truste, Microsoft launches a new privacy tool that encourages small Web sites to take privacy seriously. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18971.html
- MSIE5: The DOJ-Friendly Build? - Two new features built into Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 seem to support what the company has been saying for years: The browser is the OS, and competition is great. A perspective by James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18574.html
- MSN Messenger Shows Passwords - As if the messenger mud-slinging between Microsoft and AOL weren't enough, a glitch in MSN Messenger gives easy access to user passwords. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21323.html
- MSN Powered by Apache - Parts of Microsoft's MSN run on the free Apache Web server on top of Unix. Does Microsoft know something we don't about NT? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20768.html
- Much Ado About Almost Nothing - A Canadian company's promotion of its Y2K-audit software calls into question the readiness of Macintosh computers. And all for naught. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17808.html
- Music Biz Builds A Time Bomb - The Recording Industry Association of America is out to exterminate MP3 -- and is pressuring hardware and software makers to build in a "kill switch" that would take care of it once and for all. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19682.html
- Music Industry Plans DVD Audio - Record companies and technology companies agree on a copy-protection framework for the successor to CDs. DVD Audio is finally ready for consumers. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18247.html
- Music on the Move on the Cheap - Vertical Horizon uses CD-audio chips, instead of CD-ROM technology, to bring down the price -- and the size -- of hybrid CD and MP3 players. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21275.html
- Nailing Worm Author 'Difficult' - Whoever unleashed the latest Internet worm was crafty, using code that will be hard to track back to the author. Meanwhile, the FBI intensified its investigation. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20168.html
- NASA Helps Russia Stay Aloft - Desperate to get the International Space Station into orbit, NASA is spending US$60 million to help the financially troubled Russian Space Agency. Polly Sprenger reports from Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18967.html
- NASA's 'Star Wars' Robots - NASA works to develop tennis ball-sized floating robots that will zoom around spacecrafts, acting as personal assistants to astronauts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20794.html
- NASA's Leaner, Cleaner Future - NASA explores new technologies to help deal with threatened budget cuts. Alternative rocket boosters, fuels, and even nanocomputers are discussed at a shuttle conference. Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21041.html
- NASA's Lunar Long Shot - The Lunar Prospector will crash onto the moon's surface -- on purpose -- in its next and last mission. There's a chance the impact will detect water. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20003.html
- NASA, SGI Hatch 'HAL' - SGI is teaming up with NASA to build supercomputer technology to take the agency beyond 2001. On the agenda is everything from virtual space surgery to spacecraft modeling. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19769.html
- NASA: Wanna Buy a Shuttle? - Desperate for money, the space agency gets the OK from the White House to use the shuttle for commercial voyages. Will the Columbia someday sport the swoosh? Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21019.html
- Net Address Helps Finger Felons - Two computer thieves are undone by their IP address. They didn't realize that a software client running in the background points to their wheareabouts. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21431.html
- Net Keywords for Everyman - Centraal takes its Internet keyword service to individuals. Now you can replace that long Web address with a keyword like "Tom Smith." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19142.html
- Net Population Swells to 92 Mil - In the past nine months, some 13 million Canadians and Americans signed on to the Net, bringing the online population in those nations to 92 million. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20288.html
- Net Users to Top 200 Million - The United Nations predicts worldwide Internet usage will proliferate by 2000. Observers think the UN is underestimating the number of current users. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19020.html
- Net Video Coming of Age? - A San Francisco company has staked its claim in the Net video market with a groundbreaking new system for delivering DVD-quality content. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18645.html
- Net's Change of Address - The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority on Thursday quietly began issuing new, longer IP addresses. IPv6 opens the door to an era where every gadget gets connected. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20765.html
- Netcom to Sell Domain Names - Network Solutions forms an alliance with Netcom. Also: Sybase announces a Linux version of its mobile database. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17679.html
- Netscape Browser Guru: We Failed - Following his resignation Thursday, a leader of Netscape's Mozilla project publishes a "postmortem" damning Netscape's management for its browser business and the Mozilla open-source project. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18926.html
- NetSol Irks Admins, Again - There's a glitch at Network Solutions' Web site that keeps Web site admin from making changes. It's a headache, admins say. It'll be fixed soon, Net Sol says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20947.html
- Network Solutions Cracked - The company that has taken care of the Internet's root servers takes a hit from crackers, who redirect its traffic to other sites. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20567.html
- Networking Hits Home - Compaq joins the growing number of companies trying to make it easier to share Net connections between home PCs. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21772.html
- Nevada to Test Home Gambling - Run or pass? Ball or strike? Swish or clank? Gamblers in the Silver State who don't have enough to bet on can soon call the shots online. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19394.html
- Never Enough at Macworld - Folks at Macworld fawn over the iBook as if it were a Rodin, willingly open their wallets, fight in the press room, and can't wait to do it again next year. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20926.html
- New Alternative to Animal Tests - A newly developed test that uses faux skin may spare many laboratory animals that would normally be required for chemical skin tests. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20364.html
- New Answers for Colon Cancer - Two separate studies identifying the causes of colon cancer could produce promising new drug therapies for patients suffering from the disease. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19651.html
- New Armor for Magnetic Devices - Physicists discover a new "supershield" that could result in smaller and more accurate MRI systems. Claustrophobics everywhere, rejoice! By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20816.html
- New Cell Phone 'Gets' the Web - Nokia is the first to roll out a cell phone based on a protocol meant to shuttle data originating on the Internet to users on the go. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18076.html
- New Light on Parkinson's Disease - Doctors reveal a simple remedy for a symptom of the crippling disease -- laser pointers that fool the brain. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19264.html
- New NT Security Risk Uncovered - A security hole grants low-level users the same access as the system administrator. But the hack is so complex that companies may not have much to fear. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18016.html
- New Payload for Russian SS-18s - A rocket designed to lay waste to the enemies of the former Soviet Union gets a new lease on life. Instead of spreading nuclear destruction, it's scattering communications. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19298.html
- New Pentium III Security Flaw? - Canadian software developers say that Intel's patch on the controversial serial number is leaky and vulnerable to an ActiveX program. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18395.html
- New Portable Wows Mac Faithful - It might look like a toilet seat, but Apple's long-awaited iBook laptop is very fast, very colorful, and very portable. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20860.html
- New Solar System Discovered - Scientists say they've found planets orbiting a star similar to our own solar system. Does this mean there's an Earth II out there? By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19147.html
- New Web Scam Attacks ISPs - A California Internet provider has been hit by a powerful -- and scary -- new Web scam. A phony administrator asks customers to send credit card data to a convincing spoof site. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21572.html
- Next-Gen Intel: Penguin Inside? - At the Linuxworld Expo, Intel demonstrates how its 64-bit Merced chips will power the future of e-commerce. With Linux, that is. James Glave reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21206.html
- Nintendo Clone Released, Yanked - The first software to allow PC owners to play Nintendo 64 games on their machines hits the Web -- then vanishes hours later. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17653.html
- Nintendo Emulator Code a Fake - The so-called source code for a Nintendo 64 emulator is nothing of the sort -- it's a shoddy re-engineering of the original application. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17905.html
- Nintendo Emulator Code Unleashed - What happens when thousands of hackers get their hands on the source code for a piece of coveted emulation software? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17884.html
- Nipping at the Heels of MP3 - When high tech does battle on the Net, it's not always the best tech that wins. This is the lesson that a smaller, faster digital music format is learning in the face of MP3. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18253.html
- No Cash for Rocket Crash - Who's gonna pay for the fallout of a Russian Proton rocket crash? So far it's the people of Kazakhstan, who are paying with their health and safety. By Oscar S. Cisneros [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20650.html
- No Dinero, No Domain - Network Solutions will demand advance payments for domain name registrations in a move designed to squelch cyber-squatters. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20878.html
- No More Insulin Shots? - Researchers announce a key development in the search for a diabetes cure. New treatments could free diabetics from regular insulin injections. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20001.html
