Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Culture New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   One Man's Belgrade Diary - Working on borrowed computers in the dead of night, a Serbian filmmaker spills his war experiences onto the Internet. By Michael Stroud. [Wired News]   One-Armed Bandits Cash Out - Out of nickels? No problem. You don't need a pocketful of change to play the new electronic slot machines that are slowly catching on in casinos. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   Online Student Loans Overnight - Students tired of the endless paperwork required to fill out college loans will soon be able to apply online -- and receive approval within 24 hours. Also: Virgin Atlantic offers Web access. [Wired News]   PBS, Digital-TV Pioneer - The Public Broadcasting Service is betting that digital television will take off, and it has the programming to prove it. Next April, PBS will be all digital, all the time. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]   PCs Show Their True Colors - Computers may be getting more and more powerful, but most are still encased in dreary beige. Taking a cue from the iMac, computer makers get creative. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]   PE Puts MP4 in the House - As the recording industry continues its head-to-head battle with MP3, Public Enemy puts its stamp of approval on a controversial new system for online music distribution. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Papal Bull - Pope John Paul II's Culture of Death Tour '99 -- with stops in St. Louis and Mexico -- rocked the free world. Courtesy of Suck. [Wired News]   Party Down While Others Perish - A healthy dose of cash and an unhealthy dose of fear could get you a luxurious, 90-day Y2K vacation, courtesy of a New Zealand entrepreneur. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Paul Allen Restores a Relic - The other Microsoft billionaire bought a classic Seattle cinema and had it restored, just in time to host Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Peep Cams? Not in My Backyard! - A Florida city says a group of college women can't stream videos of themselves taking showers to the Web because they live in a residential area. They say they live on the Net. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   Peep in at Sandler Flick - Adam Sandler makes a goofy animated film about a guy who sneaks peeks through women's windows. Coming soon to a browser near you. Michael Stroud reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]   Phantom MPEG Hits Net - A student in Ireland isn't waiting for the European release of Phantom Menace. He pulled it off the Net. [Wired News]   Phantom Menace Book Tells All - The book version of the hotly anticipated film arrives in stores weeks before the young Skywalker hits the screen. Everything is revealed, but no matter: It's already hitting bestseller lists. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]   Phantom Trailer II on Web - Fans hungry for more previews could see the new Star Wars trailer on the Net a day before it was in theaters. Apple computer was psyched to be dubbed worthy. [Wired News]   Physicists Tie the Knot - A couple of Cambridge University physicists use mathematical models to map the four most common necktie knots -- and come up with six new ones. [Wired News]   Pictures at a Virtual Exhibition - Drive in a virtual desert, paint in thin air, morph into an avatar, and play with cyber gypsies. You must be visiting Siggraph's Millennium Motel. Michael Stroud reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]   Pitching Books Smarter - Carol Fitzgerald honed her marketing chops in the glitzy world of magazine publishing. Now she's getting books and readers together online. By Steve Silberman. [Wired News]   Pitching with a Digital Twist - An online film organization tries to nudge independent filmmakers into making digital movies that pitch their film ideas. By Andrew Rice. [Wired News]   Pixar Takes On Monsters - The studio that brought us Toy Story and A Bug's Life plans to make a monster movie. [Wired News]   Plan a Brawl on the Web? - Soccer season in England opened last Saturday and -- what a surprise -- hooligans staged a riot. Did they use the Web to organize, or is that a trendy excuse? Alan Docherty reports from London. [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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