Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Culture New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Grudge Match of Pong - The creator of Pong and a former Quake champion square off at the Professional Gaming League tournament. Arik Hesseldahl reports from New York. [Wired News]   A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Macworld - Meet the characters who bring the annual Apple extravaganza to life. Polly Sprenger follows the dog-and-pony show. [Wired News]   A Minister's Curse-Free TV - You want to watch South Park, but don't like the swearing? A new language censor cleans up Cartman's mouth, offering some accidental entertainment. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]   A Moment in Internet Time - MIT builds a digital time capsule, enshrining flashes from the Net's current cycle for posterity to unearth in five years. [Wired News]   A New Meaning for 'Skin Flick' - Betcha can't guess which supermodel has acne scars. Now you don't have to. A dermatologist's magnifying mirror reveals the flaws in famous complexions. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]   A Plaintive Cry for New Words - The Oxford English Dictionary wants to know your favorite slang expressions. If the editors like 'em, they may appear in the OED's new online version. [Wired News]   A Show of NetForce - A computer geek is out to dominate the world with an ultra-powerful Web browser in Tom Clancy's made-for-TV high-tech thriller. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   A Virtual Underwater Park - In Italy's first marine theme park, visitors will swim in VR waterbeds, use hand-held computers to learn about fish, and watch giant 3-D movies. Maria Cristina Valsecchi reports from Salerno, Italy. [Wired News]   A Wired News Farewell - After filing 800 stories for Wired News, Senior Culture Writer Steve Silberman heads into a bold new medium: print. [Wired News]   AOL in Nonprofits Game - This fall, America Online will roll out a new portal that connects individuals and investors with charitable organizations -- but nonprofit Guidestar may have beat AOL to the punch. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   ARTISTdirect's Middle Ground - ARTISTdirect exploits the Net to give the Beastie Boys and other big-name acts a direct link to fans. But the company sees itself as an extension of today's music business, not a replacement for it. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Achtung! No Piracy Here - The German music industry puts pirates on notice: It plans to police the Web for copyright violators and has the tool to do the job. [Wired News]   Activision Classics on the Web - Activision, one of the biggest videogame publishers, plans to sell 50 downloadable titles on the Web. As if there weren't already enough distractions. [Wired News]   Adult Sites 'Get' the Web - Now you've got an excuse to visit Persian Kitty. New Media professionals meet in to discuss what adult sites know about making money on the Net. Heidi Kriz reports from New York. [Wired News]   An E-Hurdle to Grad School - So you want to go to grad school? Then you ought to know that you can only take the required Graduate Record Exam on a computer. Some prospective students long for the good ol' analog days. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News]   An MP3 Concept Album? - The latest work from Mark Amerika, a digital artist and hypertext novelist, combines music, text, and visuals. It gains its inspiration from the artist's experiences in the "electrosphere." By Reena Jana. [Wired News]   An Old-Fashioned Online Romance - A new novel explores its characters' humanity by immersing them in the world of cyberspace. By Andrew Rice. [Wired News]   And GOD Created a Games Fest - The Gathering of Developers teams up with independent game creators to produce the game-scene equivalent of the Sundance Film Festival. By Ronald Warren Deutsch. [Wired News]   Another Dimension in MP3 - He's so young that his mom accompanies him on business trips. But he's already big in MP3 circles. Dimension Music's founder has grand ideas for making the audio format pay. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Another Newsie Goes Digital - Hugh Downs will retire from ABC and join an Internet broadcasting network this October. The move lends more credibility to the new medium. [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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