- No More Mickey Mouse Research - Identical mice react differently to identical laboratory conditions, leading scientists to conclude that genes are not always destiny. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20028.html
- No Surprise: Net Keeps Growing - The Internet grew more than 46 percent last year, according to a biannual survey unique for its actual count of connected hardware. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17969.html
- No Time for Pain - A new therapy using electric current reduces chronic back pain, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18255.html
- Nokia Targets Call-In Commerce - Nokia develops technology for consumers to make e-commerce transactions wirelessly. Also: IBM picks a browser partner for its set-top business. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19845.html
- Nokia: Web, Email via TV Signal - The European wireless maker demonstrates a portable device that lets users surf the Net, send email, and watch digital TV -- all via broadcast TV frequencies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21567.html
- Nortel Leads Voice-Data Alliance - Intel, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard reportedly will join with the Canadian company in an initiative aiming for single-line communications. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18456.html
- Not Necessarily InterNIC - Beware the errant keystroke. Companies with InterNIC-like names are only too ready to serve you, but you might not get what you want. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18312.html
- Not on My Dinner Plate - Genetically modified crops aren't producing the yield or the demand that farmers hoped. If the "consumer is king," growers may be switching back to conventional varieties in a hurry. From the Environment News Service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21960.html
- Novell to Offer Digital IDs - Novell wants to help users control how their information is made available to Web sites. The free digital IDs could help consumers feel better about e-commerce. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18650.html
- Nuke Plants Girding for Y2K - A nuclear meltdown come midnight on 31 December would be a real drag, but the likelihood of it happening -- in the United States, anyway -- seems increasingly remote. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20482.html
- Nuke Plants May Not Be Y2K Ready - The millennium bug could spell trouble for backup power systems that are designed to cool potential meltdowns at nuclear-power plants. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18335.html
- Nullsoft Plays the MP3 Song - In creating the most popular player -- and the Shoutcast streaming server -- the tiny Arizona firm is leading a whole new paradigm. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17811.html
- Nullsoft Plays the MP3 Song - In creating the most popular player -- and the Shoutcast streaming server -- the tiny Arizona firm is leading a whole new paradigm. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17844.html
- Old Glory Made New Again - The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the US national anthem is withering away. Conservators use space technology to restore it. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19213.html
- Old MacDonald's Motor Oil - The US Postal Service is testing a new vegetable-based automotive lubricant in a Michigan fleet. The engine oil is kind to the environment and could be a boon for agricultural producers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20316.html
- On the Midway at PCExpo - Ladies and gentlemen, step right up for high drama at 3Com, digital facelifts at FastPoint. Get your red-hot shorts, hats, and T-shirts at PCExpo. Craig Bicknell reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20392.html
- One-Stop MP3 Searching - Scour.Net proclaims itself the ber-search for downloadable songs across the Net. One search scours 99 percent of the music out there, the company says. Chris Oakes reports from San Diego. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20249.html
- One-Two Punch Against Flu - Two new flu drugs not only keep serious illness from spreading, but also may alleviate the problem of antiobiotic-resistant flu strains. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21959.html
- Online, in Utero - A new trial at Washington University in St. Louis uses smartcards to give doctors instant access to pregnant women's medical files. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17488.html
- Open Source Grows Up - The leading threat to the Windows empire isn't going away. In fact, open source is maturing into a business where coders are appropriately rewarded for their efforts. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20170.html
- Open-Source Guru Resigning? - Controversial leader of the open-source software community, Eric Raymond, tells the world of his desire to call it quits. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18815.html
- Open-Source Gurus Trade Jabs - The two co-founders of the open-source movement have it out in a public spat on developer mailing lists. Linux fans play down the damage. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19049.html
- Opening Windows? Just a Crack - What does it mean when Microsoft executives publicly acknowledge the value of open-source software? Not much, say industry insiders. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19057.html
- Opera Hire Sings to Standards - Opera lures a savvy Web technologist away from the World Wide Web Consortium. H kon Wium Lie is the company's new CTO and standards guru. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19100.html
- Opera Takes Off - Browser upstart Opera lands its code in in-flight entertainment systems. Also: Europe will be 1999's biggest cell-phone market (but the Asia-Pacific is up-and-coming). [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19667.html
- Optics Help To Clear Arteries - A treatment using a new drug and fiber optics looks effective in clearing blocked blood vessels in the leg. Researchers hope it may prove equally effective in clearing coronary arteries. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18680.html
- Oracle Shows Mobile Web Software - The database giant previews its newest project at CeBit: a technology for bringing dynamic Web content to handheld devices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18545.html
- Out of Africa - African dust does get around. A new study shows that a high proportion of the dust particles that Americans breathe originated in Africa. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20690.html
- Outdoor Geeks May Vanish Soon - Weekend warriors take to the oceans, forests, rivers, and skies this month, and they'll get back home with the help of GPS. Unless the gear crashes. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21098.html
- Pagers Up to the NFL Challenge - Pagers may be a nuisance at movie theaters, but they sure come in handy if you're in the middle of 70,000 screaming fans. NFL coaches and refs are now counting on them. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21844.html
- Paging Smarter Snacks - You're hot. They're cold. But you can't get to the drinks in a broken vending machine. Technology may have the answer. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18343.html
- Palm V the Big Draw at JavaOne - Your boss pays US$1,495 for you to attend Sun's JavaOne conference. How do you spend the first morning? In line for a half-price Palm V. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20243.html
- Palm VII Goes to the Mall - A new online service takes online comparison shopping to the real world, courtesy of the wireless Palm VII. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Palm VII's Little Wireless Secret - 3Com will only sell its new PDA in the New York area, claiming that the wireless service is available nowhere else. But the Palm VII will play anywhere in the United States, and can be had by the sly. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Palm VII: 'A Definite Lemon' - To make wireless data work on the PalmPilot, 3Com offers a new Internet service it calls "Web clippings." Critics say it's too little for too much. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Palming Prescriptions - Palm-size computers are finding their way into thousands of doctors' lab coats. Physicians may soon be throwing away their paper prescription pads. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- PalmPilot Earns Its Wings - Sounds logical: An online aviators' catalog offers the handheld device to its namesakes. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17147.html
- Parallel Parking Under the Radar - Motion sensors on cars could be key safety devices for future drivers and pedestrians. Right now, they're still just a luxury. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- Part Machine, Part Pig Liver - A bioartificial medical device helps to prevent organ failure for patients awaiting liver transplants. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17583.html
- Patching Up the Player - Advances in sports medicine have dramatically cut recovery and rehabilitation time for football players. Injuries that once ended careers today merely sideline a player for the season, or even a few games. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- Patients, Heal Thyselves - New personal medical gadgets will let patients monitor their own health and run simple tests at home. But will they make your doctor hang up his stethoscope? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- PayPal Puts Dough in Your Palm - In a few months, a new PalmPilot application will invite consumers to transfer money back and forth between one another through thin air. By Karlin Lillington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20958.html
- PCExpo: The High Wireless Act - Bring me your pagers, your PCS phones, your handheld computing devices. They'll be de rigueur accessories at the PCExpo. John Gartner reports from New York City. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20346.html
- Pentium III Draws More Fire - A privacy group readies a federal complaint against Intel and its Pentium III security features. Meanwhile, experts discover another breach. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Pharmacy on a Chip - Microchips packed with chemicals instead of data may be just what the doctor ordered. [Wired News]
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- Phone Fight on the Last Frontier - Two months after Alaska's largest long-distance phone company announced free Internet service, Alaskan ISPs have a plan for long-distance service. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19340.html
- Pine Starts D'Music - Forget having to carry all those CDs around with you, a new portable MP3/audio CD player can play more than 100 tracks stored on a single MP3 CD. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
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- Pinning Down Acupuncture - Acupuncture gets a boost in its struggle to be recognized as a legitimate medical treatment for disease. A new report shows the treatment clearly has positive effects. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20020.html
