Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   The Little OS That Could - Linux-creator Linus Torvalds got the Silicon Valley stamp of approval for his OS this week. And he's all smiles, anticipating a lineup of critical applications -- and world domination. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Love Boat's Wandering Eye - Princess Cruises is installing cutting-edge security to help it keep track of its passengers, a system the US Coast Guard wants all cruise ships to have. [Wired News]   The Mouse that Squeaked - A small group of Disney programmers is pitching the latest bait to the open-source development community. Though it resembles Java, Squeak is designed to make programming kid's play. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   The Next Browser War? - Several software start-ups are working to bring the Web to your shirt pocket. And guess which big fish is trying to win the market by giving away the technology? By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   The Next Millennium Headache - Is your computer system Year 2038 compliant? If it's running the Unix operating system, it may be time to get with the reprogramming. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]   The Next Net Name Battle - Netscape's new Internet Keyword feature was designed to help users find Web sites easily and efficiently. But its educated guesses could raise more ire in the domain name game. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Sound of Poison - Funded by the Dept. of Defense, the SFAI can analyze the contents of almost any container at the push of a button. [Wired News]   The State of the Net: Crowded, Fragile - Members of the North American Network Operator's Group met in New Mexico today to plumb the Net's health. But the real hard data isn't up for grabs. [Wired News]   The Trouble with P3P - The budding privacy protocol aims to negotiate the exchange of personal data between Web sites and consumers. But the biggest hurdle to its success may not be technical. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Truman Show Realized? - Will wearable computers turn their hosts into walking broadcast and surveillance agents? No one at a wearables conference is taking the idea lightly. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Unbreakable Data Lock - One-time pad is known as the only form of encryption that can't be cracked. A Texas startup calls it Ultimate Privacy and wants to take one-time pad encryption to market. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Universe: Only a Mouse Click Away - A group of astronomers in New Mexico are using an advanced telescope to create a 3D map of the universe. When it's done, millions of Web users could become desktop astronomers. [Wired News]   The Walls Have LANs - A local area network is already installed within your home in the form of your phone lines. Right now, the lines can't be used this way, but a new industry group wants to change that and let home gadgets trade bits over the blower. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Webinator: Judgment Day - "Metasearch" engines, which feed off of the big commercial search engines, are so far mere pests to the portal giants. But along comes Webinator, which might change all that. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]   The Whats, Whys, and Hows of Usenet Newsgroups - The use and abuse of Usenet newsgroups, and how you can find them - in Web 101. [Wired News]   The XML Files: The Truth Is In Here - In the future, HTML will be dead. In its place, extensible markup language will bring both order and diversity - plus Web superstores and search engines that actually work. But is it all a conspiracy? [Wired News]   The Zap-It-Yourself Blood Test - The FDA approves the first medical laser for home use, enabling diabetics to monitor blood sugar levels painlessly. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   They Waited for a Unabom - A group of bomb-defusing experts at a federal laboratory stood by for years waiting for an intact device from the Unabomber. While they waited, they developed technology that advanced the state of their art. [Wired News]   Think Different: Hack a New Mac OS - You've probably never heard of Cache Computing, but its founders claim they are set to give Mac owners a whole new operating system. Cupertino is not amused. [Wired News]   Toward a Better Web Community - Sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling speaks to the communal developers of the Apache Web server today, and outlines his vision for better "groupthink." By Chris Oakes. [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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