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TV Set to Go Digital - It's been accused of being a vast wasteland, but thanks to a new accord on digital TV standards, the boob-tube view is about to improve. [Wired News]
 
TeleVillage Takes Compton Straight Into the Net - ATMs are hard to find in Compton, California. But commuters won't have any problems finding public-access ISDN. [Wired News]
 
Telecom Finland Picks Up the Internet Phone - The technology that some said would gut the phone companies is now being marketed by one. [Wired News]
 
Teledesic Putting $9 Billion Into Orbit - Teledesic says its 800 low-orbit satellites will bring better bandwidth at less cost. [Wired News]
 
The Future of Batteries: Think Plastic - They're lighter, can be made to any size and shape - and they could power a spacecraft and your Walkman. [Wired News]
 
The Future of Federal Labs: Only In Cyberspace? - The US$42-million Joint Genome Institute won't need a furniture budget. It will be built solely in cyberspace. [Wired News]
 
The Gilder Paradigm - Every economic era is based on a key abundance and a key scarcity. Today transistors are abundant, bandwidth scarce. [Wired News]
 
The New Economy of Computation - Agoric systems decentralize decision-making and information gathering on the Net [Wired News]
 
The Smell of Leather, the Power of a PC? Intel Tunes Up. - Intel wants to put a Pentium inside your car. But will consumers trade off horsepower for processing power? [Wired News]
 
US Media Ignores Real Fate of Failed Russian Probe - The Mars probe did not crash in the Pacific; it crashed on Chile and Bolivia. Did the US media ignore the real story? [Wired News]
 
Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable, Heal Thyself - A new 25,000-kilometer undersea cable spanning the Pacific can take a break without losing a byte. [Wired News]
 
Video Memories Fade Fast - Those family videos may not last forever, unless they're backed up every several years. [Wired News]
 
Voxels Allow Doctors to Get Beneath the Surface - Andrew Rozmiarek explains how medical professionals are making extensive use of volume-rendering technology, to provide detail beyond what X-ray, MRI, and CT scans currently show. [Wired News]
 
WebCom Security Software Failed in Server Attack - A simliar "syn flood" attack has also crippled The New York Times' Web server. But don't blame the hacker zines. [Wired News]
 
WebTV Opens the Web to a New World of Nontechnical Users - Interactive TV may be dead and buried, but WebTV is on to something big - and doing it right [Wired News]
 
Who's Been Linking to Your Page? Find Out - Search engines tell part of the story, but referer logs reveal the specifics. [Wired News]
 
Who's Got the Biggest? Tune in to Times Square - Panasonic's big boob tube nudges Sony off the center stage for New Year's Eve. [Wired News]
 
Will ActiveX Threaten National Security? - ActiveX threatens Internet security. More chillingly, it may also threaten national security. [Wired News]
 
Will Gene-Control Report Curb Power, or Spur Clash? - The Human Genome Project's social-issues group is demanding greater autonomy and more funds. A milestone report comes out next month. [Wired News]
 
World's First Robot2Robot Chat Room - A robot in England boots up a robot in New York [Wired News]
 
 

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