- Pirates Sneer at Intel Chip - The new Intel chip has an electronic identifier which might do everything from making e-commerce safer to threatening the thriving pirated software market. The pirates aren't worried. But privacy advocates are. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17478.html
- Plasma-Powered Trip to the Stars - Voyager I left Earth 22 years ago. Today, researchers are developing a plasma-powered craft so fast it could overtake Voyager and escape the solar system first. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21310.html
- PlayStation Clone Irks Sony - Connectix raises eyebrows at Sony by reverse-engineering the entertainment giant's PlayStation game console for the Mac platform. Rumors fly, but not lawsuits. Not yet, anyway. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- PlayStation Clone OK'd by Judge - A Federal judge denies Sony's request for a temporary restraining order that would keep a PlayStation software clone out of the hands of consumers. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17753.html
- PlayStation II: A New Beginning - Engineers are blown away by a preview of Sony's retooled gaming platform. Sony says the system is not only about fast graphics, it's about becoming the hub of digital entertainment. Leander Kahney reports from Palo Alto, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21301.html
- Plenty of Y2K Misery to Share - Microsoft clears its name in Illinois Y2K suit over its FoxPro software. Also: New Jersey food-stamp system messed up during Y2K testing. [Wired News]
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- Pollution Cleanup Goes to Waste - That stuff we're always trying to get rid of can actually be a big help. Manure and other organic waste provide a safe, cheap solution to cleaning up contaminated soil. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Pollution Cloud Blamed on Aerosol - There's a dark cloud hanging over the Indian Ocean. Literally. Scientists say it has something to do with the burgeoning global economy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20111.html
- Portable MP3s Gear Up - Diamond's Rio MP3 player may soon look like an antique with the new breed of hybrid devices entering the market. [Wired News]
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- Prescribing by Palm - A new, Web-based network for doctors is giving away 10,000 Palm PDAs to its subscribers, providing doctors on the move with access to medical records and prescriptions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19646.html
- Privacy Hack on Pentium III - The editors at a German computer magazine have discovered a hack for the controversial Pentium III serial number. Is it as safe as Intel claims? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18078.html
- PrivacyX Browser Boomerangs - The company that yanked its Web browser amid charges that it tried to cover up a bug tries a new tactic: open source. By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- PrivacyX Reverses Course - "Secure" browser hits street. Competitor finds hole. Makers of browser hide hole, claim it's fixed. But hours later, they concede the browser was released prematurely. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21573.html
- Profile: At Home's Milo Medin - Milo Medin is the brains behind At Home's cable modem network, and he's been on a mission to connect computers for almost 20 years. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
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- Programmer Reaches His Xanadu - After three decades, visionary Ted Nelson has released the source code for the legendary Xanadu project that foretold the Web of today. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Putting a Stamp on Security - The US Postal Service signs a US$22 million, four-year contract to secure its online efforts. Also: Fujitsu signs up for Linux application support. [Wired News]
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- QuickTime 4.0 Plays MP3 - Apple will introduce the newest version of its popular QuickTime multimedia software next week. Guess who's joined the streaming MP3 bandwagon? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19109.html
- Rain Drenches Net Access - Heavy rain and winds caused Bay Area power outages Tuesday, including a network outage at a UUNet hub that blitzed Net access for many Silicon Valley companies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17837.html
- Readers Speak with Third Voice - Why create a newsgroup to talk about news coverage when you can put your two cents right on the story itself? A new browser utility allows you to chime in while you surf. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19722.html
- RealNetworks Gets Video in 3-D - The RealPlayer will offer high-bandwidth users streaming live video in 3-D. The company also will deliver a 3-D text plug-in. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19519.html
- RealNetworks Has a New Tune - The streaming-media leader releases a new player for downloadable music files. Can it create a niche on the Net? Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19437.html
- Recliner for Surfing, Sipping - A new La-Z-Boy has a modem so you can Web and channel surf simultaneously, and a cooler to store your favorite beverage. Also: Japan passes phone and email snooping bill. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21260.html
- Red Planet Awaits Visitor - After traveling 670 million miles, NASA's latest Mars probe is set to reach the Red Planet this week. And the Weather Channel will never look the same. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21877.html
- Replay: Time for a Another Look - The NFL dropped instant replay after the 1991 season, saying it was too slow, too inconclusive, too disruptive. Following a season that saw several conspicuously blown calls, the league is ready to bring it back. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17607.html
- Research Network Adds Turbo Leg - Researchers on the next-generation Internet test bed have a new fast pipe to play with: a 2.5 gigabit-per-second link between Los Angeles and San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17985.html
- Researchers Find Rett Stuff - The gene responsible for Rett syndrome, a form of mental retardation in girls, has been identified. Researchers say a diagnostic tool is right around the corner. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- Researchers Swoon for Big Bucks - Private industry has spent significantly more money on university research funding in the past 20 years. Scientists worry about the chilling effect on the free exchange of information. Chris Oakes reports from Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18797.html
- Reuters to Beam News to PDAs - The news service teams with Ericsson to test a device that delivers instant news to mobile phones and PDAs. Also: ExciteAtHome is set to sell its high-speed cable Internet service in Circuit City stores. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20854.html
- Rio Goes Crypto - Upcoming versions of the Rio MP3 player will have a system for enforcing copyrights on digital music files. Meanwhile, an Australian company has built MP3 software for Windows CE devices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19294.html
- Rio Sings Toll-Free Calling Tune - The Rio MP3 playback device can play more than digital music. Hackers are circulating instructions for making it emulate the sound of quarters entering old pay phones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20409.html
- Robot to Monitor Chernobyl - The US sends a robot to the Ukraine to monitor a dangerous room near the core of the meltdown. The remote-controlled machine will spare humans the task of analyzing the structural damage. [Wired News]
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- Rocket Failure Redux - The US military halts the test of a missile defense system after the target rocket launch goes awry. Yet another flawed Star Wars sequel. [Wired News]
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- Rocket Plane Test Flight A-OK - Strapped beneath a jetliner, the X-34 reusable rocket plane soars over the Southern California desert. It's a glimpse of cheap space launches to come. Polly Sprenger reports from Edwards Air Force Base. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20487.html
- Roller Coaster Hits a New High - If you like the idea of withstanding 4.7Gs while being flipped and turned at high speed, then Great America's new coaster is for you. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20942.html
- Rubik's Cube and Y2K - What's the connection? The same kid who solved that darned puzzle at age 12 has resurfaced to pitch a solution for the millennium bug. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18075.html
- Russian Launch Site in Jeopardy - A facility in Kazakhstan that's leased by the Russians and used by international satellite companies could be on hold after a rocket failure Monday. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20589.html
- Russians Sanguine About Y2K - The country has less than US$4 million to spend on readying the computers that control its huge nuclear arsenal. No system testing is scheduled until October. No worries, officials say. [Wired News]
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- Rykodisc Endorses MP3 - The independent record label makes a deal with GoodNoise: For 99 cents a track, they'll sell you tunes from Zappa, Cockburn, Morphine, and others using the controversial digital music format. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17727.html
- Sad State of the Final Frontier - After two failed launches and US$1 billion in insurance premiums, the US space industry takes a long, hard look in the mirror. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19533.html
- Safe Diabetes Drugs On the Way - Two new drugs for the most common form of diabetes await approval from the FDA. Unlike most drugs on the market today, the new drugs don't appear to have significant side effects. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17918.html
- Safeguarding the Next Mars Probe - The loss of the latest Mars probe won't affect its sibling mission already en route to the red planet. But will NASA scientists ever get over the loss? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21947.html
- Same Hole, Different Exploit - The Windows NT security hole that emerged for the second time Monday has a new exploit, and it was released by a hacker on Friday. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20916.html
- Santa Claus Meets the Martians - NASA and the Mars Society will simulate a manned expedition to Mars near the North Pole. It's the closest thing to Mars on Earth. Niall McKay reports from Palo Alto, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18489.html
- Satellite Failure Hits AP - The GE-3 satellite spins out of control, forcing the Associated Press to turn to the Internet to distribute its news stories. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18421.html
- Satellite Offenders - It's more than an ankle bracelet. The latest accessory for tracking criminals uses Global Positioning System. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
