Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   FBI Spam: 'Look Out for Terrorists' - When John Bolding received an unsolicited terrorist advisory from the FBI, he thought it was an honest mistake. He soon learned it wasn't, and that he was just one of 100,000 recipients. [Wired News]   FBI Sweet on Crypto Proposal - A new industry proposal, led by Cisco Systems and Network Associates, aims to allow law enforcement agencies access to scrambled messages as they pass over the Net's interchanges. By James Glave. [Wired News]   FBI Tracks the Denim Trail - First it was genes, and now it's jeans that the FBI is using to identify criminal suspects. The unique wear patterns of denim may not be as iron-clad as DNA evidence, but the technique has already bagged a couple of crooks. [Wired News]   Feeding Frenzy Over Netscape Code - While Microsoft shrugged and touted its own browser components, developers looked under the hood of Netscape's newly released browser code. [Wired News]   Filename Bug Leaves Servers Open to Snoops - Microsoft has issued a patch for a bug that could leave files on their Windows NT web server open to prying eyes. [Wired News]   Filtering Out the Filters - A university student makes a point about censorship on the Net by breaking Netscape's content-filtering option. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Finding Brand Names Fast - Can't remember that Southwest Airlines is at iflyswa.com? No problem, the Real Name System will change all that, starting on Monday with AltaVista. [Wired News]   Finding Genomic Road Signs - Sequencing the human genome is a mere prelude to the real work of finding the actual genes. A Texas researcher is giving away a tool on the Web that can help scientists chart the map of human life. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   Finding the Fakes - Trying to put a dent in the worldwide counterfeiting business, a company develops a device for tagging and tracking products anywhere. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Fishing the Good Fish - A billion pounds of fish are lost each year as fisheries scoop up unwanted species. New software gives the fishing industry a more accurate picture of what's lurking below the bow. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Found in Space - NASA scientists locate their wayward spacecraft 27 hours after radio communications were severed Sunday. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Free Software's Watchful Eyes - The developer of an alternative Mac operating system used free source code without following the rules, and it wasn't long before he heard about it. [Wired News]   Freed Software Winning Support, Making Waves - When Netscape freed its browser code last week, the company endorsed the time-tested principle of "copyleft," where the author of a copyrighted work forgoes restrictions on modifying or reproducing the work. [Wired News]   Freelancing in the Web World - So you think you've got the cojones to be a freelancer, eh? Then join Evany as she gives you some pointers on this wild and woolly career move. From Webmonkey. [Wired News]   From Ants to Einstein - Edward O. Wilson explains how Nature's law and Moore's Law point to a unified theory of everything. [Wired News]   From Criminals to Web Crawlers - A search-engine technology developed with the help of the FBI has made a dramatic impact on police investigations. Now it's set to take on what could be a more daunting challenge: the Web. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Gassing Up Your Cell Phone - A micro fuel cell is being developed at a Los Alamos National Lab spinoff that can convert methanol fuel into new life for cell phones. [Wired News]   Gates Sees a Clearer Future - In his keynote address to the Comdex trade show, Bill Gates foretells a future where computer screens are easy to read. Sounds like a guy with a bad case of eyestrain. Polly Sprenger reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   Gene Transfer a Success - University of North Carolina researchers have transferred whole healthy genes into human cells. The development is the first step toward treating genetic diseases. [Wired News]   GeoCities Black Hole No Biggie - The "largest community on the Web" has joined Netcom and the Microsoft Network as the target of a widespread and powerful anti-spam black hole that usually leads to chaos. Most members haven't noticed, however. By Michael Stutz. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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