Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   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]   $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]   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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   '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]   'Second Childishness' is Science - A 20-year study shows the progression of Alzheimer's disease mirrors childhood development, except in reverse. [Wired News]   '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]   '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]   '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]   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]   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]   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]   4 Legs Good, 2 Legs Bad - Scientists at Harvard genetically engineer a chicken embryo to grow legs instead of wings. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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