Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Sun Snaps Up Original VR Patents - Sun Microsystems has purchased a swath of virtual reality patents once held by Jaron Lanier, the technology's founding father. [Wired News]   Sun to Build Internet Device - AOL and Netscape merger talks include discussion of a Web device powered by PersonalJava. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Sun's New Headache: H-P's Java Brew - Hewlett-Packard has shipped its own Java virtual machine for embedded devices such as printers and phones. The company also signed up Microsoft as a licensee, and announced plans to enter the standards arena. [Wired News]   Sun, HP Vague on Java Talks - "Productive," and "doing the right thing" are how HP and Sun officials are portraying talks over their split implementations of embedded Java. Progress? Unclear. [Wired News]   Sun, Lucent Bridge Telco Tech - The networking software players will jointly develop software that integrates their respective ISP and telco system software. The result: integrated voice, email, and fax services on a wireless, worldwide basis. By Chris Jones. [Wired News]   Sun, Oracle Offer New Computer - The Microsoftian rivals will announce on Monday they will make a new computer that needs no operating system. Do we hear an "ouch" from the Redmond crowd? [Wired News]   Super Chip for the Little Guys - IBM comes up with a cheaper way to combine two superconductive elements commonly used in mainframe computers to build a faster microchip for cell phones and PDAs. [Wired News]   SynCrypt Promises Pain-Free Crypto - The latest version of the Windows-based security product scrambles personal information inside almost any application. And don't worry if you forget your passphrase -- you'll always remember where you first had sex. [Wired News]   Synthetic Blood Breakthrough - Scientists believe they have found the release valve for a serious side effect of artificial blood: high blood pressure. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   TV by the Bit - Wouldn't it be great if you could find your favorite Nash Bridges stunt or C-Span session using a Web-based search engine? FasTV thinks so, but the TV industry isn't sold on the idea. By Judy DeMocker. [Wired News]   Teachers of Tomorrow? - Researchers are testing software that automatically analyzes and grades student essays. It may be bound for a high school near you. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Technical Support Goes Off Hold - Texas-based Motive Software launches a service today that helps computer users with sick machines get direct online help. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Teledesic's Future Tied to Iridium - The two satellite megaprojects were only vaguely related before Thursday. Now, Teledesic must really hope Iridium can fly. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   Teledesic, Celestri Join Forces - Two big Internet-in-the-sky projects decide it's better to work together than to compete in the race to bring services such as video and data transmission to consumers and businesses. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   The Boys and Their Tesla Toys - The memory of Nikola Tesla is still inexorably bound to the fringes of scientific research. [Wired News]   The Case of the Mistaken Spammer - Internet service providers are praised for acting swiftly to shut down spammers' accounts. But Thomas Cameron found out the hard way what can happen when they get the wrong guy. [Wired News]   The Devil Is in the Details - Databases chock full of information abound on the Web. Unfortunately, search engines and standard portals can't do much with them. Enter WebData. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Distributed Yahoo: 'NewHoo' - A new, volunteer-driven Web directory service hopes to tap the spirit of open development to build a better Web index. With 1,200 editors signed on so far, NewHoo thinks it can use the power of the Web to make a more complete directory. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Electronic Nose Knows - Dogs begging for jobs could be out of luck someday soon if the scent-sensing technologies under development finally learn to sniff out drugs and bombs formerly found only by Fido. [Wired News]   The Last Clik You'll Ever Hear? - Iomega originally introduced its Clik drive at Comdex in 1996. It's back, along with the tchotchkes, for what might be its last big pep rally. By Chris Oakes and Polly Sprenger. [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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