Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Windows 'Beta' Ready for Sale - Compaq, Dell, and Micron are preparing to ship PCs with it, Microsoft is already selling it, but Redmond insists that the Windows 2000 Beta 3 rollout is a test, only a test. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]   Windows 2000, $59.95 a Peek - Microsoft is trying to build the buzz for Windows 2000 by releasing a beta while no formal release is in sight. One analyst says the strategy could backfire. [Wired News]   Windows 2000, or Whenever - IT managers say they're going to wait for Microsoft to iron out the kinks in its upcoming OS before installing it on their systems. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Wireless DVD on TV - DVD movies have found homes in laptops and PCs, but oh, those small screens. A wireless transmitter can zap movies from the den to the family room with nary a flicker. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   Wireless Group on the Fast Track - Wireless networking companies are banding together to develop a faster-than-land-line standard. Also: IBM and Siemens share chip technology.... Pentium III prices plummet. [Wired News]   Wireless Protocol Has Its Day - Unwired Planet -- which once hoped to squeeze the Web onto cell phones -- scales back its plans to accommodate intranet users. Cell-phone manufacturers like what they see. [Wired News]   Wireless in Seattle - Wireless transmitters for automated airport check-in, particle-sized communicators called Smart Dust, and a new e-book are among the technologies to debut at MobiCom 99. Niall McKay reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Worm Targeting Virus Writers? - The programmer behind WinExploreZip may be driven by more than anti-Microsoft feelings. The worm appears aimed at other virus writers. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Worm Zeroes In on Microsoft - Users of Microsoft products -- and that's practically everybody -- run the greatest risk of being nailed by the latest Internet virus. Microsoft says it's reacting with all due speed. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Wound-Up DefCon Winds Down - DefCon 7 wraps with media-hacker showdowns and high-energy presentations. Polly Sprenger reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   X-Raying to See the Past - Archaeologists are applying new synchrotron radiation technologies to explore the secrets of an ancient society. By Ayla Jean Yackley. [Wired News]   XML Takes Another Step - One of the building blocks falls into place on the eXtensible Markup Language -- the specification that some expect will replace HTML as the language of the Web. [Wired News]   Y2K Is Still an Aviation Bugaboo - Much Y2K aviation work remains, especially among smaller carriers and international airlines, the FAA told a congressional hearing Thursday. [Wired News]   Y2K Military Minutiae on Track - US troops need not worry about Army-issued T-shirts or combat boots come 1 January 2000 -- the Department of Defense says its logistics computers are all systems go. Declan McCullagh reports from Fairfax, Virginia. [Wired News]   Y2K Naysayer Changes His Tune - A leading Y2K expert does an about-face on his original proclamation to beware air travel. He books an overnight flight from Chicago to London on New Year's. [Wired News]   Y2K: Watch the World Turn - How's France going to do when the Gregorian odometer turns into three zeroes? Will Tonga be the first to crash and burn? Watch the world enter Y2K in Web time. Stewart Taggart reports from Australia. [Wired News]   Yachts of Luck for Engineers - AmericaOne, the tech-savvy contender in next year's America's Cup, will welcome aboard the winning designer of a crucial mast device. Steve Kettmann reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]   Yahoo Two-Faced on Spam - Yahoo's free email and other services boast strict anti-spam policies. But the Yahoo Store service recommends sending out unsolicited email. Don't do as we say, do as we do. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Yahoo's Offline Communities - A brownout derails the behemoth's service, as user messages take 24 hours or more to post. This, along with the shutdown of Netcenter's counterpart, raises the question: Are portals really committed to online communities? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Yahoo: Your House Is My House - It's not such a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Yahoo moves into GeoCities and announces that it owns every homestead on the block. By Declan McCullagh. [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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