Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   MS, Watchdogs Team Up on Privacy - With a boost from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Truste, Microsoft launches a new privacy tool that encourages small Web sites to take privacy seriously. [Wired News]   MSIE5: The DOJ-Friendly Build? - Two new features built into Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 seem to support what the company has been saying for years: The browser is the OS, and competition is great. A perspective by James Glave. [Wired News]   MSN Messenger Shows Passwords - As if the messenger mud-slinging between Microsoft and AOL weren't enough, a glitch in MSN Messenger gives easy access to user passwords. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   MSN Powered by Apache - Parts of Microsoft's MSN run on the free Apache Web server on top of Unix. Does Microsoft know something we don't about NT? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Mac EvangeList Bites the Dust - The plug has been pulled on the site that launched a thousand Mac enthusiasts' assaults. Revival efforts are already underway. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Macs Jumping on the Bus - Apple, one of the first companies to embrace the universal serial bus technology, is beginning to reap the rewards for its faith. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]   Mad Cow Risk on the Run - Americans face little risk of contracting mad cow disease.... Geneticists cook up a ketchup-friendly tomato.... And headache experts gather to discuss pain. [Wired News]   Making All Music Net Music - A day after its acquisition, Diamond Multimedia unveils a spin-off company, a new portable player, and a grand plan to woo major record labels onto the Net. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Making It Too Hot for Cancer - A new technology bombards malignant tumors with focused heat, destroying the neoplasm while leaving the surrounding tissue undamaged. It shows great promise for treating breast cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Making Medicine to Fit - Pharmaceutical companies launch a US$45-million cooperative gene-research project that may one day yield the keys to the origins of disease and allow the development of tailor-made therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Making the Phone-TV Connection - US West and Network Computer say they'll combine telephone, TV, and the Internet with a new service called At TV. [Wired News]   Mammograms Before Age 50 - Women younger than 50 stand to benefit from regular mammograms to detect breast cancer, according to two new studies that contradict conventional medical thinking. [Wired News]   Mapping the Red Planet - The Mars Global Surveyor adjusts its orbit to begin its detailed survey of what's really up there. [Wired News]   Mapping the Valley That Glows - What's that strange smell in the vacant lot? A new set of click-and-zoom Web maps reveals where not to put down roots in Silicon Valley. By Louise Bowser. [Wired News]   Mars Mission's Metric Mixup - One spacecraft control team uses inches and pounds. Another uses millimeters and grams. NASA says measurement confusion likely caused the loss of the US$94 million Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft. [Wired News]   Mars Probe Feared Destroyed - NASA's much ballyhooed Mars Climate Orbiter is likely demolished after a navigation error pushed the spacecraft precipitously close to surface of the Red Planet. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Mass-Producing Blood Cells - Scientists discover a way to multiply the blood stem cells of mice in vitro. Experts are hoping that humans will be next. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   May the Force Be with the Toys - Hasbro licenses some cool microchip technology for its upcoming line of talking Star Wars action figures. [Wired News]   May the GeForce Be With You - Nvidia says gamers will go gaga over its new graphics chip which provides more wallop than a Pentium III. The company wants PCs to be gamers' favorite play stations. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   McDonald's Really Special Sauce - The granddaddy of the fast-food world imposes a ban in the UK on the use of genetically modified ingredients. Environmentalists are ecstatic. By Lindsey Arent. [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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