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- Satellite Searches for Big Bang - A satellite scheduled for launch next month will scan the heavens for a hydrogen isotope that may unlock the mystery of the universe. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19112.html
- Satellite Zooming In - Feeling watched? Maybe it's the new high-resolution cameras that will soon be storing and selling pictures of cars, crosswalks, and crowds of people. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19352.html
- Scientists Code Words into DNA - You can hide a message anywhere -- in encrypted code, in briefcases, and now, inside a person's DNA. Scientists revealed the trick Wednesday. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20136.html
- Screening for Lung Cancer - CT scans may help catch the dreaded killer in its early stages. But the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute haven't endorsed screenings -- yet. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- SDMI Chooses Tracking Tech - The Secure Digital Music Initiative chooses a watermarking technology for players. It's a small step, and the group still has a long way to go. [Wired News]
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- SDMI Spec Restricts CD Copying - The new spec designed to control digital music piracy wasn't supposed to apply to existing CDs. But one such scheme made its way into the final version anyway. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20716.html
- Searching for ET with Your PC - The SETI@home project will soon release beta software for seeking traces of alien intelligence. Over 400,000 people have signed up to create what could be the world's most powerful distributed supercomputer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19557.html
- Secure Browsing? Not So Fast - A new Web service promises private, secure Web browsing, email, and chat. But a leading cryptoanalyst claims he hacked the system in 20 minutes flat. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21561.html
- Secure Downloads for Films - The nation's leading film distributor teams up with a firm that develops anti-piracy measures for digital media. The studios are hoping the joint effort will stem the tide of hackers posting films to the Net. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- Securing Digital Ditties - Zip, Clik, and Jaz go the tunes: Liquid Audio's updated player secures removable media and meets the music industry's new requirements. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20513.html
- Sega Gambles on 'Dream' Game Box - The president of videogame giant Sega shows off Dreamcast, his company's next-generation console. Object of the game: blow away PlayStation and Nintendo. Polly Sprenger reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
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- Sega Zips Up Web Integration - Iomega has developed a Zip-drive attachment for Sega's new Dreamcast, further integrating the game system with the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19225.html
- Server Bug Places Sites at Risk - About half of the Web sites running Microsoft's popular Web server software can be cracked with six lines of code. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20836.html
- Serving Linux to the Masses - Caldera is launching an easy-to-use Linux for the nontechnical masses. Experts say that it's a tasty appetizer, not a full meal. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19103.html
- SF Moving to Smart Card Transit - The San Francisco Bay Area's transportation authority wants to build a unified ticketing system. Critics and commuters put a higher premium on better service. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- SGI and HP Pick Up Linux - The open-source OS scores points in the corporate world as Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard say they will offer the software on some of their Intel-based computers. [Wired News]
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- Sharpening Up Surveillance - A new software algorithm promises to double the resolution of grainy convenience-store camera footage. More crooks will be caught, yes, but watchdogs are nervous. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17565.html
- Shedding Light in the Dark - Physicists will run tests during a total solar eclipse next month, hoping to buttress their decades-old argument debunking one of Einstein's relativity theories. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20663.html
- Show Me E-Money - Digital cash promised to let you buy on the Net with a click, only it didn't fly. Now a global bank says Magex has the magic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20014.html
- Shrewd Science - In the race to map the human genome, the man leading the private sector efforts is a magnet for criticism from those who think the ambitious database should be public domain, not for profit. [Wired News]
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- Shutting Up Cell Phones - Tired of mobile phones bleating while you're sipping your after-dinner drink? Disrupt their transmission with a nifty little jammer from Israel. If regulators will let you. By Stewart Taggart. [Wired News]
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- Shuttle Mission Scrubbed - Tuesday's liftoff of the space shuttle Columbia -- the first American space mission with a woman commander -- was aborted a split-second before the engines fired up. NASA blames a faulty detector. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Shuttle: Three Times a Charm - After two thwarted attempts to launch the Chandra X-Ray Observatory into space, the space shuttle Columbia blasts off, marking the first time in history a woman has commanded a space mission. [Wired News]
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- Sick Hospitals - Hospitals are no place for sick people. Infectious disease experts share horror stories about improper sanitation endangering patients and health care workers. [Wired News]
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- Sight for Sore Eyes - A new transplant treatment developed by Japanese researchers could restore vision to people who have suffered severe eye damage. [Wired News]
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- Silicon Crackers Tackle Casinos - One of the most technically sophisticated cheaters scammed US$6 million by chip-jacking slot machines. His secret? Sorry, pal, he took it with him to jail. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
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- Site Offers VCR Programming 101 - Kiss that flashing 12:00 on your VCR goodbye. A new Web site provides interactive guides that make electronic devices idiot-proof. By Tania Hershman. [Wired News]
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- Skywalker Gets a Bypass - A mock surgery performed on the Star Wars hero is used to demonstrate the operating room of the future to surgeons. The technology is solid, but will insurers cover it? Michael Stroud reports from Santa Barbara. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20799.html
- Small Blue -- Green and Red, Too - For under US$30, you can turn your boring black IBM ThinkPad into a flashy fashion accessory. Wonder where they got the idea for colored laptops? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22039.html
- Smart Band-Aids Deliver Meds - New bandage technology can deliver antibiotics over a period of time, reducing the frequency of dressing changes. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20149.html
- Smart Video = Smart Football - Intelligence gathering has come a long way since the Polaroid camera. Coaches can do more with less -- and do it faster. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Smooth Sailing with GPS Rollover - The Global Positioning System resets its clock without disrupting navigational systems. Some say the smooth transition bodes well for the Y2K rollover. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21380.html
- Snap to Build High-Speed Site - The laggard NBC-CNET Internet index says "Cyclone," a free, high-bandwidth service featuring video, audio, gaming, and animation, will launch this quarter. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17403.html
- Sniffing Out MS Security Glitch - The unique fingerprint that Microsoft Office covertly adds to documents may be found all over your computer. A simple check lets you see where it's hidden. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18331.html
- Sniffing Out Pheromones - Maybe people don't rely on their olfactories when finding mates after all. A molecule discovered in rats adds to the pheromone controversy. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19576.html
- So Many Problems, So Little Time - Here, a taxi meter goes haywire. There, a ship-tracking terminal fails. It appears that Y2K troubles will dribble out in the coming months, rather than hit at once. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17268.html
- Sobering News for Drunk Drivers - A remote system for monitoring blood alcohol level gives corrections officers a cheap alternative to jailing drunk drivers. By Dan Cox. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19900.html
- Solving the Mystery of Twisters - Space-based observations may be able to identify tornado-generating thunderstorms, say scientists who want to add lightning sensors to North American weather satellites. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19997.html
- Sony Beams in Music - Sony plans to launch a new music distribution channel in April using satellites and set-top boxes to deliver CD-quality music. [Wired News]
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- Sony's Bark Has Byte - Forget the Furby. Trash the Tamagotchi. Sony's new cyberdog can be programmed to do tricks and senses when you need some lovin', but it will cost you US$2,500 to collar one. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Sony's MP3 Alternative - It answers the recording industry's call with a method it says will allow digital music formats to be "moved" instead of copied. [Wired News]
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- Space Industry Blasts New Policy - The US space industry is all aflutter over new legislation that changes licensing for satellites and related technologies. Polly Sprenger reports from Colorado Springs. [Wired News]
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- Space Museum or Scrap Heap? - NASA goes begging for spare parts for its space shuttle program. Pieces of solid rocket boosters on display at an Alabama museum may find a new use in the international space station. [Wired News]
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- Space Seeds - Researchers find that chemicals commonly found in space will produce the building blocks of life when exposed to conditions simulating primordial Earth's atmosphere. [Wired News]
