Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Back, Back! Dreaded Hoe - When the lights go out, lightning and storms are the usual suspects. But when communications networks go down, the first suspect is a mechanical one: backhoes ripping into fiber-optic cables. Oops. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Back? The Amiga Never Left - It was a platform to beat all platforms, yet the other platforms won. But the Amiga computer survives today, thanks to a cadre of devoted followers. And if Gateway can do what other companies couldn't, Amiga could be back to stay. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Bandwidth Scavenger - Using a small piece of leftover cellular spectrum, Dick Gossen is linking machines to each other and to you. [Wired News]   Bargain Hunting Bit by Bit - A technology newly patented by Price Quote Network will allow Web shoppers to compare inventory and prices among online vendors and brick-and-mortar merchants all over the world. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Battle of the Game Engines - Build a better game engine and gamers will beat a path to your door. But some say code can only take you so far - which is where another religious war begins. James Glave reports from E3. [Wired News]   Be Demos OS on Intel Platform - Be Inc., maker of an alternative OS for Power Macs, now has an alternative to Windows for Pentium PCs. Demoed yesterday, the OS is due to ship in March. [Wired News]   Be Your Own Design Team - Staff your design team with diverse members - even if it's just a team of one. [Wired News]   Bell Atlantic Seeks FCC Stamp on Backbone Proposal - In a filing to the FCC, Bell Atlantic has asked for regulatory breaks on a proposed high-speed Internet backbone network. If granted, it could accelerate the development of similar networks around the country. [Wired News]   Bell Labs Secures Web Scripting - Bell Labs has outlined ways to address flaws in browser scripting languages that leave information divulged at one site open to another. [Wired News]   Blowing Out the Phone Line - Sprint's new service promises unlimited bandwidth over a single existing telephone line. But you can't hook in just yet. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Bonk! A New Windows Security Hole - Microsoft is scrambling to patch a new attack that can freeze up any networked Windows 95 or NT machine. [Wired News]   Breaking Through the ICE - The authors of the Interactive Content Exchange specification say their proposed Net standard could help Web publishers share and license information without having to call the lawyers at every turn. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Breakthrough in Genetic Research - A Connecticut-based biotech firm identifies thousands of new human gene variations. Researchers seeking cures for hereditary diseases now have a reliable road map to follow. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Bringing Sound Into the PC Foreground - "Sonification," which evolved from one of the first forms of computer music, may one day allow us to monitor data flows with our ears - a stock's rise or fall or an increase in temperature at a chemical plant, for example. [Wired News]   Broadcom Adds PC Flavor to TVs - Broadcom is out to give TV viewers a more PC-like experience, with high-resolution displays, multiple windows, and interactive content. By Chris Jones. [Wired News]   Browser Battles Script On - Countering Microsoft's Internet Explorer beta release last month, Netscape has submitted a new scripting proposal to the W3C that muddies the water for developers. By Lisa Rein. [Wired News]   Browser Privacy Fix Fails - Netscape releases updated browser software to fix a privacy bug that exposes users' surfing habits. But the man who discovered the original hole finds the same problem, and more, in the latest software. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Browser Standards Beat On - As the Document Object Model moves toward standardization, Microsoft and Netscape waver on uniform support. Forces at play: hubris, competition, and the Microsoft factor. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Buffer Bugs Cisco - Cisco is alerting customers to a bug that could reveal passwords and other information stored on network switches and routers. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]   Building a Better Bra is Rocket Science - A group of British researchers have used lasers and 3D imaging tools to help develop the perfect bra. Also: Intel is previewing its next-generation computer chips at a trade show in Germany. [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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