Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Hypertext Guru Has New Spin on Old Plans - After toiling over his mythical Xanadu publishing system since 1960, Ted Nelson told stunned WWW7 conference-goers that he is finally set to release software based on the paradigm into the public domain. [Wired News]   IBM Closes Crypto 'Back Door' - IBM researchers shore up a vulnerability in one of the most widely used encryption systems on the Net. It's not stronger encryption they're offering, but a way to seal a back door once considered too insignificant to worry about. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   IBM Meets Digital on the 1,000-MHz Roof - In the lead-up to a major chip industry conference, IBM matches DEC in 1-GHz chip speeds. [Wired News]   IBM to Build Custom Java Chips - Licensing Sun's processor design for chips that speak native Java, IBM said the agreement is a building block in its networked computing strategy. [Wired News]   IBM's Walkman PC - Big Blue demonstrates its new Wearable PC in Japan. And it's a full-blown Windows 98 computer. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   ICQ Password Problem Squashed - As of Friday, a security hole in the world's most popular instant messaging system allowed a malicious user to masquerade as another user. The company patched the hole, but other security issues remain. By James Glave. [Wired News]   ISP Homepage Hacker Taunts FBI - A hacker who claims to be one of the central figures in the FBI's investigation of "cyberattacks" on the Pentagon has stepped into the spotlight. "Analyzer" broke into the NetDex Web site yesterday, and left his calling card. [Wired News]   Indexing the Video Frontier - Seeking footage of Regis kissing Kathie Lee? The pope in the pope-mobile? As video libraries grow online, interest in searching them will grow, too. Video analysis is the technology for the (daunting) job ahead, but media-makers from ABC to PBS - and technology vendors like Microsoft - are starting to pay heed. [Wired News]   Infoseek Goes Bilingual - XML, touted as the next-generation Web language, finds a home with a major search engine. Advocates applaud and say it will mean a smarter Web one day. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Intel Dips Futuristic Pen in Invisible Ink - Industrial designers at the Engineering Design Research Center have teamed with Intel on a futuristic project: Digital Ink, a ballpoint pen that uses embedded processors to track strokes and character recognition software to record what it writes. [Wired News]   Intel Guns High and Low - The revamped Celeron processor should give Intel a solid offering among budget PCs, while its new 450 MHz Pentium II chip is aimed at speedier tastes. By Claudia Graziano. [Wired News]   Intel Juices Memory Bank - The world's biggest computer-chip company shells out US$500 million for a 6 percent stake in memory chipmaker Micron to help speed development of next-generation memory devices. [Wired News]   Intel's 3D Power Play? - Intel gets behind a scalable 3D file format and openly publishes the spec. But since the VRML Consortium is working on similar technology, what's Intel's motive? Simple: Get Pentium-hungry 3D going ASAP. [Wired News]   Intel: Graphics Chip to Make PCs Life-like - The chip giant promises 3-D realism and an "enriched visual experience" from its new graphics accelerator. [Wired News]   Internet Explorer Bug Makes a Return Visit - A new IE bug - related to a bug that surfaced last November - has prompted Microsoft to create yet another patch for its browser. [Wired News]   Internet Hacking For Dummies - A panel discussion at "Computers, Freedom, and Privacy" conference in Texas reviewed common security blunders, and offered sound advice for protecting sensitive data. [Wired News]   Internet Keywords Patent Spat - A new lawsuit charges Centraal with infringing on Netword's recently patented keyword technology, in a case that could have implications for Netscape's new Smart Browser. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Intruders in The Palace - The chat company issued a crucial software fix Friday, correcting a bug that allows rogue servers to send any type of code to hard drives of community members. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Inventor Warns MS on Patents - Drexler Technology's CEO says that Microsoft is in danger of infringing on more than five patents he holds relating to optical memory -- a compact-storage technology that may be built into future Windows CE devices. [Wired News]   Invisible on the Web - Worried about having your personal information filed away in nameless and numerous marketing clearinghouses? A new service offers a potential solution: an anonymous dialup account that protects your identity in the Web world. 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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