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- Space Station Back on Track - Things are looking up for the International Space Station. The Russian Space Agency worked out its shaky financing and will participate with NASA in the next mission on 20 May. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Space Travel Not So Far Out - The space industry is pinning its financial hopes on commercialization. Get ready for space tourism, moon villages, and satellite phones for every home in America. Polly Sprenger reports from Colorado Springs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18974.html
- Space.com Launches - Fans of alien abductions, extraterrestrials, and space exploration get a new site for news on the anniversary of the first moon walk. Coincidence or something more? [Wired News]
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- Spam That's Out of This World - Swatch will promote a new line of Internet watches by broadcasting messages from a satellite. Ham operators say the Swiss company is using a radio band reserved for non-commercial broadcasting. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- Sparking the Plug-and-Play Car - Motorola develops a streamlined socket system for plugging information gadgets into autos. Adding wireless news, entertainment, and ads could get much simpler. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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- Speculators Inundate InterNIC - The domain-name registrar hires extra staff and installs new hardware to cope with a string of attacks from spammers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17522.html
- Speech Systems Get a New Voice - A voice compression system that was used by the British army is finding its way into mobile phone networks and smartcards in Europe. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18883.html
- Starium Promises Phone Privacy - A tiny startup has a big idea: To sell cheap, untappable telephones. But not everyone wants Americans to have absolute privacy. Least of all, the government. Declan McCullagh reports from Monterey, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21236.html
- States Bug-Free for FY2000 - Forty-six states began their fiscal year 2000 on 1 July, and none report any computer glitches. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20540.html
- States to Face Early Y2K Test - The fiscal year 2000 -- will it spell doom for states' computer systems? Several state technology officers say they've had no problems with the rollover from 1999 to 2000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20514.html
- Stopping Melanoma in its Tracks - Scientists map the location of two new genes that can control the growth of deadly skin cancer cells. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17637.html
- Storm Chasing with a Laptop - Punxsutawney Phil never stuck his neck out like this. Severe storm trackers find it easier to get into -- and out of -- harm's way, thanks to new Internet monitoring tools. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18619.html
- Stream and Shout - At Home and RealNetworks are building a new streaming platform for fat pipes. The system promises new content that is at once clear, compelling ... and costly. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17371.html
- Summus Faces Uphill Fight - The tiny company signs a distribution deal to push out a plug-in that it says will tune up media players from heavyweights RealNetworks and Microsoft. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17655.html
- Sun Aligns with Palm and Apache - Sun gains important allies -- and mutual Microsoft enemies -- in its battle for platform dominance, joining hands with the Palm and open-source movements. John Gartner reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20237.html
- Sun Does Telecom Gear - The Netra 1800 server is at the center of a new effort to grab hold of the telecommunications equipment market. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17281.html
- Sun Joins Graphics Chip Fracas - The Java company is trying something new -- designing a chip that runs other languages. The company joins in the quest to capture multimedia and game developers. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21064.html
- Sun Takes a Detour on Java - Hot to have its Java programming language labeled a worldwide standard, Sun Microsystems seeks the endorsement of a European standards body. Critics say it's looking for rubber-stamp approval. By John Gartner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19563.html
- Sun U-Turns on Open Java Plan - Sun Microsystems rethinks its plan to submit the Java language as an international standard. The company blames the ISO standards body structure and pressure from Redmond. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19413.html
- Sun: Better Linux than MS - While hackers talk code and play videogames at the JavaOne conference, Sun execs hone their strategy for keeping developers away from the Microsoft camp. John Gartner reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20261.html
- Super Bowl's Other Lineup - With an audience of around 130 million viewers, the Super Bowl attracts the cream of the advertising crop. This year will be no exception. By Greg Beato. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17366.html
- Super Trees not Pulp Fiction - Scientists have engineered a tree that grows faster and can be more efficiently turned into paper. Ironically, the tree may actually be bad for the earth. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20975.html
- Superhuman Speech Machine - Researchers claim a breakthrough in neural networks will lead to superhuman speech recognition systems. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22048.html
- Surfing at 35,000 Feet - British Telecom and Excite take browsing to new heights with a plan to bring surfing to the skies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22005.html
- Swatch 'Saves' MIR - Ham operators were protesting a Swatch plan to blast messages from space. Swatch quits the project, saying it'd rather save the MIR space station. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19185.html
- Swatch Preps Email Watch - The Swiss company is working on a wristwatch capable of accessing email wirelessly from a special mousepad. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20678.html
- Swatting Down the Win 98 Bug - A day after significant security issues in Windows and ActiveX were shown at a Washington conference, companies scrambled to patch and spin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21456.html
- Swedish Crackers Taunt Mac Fans - The night before the Macworld Expo, the Web site for Macworld magazine breaks a huge story about Apple merging with Intel. But it's a fake, the handiwork of a couple of pranksters. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17145.html
- Swedish Retailer Pushes MP3 - A commerce vendor is helping European artists to market their MP3 songs over the Internet. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19650.html
- Sweet Dreams for Sleep-Deprived - Scientists conclude that a single gene is responsible for causing a hereditary sleeping disorder. If things work out, it could lead to cures for the sleep-bedeviled. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21529.html
- Take Your Dreamcast on the Road - The new Dreamcast peripheral allows gamers greater mobility with their favorite characters and games. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21347.html
- Taking Hospitals' Vital Signs - The federal government launches a Web site devoted entirely to inpatient care statistics. How does your health care provider stack up? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20505.html
- Taking the Pulse of the Media - A new diagnostic tool for spin doctors will automatically analyze news coverage, extract key messages, and react accordingly. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17900.html
- Taking the Shake Out of Video - NASA is looking to patent and license technology that helps clear up blurry video. Now those hilarious home movies of clumsy Uncle Ed could be even funnier. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19660.html
- Talkative Types Flock to Excite - With Monday's launch of voice chat rooms, Excite begins a plan to sprinkle the sound of human conversation throughout its Web-site services. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20327.html
- Teachers Call Truants' Bluff - Ferris Bueller got off lucky. Chicago public schools have a new weapon in fighting truancy -- the wireless phone. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19010.html
- Tech-Perfect Strike Zone - Major league baseball is developing technology that can judge a "true" strike zone. It'll be used to train umps, not evaluate them. Not yet, anyway. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22066.html
- Techno Bra Calls the Cops - A security bra monitors the wearer's heart rate to sense danger. When activated, it relays her location to the cops and helps them make a bust. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20517.html
- Technology Goes to the Track - Horse racing fans have plenty of handicapping technology to "help" them, but can software really improve on luck? Kristen Philipkoski reports from Saratoga Springs, New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21661.html
- Teen Builds Wearable Web Cam - A Michigan high school senior impresses his teacher with his vision for a wearable PC that works as a Web cam. MIT profs are equally amazed by his practical design. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18982.html
- Teen Devises New Crypto Cipher - An Irish schoolgirl creates a data-scrambling scheme that may one day challenge the gold standard. Sarah Flannery wins a prestigious prize and becomes a media darling. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17330.html
- Teenager Finds Web-Server Hole - A teenager in Pennsylvania gains access to the Web servers of several ISPs, thanks to a flawed security setup. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18109.html
- Telco Dealmaking - AT T wires hotel rooms. Also: Qwest joins forces with RoadRunner for broadband services. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18375.html
- Test Results Don't Add Up - California's standardized school testing results, a qualitative measurement of the state's educational system, are delayed when the data-collecting computers screw up the math. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20529.html
- Texas Fingers Welfare Fraud - Don't even think about using a fake ID to get welfare benefits in Texas. The Lone Star State is fingerprinting applicants, to the dismay of privacy advocates. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21195.html
- The (New) Picture of Health - A new diagnostic database delivers a world of information with the click of a mouse. Content-Based Image Retrieval could also put your local radiologist out of business. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20246.html
- The Belly of a PlayStation - Sony's new PlayStation, due in March 2000, ups the ante for home videogame consoles. Wait 'til you see what's inside. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18216.html
- The Best and the Brightest - Who's the smartest kid in a class full of America's smartest kids? That's the question the Intel Science Talent Search tries to answer. Deborah Scoblionkov reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18321.html
