Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Mouse Gets Alzheimer's Gene - A new genetically engineered mouse displays the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. This and other mouse models are bringing researchers closer to a cure. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Mousing with Good Vibrations - A new mouse will let you run your hand over the sleek contours of that Jaguar you're ogling -- without leaving your keyboard. You'll soon be able to feel as you browse. [Wired News]   Mozilla's First Birthday - A year after entering the open-source fray, questions linger over the status of Netscape's Mozilla project. Mozilla and Netscape managers blow out the candles. Interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Much Ado About Almost Nothing - A Canadian company's promotion of its Y2K-audit software calls into question the readiness of Macintosh computers. And all for naught. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Music Biz Builds A Time Bomb - The Recording Industry Association of America is out to exterminate MP3 -- and is pressuring hardware and software makers to build in a "kill switch" that would take care of it once and for all. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Music Industry Plans DVD Audio - Record companies and technology companies agree on a copy-protection framework for the successor to CDs. DVD Audio is finally ready for consumers. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Music on the Move on the Cheap - Vertical Horizon uses CD-audio chips, instead of CD-ROM technology, to bring down the price -- and the size -- of hybrid CD and MP3 players. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   NASA Helps Russia Stay Aloft - Desperate to get the International Space Station into orbit, NASA is spending US$60 million to help the financially troubled Russian Space Agency. Polly Sprenger reports from Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Wired News]   NASA's 'Star Wars' Robots - NASA works to develop tennis ball-sized floating robots that will zoom around spacecrafts, acting as personal assistants to astronauts. [Wired News]   NASA's Leaner, Cleaner Future - NASA explores new technologies to help deal with threatened budget cuts. Alternative rocket boosters, fuels, and even nanocomputers are discussed at a shuttle conference. Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]   NASA's Lunar Long Shot - The Lunar Prospector will crash onto the moon's surface -- on purpose -- in its next and last mission. There's a chance the impact will detect water. [Wired News]   NASA, SGI Hatch 'HAL' - SGI is teaming up with NASA to build supercomputer technology to take the agency beyond 2001. On the agenda is everything from virtual space surgery to spacecraft modeling. [Wired News]   NASA: Wanna Buy a Shuttle? - Desperate for money, the space agency gets the OK from the White House to use the shuttle for commercial voyages. Will the Columbia someday sport the swoosh? Kristen Philipkoski reports from Mountain View, California. [Wired News]   Nailing Worm Author 'Difficult' - Whoever unleashed the latest Internet worm was crafty, using code that will be hard to track back to the author. Meanwhile, the FBI intensified its investigation. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Net Address Helps Finger Felons - Two computer thieves are undone by their IP address. They didn't realize that a software client running in the background points to their wheareabouts. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   Net Keywords for Everyman - Centraal takes its Internet keyword service to individuals. Now you can replace that long Web address with a keyword like "Tom Smith." [Wired News]   Net Population Swells to 92 Mil - In the past nine months, some 13 million Canadians and Americans signed on to the Net, bringing the online population in those nations to 92 million. [Wired News]   Net Users to Top 200 Million - The United Nations predicts worldwide Internet usage will proliferate by 2000. Observers think the UN is underestimating the number of current users. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Net Video Coming of Age? - A San Francisco company has staked its claim in the Net video market with a groundbreaking new system for delivering DVD-quality content. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Net's Change of Address - The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority on Thursday quietly began issuing new, longer IP addresses. IPv6 opens the door to an era where every gadget gets connected. By Leander Kahney. [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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