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Iridium's Final Thrust: the World Watches - As Motorola prepares to launch the last of 66 satellites for its global wireless Iridium network, a new chapter in data communications is about to begin. Whether the network will work as billed is another question. [Wired News]

Iridium: All Systems Still Go - Rocket troubles won't stand in the way of Iridium's plans for offering service by the end of September, its chief says. [Wired News]

Is DOD Hacker Home Free in Israel? - Analyzer, who has come forward as the tutor of the two California teens implicated in recent attacks on government Web servers, is reportedly a resident of Israel. Given his location, federal agents may have a difficult job bringing him in. [Wired News]

Java Clone Laid Open - Transvirtual has released an "open source" version of Java to challenge Sun's own implementation. The purpose? To make the language accessible to more people with fewer strings attached. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]

Java Jumping Out of the Box? - Java applets used to download to your computer and run there. But a new technololgy sets them free to zip around the Net, performing useful tasks. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]

Java Programmers a Keen, Dedicated Bunch - A survey of Windows developers reveals that those who use Java are more cognizant of industry standards, and more deeply dedicated to their platform. [Wired News]

Java Talk With Gosling - At the Software Development '98 conference in San Francisco, Java's creator discussed the here and now of his prized language, and dropped clues about where it's headed. [Wired News]

Java Wins First Set-Top OS Role - In plans for set-top boxes aimed at US consumers, Java has so far played second fiddle to operating systems like Windows CE. But today Sun's JavaOS was cast as the star in the system that will run Hitachi set-tops in the Japanese market. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]

Java's Set-Top Set-Up - Scientific-Atlanta says it will put PersonalJava in its set-top boxes. As its PowerTV subsidiary works to adapt Sun's technology to its OS, Java's try at TV could get its first real test. [Wired News]

Java, Java Everywhere - Wherever there's an Oracle database running, Java will be running, too. A new Java strategy by database vendor Oracle will finally make Sun's language ubiquitous, the company promises. [Wired News]

JavaOne Gets Off to Soft Start - The jokes bombed, the Hewlett-Packard barbs were bitter at best, and the gimmick didn't work, but Sun's annual JavaOne confab is off and running. [Wired News]

Just Outta Beta - Coming next down the pipeline: the rebirth of the floppy, a cookie crumbler, and a portable business-card reader to keep your organizer from bulging. [Wired News]

Keeping Clear of Meteors - This year's Leonid meteor shower has some folks spooked about collisions between meteors and satellites. One company's software tool is helping satellite makers relieve their worries and reduce their chances of damage. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]

Keeping Streams Closer to Home - A new joint venture between the maker of RealAudio and a Web caching company aims to move multimedia Web content closer to end users, reducing the chance for glitches in between. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]

Kiwi E-Commerce Powers Through Blackout - Downtown Auckland, New Zealand, has been without power for more than a week. But for those who deal in bits, business is still booming. [Wired News]

Learning From Bats - Brown University researchers are modeling how bats create detailed sonar maps of their worlds. Researchers are hoping a new software will someday allow submarine commanders to do the same thing. By Karlin Lillington. [Wired News]

Let My Data Go! - Freeing file formats would free us all from software monopolies, Simson Garfinkel says. [Wired News]

Let Your Fingers Do the Login - In the first widespread use of biometric technology, Compaq is offering a fingerprint identification system for PCs. No need to remember a password. It's at your fingertips. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]

Lightning Net Speeds Coming This Christmas - The technology that Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq will use to create a de facto standard for high-speed modem connections comes from a little-known Massachusetts-based company, Aware, Inc. [Wired News]

Little Guys Wary of AOL - Without Netscape's help, RealNetworks might never have left Seattle. Now, the next generation of Web-helper companies looks nervously to Netscape's new boss. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]

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