- The Bioengineered Animal Farm - Thanks to Genzyme's new Japanese patent, goats could be on their way to becoming the next big drug manufacturers. But what will it take to convince a public opposed to cloning? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19683.html
- The Blues That Make You Swing - It's no secret that athletes and actors rely on anabolic steroids to enhance their performance. But they pay a steep price for their professional muscles. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17556.html
- The Cold War Yields a Superchip - They built supercomputers to guard Soviet airspace. Now, Russian engineers have a processor that would reportedly blow the doors off Merced. There's only one problem. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18024.html
- The Coolest Internet Appliance - A Net-connected refrigerator promises to make grocery ordering as simple as swiping a bar code. It will also allow midnight snackers to check email, trade stocks, or watch cooking shows on TV. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17872.html
- The Coolest Internet Appliance - A Net-connected refrigerator promises to make grocery ordering as simple as swiping a bar code. It will also allow midnight snackers to check email, trade stocks, or watch cooking shows on TV. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17894.html
- The Cult of Java - Forget Apple ardor, Linux loyalty, or Windows ambivalence. When it comes to geek brand loyalty, Java takes the cup in getting techies to open their wallets. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20291.html
- The Dawn of a New Mesozoic Era - Plant scientists from around the world gather to assess the state of global biodiversity. The news is not good. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21059.html
- The Future of Football - Super Bowl LIII may see 7-foot, 400-pound linebackers able to retrieve information from devices surgically implanted in their skulls. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17264.html
- The Great Code Race - At the RSA Data Security Conference, a cluster of boxes joins a global network of computers to guess a very scrambled message. The bait? Ten grand. James Glave reports from Silicon Valley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17397.html
- The High Cost of Living Forever - The problem with life extension research isn't a lack of scientific interest. It's just that the people with the money think it's all poppycock. Giovanni McClellan reports from Berkeley, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21186.html
- The Home Network, Sans Windows - An alliance of tech heavies will seek a Java-based standard for networking everything and anything that you can plug in, from computers to refrigerators. Microsoft keeps to itself. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18182.html
- The Internet of the Future - Fiber optics. Gigabit routers. The full host of advanced networking technologies are on display at the Internet2 coming-out party. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18062.html
- The Killer Consumer Gossip App - A consortium of technology companies wants to pass buyers' information to every firm that helped build the product. Guess what the privacy advocates say? By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21668.html
- The Ladies Who Launch - A space specialist says NASA should use all-female crews to save money. Also: An expedition will try to recover a historic piece of American space flotsam from the Atlantic floor. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19127.html
- The Land of Milk, Honey, Water - An Israeli startup has developed an innovative water purification system that is slaking the thirst of Turkey's quake survivors. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22009.html
- The Last Party on Mir? - The last cosmonaut team in Mir's 13-year history will blast off for the ailing station Friday night. Also: Qualcomm and Ericsson enter talks over wireless protocol spat. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18007.html
- The Latest Buzz on Land Mines - US Department of Energy researchers enlist a new squad of daredevils to help locate minefields: honeybees. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
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- The Light That Cracks the Code - Electronic commerce is built atop codes and ciphers that are just about impossible to break mathematically. But a new design for a specialized optical computer throws that assumption to the wind. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19493.html
- The Lights Will Stay On - North American power utilities tested the massive backup system that will kick in in case of a Y2K failure. The verdict? All systems go. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19048.html
- The Linux Free-for-All - Open-source-software pilgrims touch the garments of their idols and renew their own T-shirt supplies at the first LinuxWorld. Polly Sprenger reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18234.html
- The Little Engine that Might - The Entropy engine sucks heat from the atmosphere to produce nonpolluting power that requires no fuel whatsoever. Skeptics abound. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21641.html
- The Medium that Made the Game - It was television that tranformed professional football from a nice autumn game into America's most popular spectator sport. And TV's biggest moment in any football season is the Super Bowl. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17244.html
- The Monster in an X-Box - Can you keep a secret? Well then, you should know that Microsoft is developing a games console. It's strictly hush-hush, so don't breathe a word of this to anyone. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21712.html
- The Music Industry Countdown - Coming up with new music formats and secure technologies is easy compared to agreeing on a standard. The RIAA and friends tackle tough issues on a tight deadline. By Christoper Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19847.html
- The New Bunker Mentality - A data-protection company opens shop in a fortified command center forsaken by the US military. Sounds like a nice place to spend the apocalypse. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17324.html
- The Next Stage for MP3 - It began as a PC phenomenon. Now, new player devices are moving MP3 music audio into home entertainment. By Christoper Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18547.html
- The Non-Refundable Refund - A year ago, Australian PC buyer Geoffrey Bennett exercised a refund clause in his Windows end-user agreement. Today his actions have launched a grassroots movement and possible allegations of collusion against Microsoft. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17452.html
- The Office in a Browser - Forget installing applications -- networked software is the future. Sun, Microsoft, and IBM are building Web-based offices that can be accessed from anywhere. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21697.html
- The Opposite of Attraction - Researchers at Penn discover evidence of materials with opposite charges that repel each other instead of attract. They can build themselves into nifty contraptions, too. By Kristen Philipkoski [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20797.html
- The Patch for Low Libido - A skin patch that delivers testosterone may work on women as well as men. A study shows that women suffering from low sex drive after having hysterectomies were helped by the patch. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20245.html
- The Phone on a Chip - Lucent's five-in-one microprocessor puts Internet telephony within reach of small- to mid-sized businesses. The tiny chip makes its debut this week at NetWorld+Interop. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19590.html
- The Power of Plastic - A team of NASA scientists develops plastic muscles for an upcoming space mission. The project could be a prototype for the first bionic limb. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18005.html
- The Shuttle "Beast" Grows Up - Is the shuttle an anxious adolescent ready to take on the world, or a mid-life crisis adult out shopping for a Ferrari? Space experts debate where the shuttle goes from here. Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21008.html
- The Skinny on Skin Grafts - A new method of creating skin from living human cells may one day replace the painful and time-consuming therapy currently in use in most hospitals. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17912.html
- The Smart Pump: Insulin Inside - A chip-based, artificial pancreas may one day make life easier for millions of insulin-dependent diabetics. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20075.html
- The Software That Suits You - Clothes make the man, and technology makes the clothes. Lasers replace the tape measure to produce perfectly tailored menswear. Steve Kettmann reports from Berlin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21274.html
- The Super Bowl Stripe - There's the coach's clicker, the telestrator, and the Fox box. Now, there's the first-down line. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17192.html
- The Super-Duper Hypercomputer - An obscure Utah company introduces Hal: a computer about the size of most PCs, but a blazing 60,000 times faster. Skeptics abound. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17862.html
- The Test-Tube Ovary - A woman who investigated her condition online has an ovarian transplant -- a procedure that, if successful, could restore fertility to women who have lost their reproductive organs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18095.html
- The Tiniest Motor Ever - The first molecular motors will help scientists finally understand what makes natural biological motors tick. On the horizon are machines of just a few atoms, even new motors for humans. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21698.html
- The Web's New Graffiti? - Users can "draw a mustache" on any Web page with the new Third Voice utility. Not everyone is happy about the free-speech enabler. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20101.html
- The Wimp Factor: It's Genetic - Johns Hopkins researchers say a gene variation decides whether pain makes you scream or if you stoically tough it out. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- The World in Your Palm - 3Com and America Online pair up to deliver AOL email to Palm handhelds, and a Palm/pager combo offers an alternative to wireless modems for email and information access. John Gartner reports from New York. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20375.html
- The World's Smallest Server - It's the size of a match-head and cost only 49 cents to build, but it may not be quite ready to handle an e-commerce site yet. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21265.html
- Thieves Hit Phone Center - Armed robbers break into a telephone-switching center in Las Vegas. Their peculiar haul: telephone-switching gear. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17126.html
