Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1997 > Culture New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   UK's Guardian Newspaper Closes Webzine - Shift Control was an ambitious and well-funded attempt by England's Guardian newspaper to forge an online presence. Witty and upbeat, it never seemed to connect with its niche, and its end came as little surprise to British Web-watchers. [Wired News]   USGA Says Web Site Slices into its Turf - The golf association wants to retain its monopoly on handicapping, and tells a Web site to cease and desist. [Wired News]   UUNET Given the 'Death Penalty' - The major backbone ISP is targeted by some sys admins' 'cancelbot' in response to intense volume of spam issued from its dial-ups. [Wired News]   Unconvention Zeroes in on UFO Research - Researchers and the curious are once again gathering to examine the weird world of things Fortean. [Wired News]   Undernet Shaken by Anti-Porn Crusade - An evangelist who claims that his God-given calling is to "make America straighter and whiter" is causing anguish on the Undernet. [Wired News]   Universities Irked by Yahoo Ratings System - The "100 Most Wired Colleges" report has earned Yahoo a bad grade from upset colleges. [Wired News]   University Kills Students' Security Site - AntiOnline, a resource for those interested in computer security, has been shut down and access to the network denied to the two University of Pittsburgh students who ran the site. [Wired News]   VR Artist Re-Creates Paleolithic Times - The Caves of Lascaux are closed to tourists, but the curious can explore artist Benjamin Britton's VR simulation of the Paleolithic dwelling. [Wired News]   VRML-Pushers Still Eager to Hook Users - Mark Pesce's new animation company is trying to sell the VR language as a medium for storytelling. Despite VRML's mixed-success history, some recent coups seem encouraging. [Wired News]   Velvet Rope Bolts over AOL 'Censorship' - The fount of music-industry gossip will move to the Web, as the moderator of the exclusive forum refuses to pay extra for the right to swear. [Wired News]   Vengeance on AOL is Yours, Sayeth SegaSoft - Jumping on the bandwagon of resentment sweeping the AOL world, SegaSoft unleashes its defacing software. [Wired News]   Vet's Site Chronicles Deadly 'Atomic Duty' - As Desert Storm vets contend with the possibility of a government cover-up of their exposure to nerve gas, a survivor of Cold War A-bomb experiments tells his story on a powerful Web site. [Wired News]   Videoconferencing Tops This Month's Hype List - Other overhyped memes: Stamps of Approval, War for Eyeballs, Smart Pagers, Progressive Rock. [Wired News]   Videogaming by Degree - Several schools now offer degree programs in videogame design. While arguments over the different programs' merits are numerous and heated, the quickly growing industry needs workers. [Wired News]   Viewing Source at Heaven's Gate - The words behind the pages on the suicide cult's Web site. [Wired News]   Vigilantes Grant UUNET Stay of Execution - The administrators who issued the "Death Penalty" against UUNET have taken it back, citing a reduction in spam issued from the ISP's servers. A little legal bluster didn't hurt either. [Wired News]   Village Voice-MS Alliance Just a 'Data Deal' - The independent weekly will provide raw entertainment listings for Sidewalk - just like it does for Yahoo New York. So what's the fuss? [Wired News]   Virgin Net Users Get the Big ByeBye - An annoying cracker called ByeBye is kicking users off Virgin's server and crashing their machines. [Wired News]   Virtual Babies Just Need Bandwidth - Participants at the Virtual Humans Conference hail coming simulations to serve and entertain. [Wired News]   Virtual Communities: The Next Hot Major? - MIT researchers and online icons like Howard Rheingold and Amy Bruckman ponder the academic study of online interaction. [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 45 46 47 48 49 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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