Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Crypto Bound for Museum Bins - Technology marches on. The US government's former gold-standard cipher is now fit only for a museum, according to a tongue-in-cheek Internet Draft document. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Crypto Set for a Quantum Leap - Scientists borrow a chapter from the field of quantum physics to build a secret so random even code-cracking supercomputers won't be able to touch it. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Custom-Made Body Parts - Researchers are using MRI and CT scan images and industrial manufacturing techniques to create new plastic models that can help doctors better diagnose disease and injury. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Customers Rule on the Web - The Web transforms the role of patients in the health-care system. That may mean a new approach to marketing by drug companies. [Wired News]   Cutting Through the DVD Matrix - Renting the latest DVD flick doesn't mean you'll actually get to watch it. DVD players have trouble playing The Matrix and other interactive titles as software outpaces hardware. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   Cutting the Cords - Computer companies agree on a common wireless language allowing PCs, TVs, phones, and other home electronics to talk to one another. [Wired News]   Cutting-Edge Surgical Robots - They say nothing beats a robot for precision. That's why Computer Motion, a medical-devices company, is trying to get surgeons to embrace the idea of operating room robots. But will any doctor willingly give up the scalpel? By Michael Stroud. [Wired News]   DOD Scientist: Lose the Humans - The Department of Defense's chief scientist wants to take people out of the computing equation and give more control to smart processors that control robots. Niall McKay reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   DTV Could Be DOA - Digital television is hitting the airwaves, but no one is getting the message. The nation's largest broadcaster says the standard is flawed and threatens to jump ship. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   DVD Audio: The Sound of Silence - Convincing consumers to upgrade from CDs is not going to be easy. Even backers of DVD-Audio admit that the subtle sound improvements might not be enough to sway music lovers. Andy Patrizio reports from Rancho Mirage, California. [Wired News]   DVD's Fragmented Future - Watching movies will continue to be the most popular use of DVD for the foreseeable future. DVD music, however, won't be popular anytime soon, according to an industry expert. Andy Patrizio reports from Rancho Mirage, California. [Wired News]   Dangerous Email Worm Crawls Net - Intel and Microsoft switch off their email in an effort to control a dangerous new Internet worm that deletes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Dangerous Email Worm Crawls Net - Intel and Microsoft switch off their email in an effort to control a dangerous new Internet worm that deletes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Data Privacy Is Percolating - Java programmers have a new place to brainstorm about how to give consumers an edge in the battle for their personal data. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Deadly Scourge Was Common Flu - Scientists unlock the mystery of the 1918 epidemic that claimed up to 40 million lives worldwide. Lab tests show they were victims of ordinary swine flu. [Wired News]   Death Stars Make Winter Summer - Scientists discover stars similar to our sun that emit superflares that wipe out nearby planets. How does our solar system compare? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Debate Flares over MS 'Spy Key' - Security experts aren't satisfied with Microsoft's denials that it had left a back door open in Windows for a US spy agency. That's plain nuts, others say. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Deep Blue Goes Far and Wide - IBM's Deep Computing Institute gives top researchers the supercomputing power they need to tackle the world's thorniest problems. It will also offer open-source modeling software. [Wired News]   Def Con: Bring in Da Noise - The annual hacker convention kicks off in Las Vegas Friday. Some will be here for talk of exploits and scripts. Others just want to party. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Deja News Communities Bug Out - As its conference threads disappear from view, Deja News adds another problem to a string of recent snafus and shutdowns among Web-based discussion services. 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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