- Thin Within - An American Medical Association study indicates that bulimia may have physiological, as well as psychological, roots. [Wired News]
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- Think Different About Upgrading - Apple jimmied its iMac-looking G3s to make them incapable of upgrading to G4 technology. Older Macs still have a future, but owners of new G3s are peeved. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21583.html
- Thinking Like a Serial Killer - Law enforcement officers in the Pacific Northwest turn to artificial intelligence for help hunting down serial murderers and rapists. By Vince Beiser. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19940.html
- Thinner, Sexier PalmPilots - The world's most successful handheld organizer gets lighter and sleeker with the introduction of a couple of cousins. Say hello to the Palm V and the Palm IIIx. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18045.html
- Thinner, Sexier PalmPilots - The world's most successful handheld organizer gets lighter and sleeker with the introduction of a couple of cousins. Say hello to the Palm V and the Palm IIIx. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18053.html
- Third Dimension for the Web - Since the dawn of the commercial Web, advocates of 3-D technology have searched for ways to make it more efficient. A new spec may hold the key. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17847.html
- Third Voice Patches Holes - Web utility maker Third Voice says it plugged up vulnerabilities in its system that opened its users to security risks. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- Third Voice Rips Holes in Web - Web utility Third Voice not only lets users open their minds through lively debate -- it can also open their browsers to security risks. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20636.html
- This Emergency is a Test - Emergency medical technicians -- the people on the front line in any disaster -- use virtual reality to practice saving victims of biological warfare. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21954.html
- This Little Piggie Smells Better - Pigs stink, and large-scale pork production wreaks havoc on its surroundings. Canadian scientists think they've developed the recipe for a genetically enhanced porker that's friendly to the environment. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20394.html
- Time-Bomb Virus Explodes on PCs - The 26 April virus is for real. Although Melissa may have touched more users, those infected by the CIH virus spend much longer in rehab. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19334.html
- Titan Misfire Caused by Software - Failure continues to plague the US space industry. Lockheed Martin's Titan 4 misfires its payload into the wrong orbit and botches a US$1.2-billion mission. This time, software is being blamed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19611.html
- To Sleep, Perchance, at Night - After almost 40 years of research, scientists have found the gene that causes narcolepsy in dogs and mice. The discovery could provide a way to stop humans from falling asleep at the wheel. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21135.html
- Too True to Be Good? - Pioneers of digital cinematography gather at the San Jose Film Festival and discuss the challenge of making films that are too realistic for some. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18176.html
- Torvalds: Preserve the 'F Word' - Software code is not always sterile and clean, and Linux is no exception. The code is littered with colorful language, which is just fine with the operating system's creator. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20135.html
- Tracking the Cancer Gene - A specialized "gene chip" accelerates the classification of DNA information, helping researchers trace the genes that produce tumors. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19296.html
- Tracking the Flu Online - Wondering if a virulent strain of influenza A or B has struck your travel destination? Log on, and say, "Ahhh." By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18297.html
- Translating Extreme Geek Speak - Bayer signs a US$100 million deal for a new software platform developed by Lion Bioscience. They call it i-biology, and it's more than just a buzzword. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20395.html
- Troubles with Tracking - Webmonkey explores some of the pitfalls involved in counting site traffic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17158.html
- Truste's Test: Going After MS - Internet self-regulation gets its first big test this week, as a privacy watchdog group considers whether to investigate Microsoft's privacy practices. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18476.html
- Turning Structures Inside Out - Scientists use sound waves to scout for flaws and cracks in concrete structures -- an advance that could lead to safer buildings, bridges, and freeways. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21650.html
- Turning the Body Inside Out - A new ultrasound technology takes diagnosticians on a fantastic journey inside the human body, enabling them to predict strokes and breast cancer as never before. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19418.html
- TV Site Reveals Personal Data - Until Wednesday morning, a Web site for a Fox affiliate in the Midwest unknowingly listed the unauthorized personal information of viewers who had mailed the station feedback. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17437.html
- Twice in a Blue Moon - A "blue moon" is said to occur when there's a full moon twice within a calendar month. That phenomenon happens twice during 1999, although an astronomy magazine says the term is a misnomer -- for which it may be to blame. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18886.html
- UK Businessman Booted Off Mir - The unlucky Russian space station picked the wrong poster boy when they agreed to let a British businessman pay US$100 million for a ride on Mir. He's been kicked out for not coming up with the dough. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19895.html
- UK Cloning Ban Extended - Many years ago, British scientists had recommended limited research in using human embryos to create cloned tissue. But growing concern about the rapid advancement of technology has led the British government to extend a ban on human cloning. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20407.html
- Universal Promises SDMI Music - Universal Music plans to put its tunes into SDMI devices and services when they arrive. It also promises support, but isn't getting specific yet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20828.html
- Unmasking Chat Room Impostors - Ever wonder who you're really chatting with online? A new game based on the Turing test may tell whether she is really a he, and vice versa. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21754.html
- US Exporting Tainted Corn? - Greenpeace says tests show that genetically modified maize was illegally shipped to Russia. The allegations coincide with a conference to establish international trade policy. From the Environment News Service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21793.html
- US Firms Sling Singapore Offers - American heavyweights are taking advantage of depressed values for electronics stocks to get a foothold in Asia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17112.html
- US Navy Closes Doors Down Under - Australian residents should be wary when the USS Carl Vinson docks in their part of the world. The warship's communication system puts Tasmanian garage doors and car alarm systems on the fritz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19166.html
- US: 9-9-99 a Piece of Cake - The Energy Department billed this supposedly problematic date as a power-grid dress rehearsal for Y2K. Surprise, surprise -- the utilities reported no problems. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21654.html
- Vaccines Without the Pain - Forget your fears of getting vaccine shots. Researchers have developed a new, painless alternative that is rubbed directly into the skin. It works even better if you're hairy. By Lindsey Arent [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21479.html
- Valentines Safe from Prying Eyes - Hallmark deletes a file full of valentines and other mushy stuff that was inadvertantly left exposed to the world on the company's electronic greetings site. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17902.html
- Vanity Cure for Migraines - Patients receive an injection of a toxin to smooth their furrowed brows, and miraculously their migraines go away. Who says getting a makeover is a headache? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22006.html
- Vinyl Bags Not So Groovy - IV bags may be delivering more to patients than just their medication. A new study indicates the vinyl used in the bags' production can leach into intravenous fluids and damage organ systems. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20238.html
- Virgin Net Sues Customer - Virgin Net gets blacklisted because of a spamming customer's actions. The ISP retaliates by filing suit against the offender. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19224.html
- Viruses Cost Big Bucks - Virus and worm attacks cost companies more than US$7 billion in the first two quarters of 1999, a new study concludes. The solution? Turn your shopping cart to the security products aisle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20297.html
- Vitamin A vs. Cancerous Cells - A US study shows that vitamin A derivatives raise the level of cancer-killing molecules in the body. The derivatives could help scientists develop a promising weapon in the war on cancer. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20611.html
- Vitamin C Calms, Cures - Break out the orange juice. Massive doses of vitamin C may reduce the effects of stress to prevent disease. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21379.html
- Voice Recognition is a 'Dragon' - The days of simply telling your computer what to do are approaching, but the world of Judy Jetson is still a daydream. The latest edition of Dragon's voice recognition software comes the closest yet. A Wired News product review by Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21950.html
- VR Opens Window into the Body - Virginia Medical School is using virtual reality to help diabetics "see" within their bodies. Researchers hope it can teach patients to increase circulation to problem areas. By Joshua Lucas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21999.html
- Waiting for WAP - Supporters say the Wireless Access Protocol promises to bring Web services to tiny cell-phone screens. But when? Chris Oakes reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20521.html
- Waiting for Windows Refund Day - Users who want to jettison Windows in favor of another operating system are technically entitled to a refund. On 15 February, they plan to put that in writing. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17442.html
- Walkman Does Digital Downloads - Sony joins the portable digital music player club with its latest Walkman. Also: Diamond Multimedia upgrades the Rio player with more memory. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21893.html
- War Is Virtual Hell - If you thought Saving Private Ryan was the most realistic war movie ever made, just imagine what'll happen when the Army teams with the USC film school. Michael Stroud reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21329.html
- Waste Not Want Not - NASA funds a project to make sure astronauts' waste goes to good use. The stuff we flush could one day provide fuel and power for space shuttles. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21773.html
- Watershed for Digital Music - The music industry's standard for safeguarding digital music against piracy is complete and awaiting final approval. Detractors still think it's an industry power grab. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20455.html
- Web Email for Your Eyes Only - Want to send a very private email to a friend overseas? ZipLip.com uses the security already built into your browser to offer secure Web-based messaging. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20228.html
- Web Football? Fuhgeddaboutit - Going online is great for looking up stuff, buying stuff, and just killing time. But it's not ready to be your prime source for Super Bowl XXXIII. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17294.html
- Web Phone: Sizzle But No Steak - Cell phone access to the Web is here. The only thing missing is content. Some think it may stay that way. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18120.html
- Web Publishing the Microsoft Way - Office 2000 ships Thursday, with features that leverage Microsoft's server and browser software. But will Web standards be rendered irrelevant? By Oscar Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20129.html
- Web Talk Getting Crowded - Oddly named Odigo and Utok join the growing list of services for discussing and annotating Web sites. Each is a variation on a new layer of Internet communication. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20886.html
- Well-Armed Against Cancer - A Texas research team is the first to use a robotic arm to help guide the surgical treatment of malignant tumors. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18339.html
- What Did Jaws Really Want? - Sharks are just misunderstood. Great whites are not the eating machines we once thought. Soft, fatty items, such as seals, are far more appealing to the toothy carnivores than human flesh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20340.html
- What Is National Security? - For a long time the Soviet Union was the villain. But who is America's enemy today? Uncle Sam wants you to help decide. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18905.html
- What it Takes to Be Fastest - Inverse Technology ranks America Online as the fastest ISP for loading popular Web pages. But AOL uses a cache, and that could skew the results. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17579.html
- When Dot Com Isn't Enough - ICANN is contemplating whether to add new domains like .web, store., or .news. Others aren't waiting to see if it does, and are building their own root server alternatives. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21507.html
- When Secrecy Stops Science - Yes, it's bad to share the recipe for a really big bomb. But scientific secrecy can go too far. An MIT colloquium tries to strike a balance. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18740.html
- Where's Netscape's New Browser? - It's late, very late. Netscape watchers say the company can be excused for taking a risk and doing things right. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18549.html
- White House Orders Rocket Probe - The heat is on the space industry as President Clinton requests further investigation into a series of ill-fated US rocket launches. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19780.html
- Why Mickey's from Mars - Modifying a gene in rodents makes males more aggressive, while changing the same gene in females makes them more passive. Could this lead to a decisive weapon in the battle of the sexes? By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21776.html
- Will MP3 Walk Over Walkmans? - In a move that may push leery consumers to adopt digital music devices, both Diamond Multimedia and Creative Labs release souped-up portable MP3 players. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19065.html
- Will Robots Sail Your Veins? - New York University scientists are building tiny machines out of strands of DNA, with an eye to setting them loose on blood clots. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17376.html
- Windows 'Beta' Ready for Sale - Compaq, Dell, and Micron are preparing to ship PCs with it, Microsoft is already selling it, but Redmond insists that the Windows 2000 Beta 3 rollout is a test, only a test. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19358.html
- Windows 2000, $59.95 a Peek - Microsoft is trying to build the buzz for Windows 2000 by releasing a beta while no formal release is in sight. One analyst says the strategy could backfire. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19407.html
- Windows 2000, or Whenever - IT managers say they're going to wait for Microsoft to iron out the kinks in its upcoming OS before installing it on their systems. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18298.html
- Wireless DVD on TV - DVD movies have found homes in laptops and PCs, but oh, those small screens. A wireless transmitter can zap movies from the den to the family room with nary a flicker. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21160.html
- Wireless Group on the Fast Track - Wireless networking companies are banding together to develop a faster-than-land-line standard. Also: IBM and Siemens share chip technology.... Pentium III prices plummet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21392.html
- Wireless in Seattle - Wireless transmitters for automated airport check-in, particle-sized communicators called Smart Dust, and a new e-book are among the technologies to debut at MobiCom 99. Niall McKay reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21300.html
- Wireless Protocol Has Its Day - Unwired Planet -- which once hoped to squeeze the Web onto cell phones -- scales back its plans to accommodate intranet users. Cell-phone manufacturers like what they see. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17318.html
- Worm Targeting Virus Writers? - The programmer behind WinExploreZip may be driven by more than anti-Microsoft feelings. The worm appears aimed at other virus writers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20163.html
- Worm Zeroes In on Microsoft - Users of Microsoft products -- and that's practically everybody -- run the greatest risk of being nailed by the latest Internet virus. Microsoft says it's reacting with all due speed. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20169.html
- Wound-Up DefCon Winds Down - DefCon 7 wraps with media-hacker showdowns and high-energy presentations. Polly Sprenger reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20671.html
- www.isyourdomainnamehere.com? - Www.bristly.com. Sounds like the perfect site for a porcupine, especially since www.porcupine.com is taken. Here is a list of the remaining dot-com domain names. The "X's" and "Z's" are all taken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19116.html
- X-Raying to See the Past - Archaeologists are applying new synchrotron radiation technologies to explore the secrets of an ancient society. By Ayla Jean Yackley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21440.html
- XML Takes Another Step - One of the building blocks falls into place on the eXtensible Markup Language -- the specification that some expect will replace HTML as the language of the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17336.html
- Y2K Is Still an Aviation Bugaboo - Much Y2K aviation work remains, especially among smaller carriers and international airlines, the FAA told a congressional hearing Thursday. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21676.html
- Y2K Military Minutiae on Track - US troops need not worry about Army-issued T-shirts or combat boots come 1 January 2000 -- the Department of Defense says its logistics computers are all systems go. Declan McCullagh reports from Fairfax, Virginia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20723.html
- Y2K Naysayer Changes His Tune - A leading Y2K expert does an about-face on his original proclamation to beware air travel. He books an overnight flight from Chicago to London on New Year's. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21062.html
- Y2K: Watch the World Turn - How's France going to do when the Gregorian odometer turns into three zeroes? Will Tonga be the first to crash and burn? Watch the world enter Y2K in Web time. Stewart Taggart reports from Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21723.html
- Yachts of Luck for Engineers - AmericaOne, the tech-savvy contender in next year's America's Cup, will welcome aboard the winning designer of a crucial mast device. Steve Kettmann reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20189.html
- Yahoo Two-Faced on Spam - Yahoo's free email and other services boast strict anti-spam policies. But the Yahoo Store service recommends sending out unsolicited email. Don't do as we say, do as we do. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21461.html
- Yahoo's Offline Communities - A brownout derails the behemoth's service, as user messages take 24 hours or more to post. This, along with the shutdown of Netcenter's counterpart, raises the question: Are portals really committed to online communities? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18998.html
- Yahoo: Your House Is My House - It's not such a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Yahoo moves into GeoCities and announces that it owns every homestead on the block. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20472.html
- You Are What Your Mom Ate - A new study reveals a surprising correlation between the tiniest babies and the most common form of diabetes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17924.html
- Your Data, Your Choice - Privacy cards. Privacy seals. Infomediaries. How will an informed Net user choose between the growing array of options for online data protection? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18678.html
- Your Private Email on Parade? - For at least two weeks, personal mail kept at the MailStart and MailStart Plus Web email services were wide open to crackers. A bug at least a year old is blamed. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20481.html
- Zero-Knowledge: Nothing Personal - When you browse the Web or send an email, you leave footprints. Zero-Knowledge Systems promises to change that by offering totally untraceable surfing. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17820.html
- Zeroing In on Cell-Phone 911s - New technology will pinpoint a mobile-phone user's location to within 5 feet -- a potential lifesaver in 911 calls. But watchdogs say the data will inevitably be within the reach of snoops. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20504.html
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