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An official at Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't confirm or deny reports that his country had changed its year 2000 cooperation plans with the U.S. but said he found the situation highly unlikely.
- Keywords:
- Year 2000, Kosovo, Russia, cooperate, y2k
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/31/russia.kosovo.y2k.02/index.html
The National Archives released its first set of online materials for
teaching American history, containing nine lesson plans that use digitized
documents to teach middle and high school students about the role of the U.S.
Constitution in history.
- Keywords:
- schools, wired, students, connectivity, classroom, elementary, children, kids, Internet, lessons, Web, library, research, middle school, high school
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/23/digiclass.idg/index.html
Some top corporate executives' Social Security numbers are freely available on a government Web site.
- Keywords:
- social security, SEC, Securities, and, Exchange, Commission, security, Internet security, Net, Web, WWW, online privacy
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/29/secssn.idg/index.html
A U.S. senator is rolling the dice, hoping his lucky number for the passage of a bill outlawing Internet gambling is 1999.
- Keywords:
- online, Internet, Web, gambling, Las Vegas, lottery, fraud, contest, betting, wager, sweepstakes, sports bets, NFL, NBA
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/24/gambling.idg/index.html
Freeware promises to give CIOs control over theircomputer systems' destiny. But when is freeware theright choice for corporate applications?
- Keywords:
- Freeware, open source, Linux, CIOs, enterprise, Apache, Unix
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/19/freeware.ent.idg/index.html
USWeb founder Joe Firmage left the company he founded to spread the word: UFOs have visited us.
- Keywords:
- UFO, X-Files, aliens, spaceship, US Web, CKS, Joe Firmage, Silicon Valley
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/17/ufo.idg/index.html
Smart cards are widely used throughout the world, and their acceptance has been significant in Europe and Asia. Within a few years, you will likely be using them too.
- Keywords:
- smart cards, e-commerce, payments, U.S., worldwide usage, credit-card size, embedded microchips, microprocessors, contact, contactless, security
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/smartcards.idg/index.html
More than half of 805 users surveyed have received pornographic, sexist, racist or other improper e-mail at the office.
- Keywords:
- e-mail, spam, pornography, filter, jokes, information overload
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/25/badmail.idg/index.html
If you face this quandary, we've got three letters for you: USB.
- Keywords:
- USB, universal serial bus, peripherals, home PC, personal computer, home office, tips, tricks, shortcuts, advice
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/10/usb.idg/index.html
Sun Microsystems has announced it is creating an extension for the Java platform to provide support for the Extensible Markup Language (XML). The company said this move will make it easier for developers to build applications that integrate the two technologies.
- Keywords:
- Sun, Java, XML, Extensible Markup Language, Sun Microsystems
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/26/javaxml.idg/index.html
When it comes to Java, Sun Microsystems is beginning to look a bit likethe Dutch boy with his finger in dike, desperately trying to prevent theprogramming language from fragmentingunder pressure from the competition, while still working to achieve itsvision of a world with a JVM on everymicroprocessor.
- Keywords:
- Sun Microsystems, Java, Java virtual machine, JVM, programming, language, OS, Microsoft, COOL, Linux, Sun, Community, Source, Licensing, SCSL, HP, ChaiVM
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/18/suninjava/index.html
Sun envisions more portals in the enterprise.
- Keywords:
- Sun Microsystems, portals, enterprise, application servers, app server strategy
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/15/sunapps.ent.idg/index.html
On the prowl, Cyber Patrol's smut-busting motto is
- Keywords:
- Cyber Patrol, Internet porn, cybersmut, smut-busting, Net regulation, censorship, The Learning Company, smuntt
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/12/smutsurf.idg/index.html
Microsoft is stepping up its presence in the interactive toys market with the official release of two dolls Wednesday based on the popular U.K. Teletubbies television series aimed at preschoolers.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, interactive, toy, Teletubbies
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/ptech/9903/26/teletubbies.idg/index.html
The Navy's 3rd Fleet has concluded a week of experiments off the Northern California coast designed to test how commercial, off-the-shelf technologies hold up under 21st-century battle conditions.
- Keywords:
- United States Navy, off-the-shelf technologies, 21st century battle, exercises
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/23/navy.idg/index.html
Scott Ross talks about how computing has changed the world of film production.
- Keywords:
- Hollywood, multimedia, digital animation, authoring, digital imaging, special effects, movies, film production
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/17/hollywood.idg/index.html
Intel's 64-bit Merced chip is supposed to ship by the middle of next year, but it will be a good deal longer than that before today's 32-bit world disappears.
- Keywords:
- Intel, Merced, CPU, chip, processor, 32-bit, 64-bit
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/01/32bit.idg/index.html
There's a dirty little secret hidden beneath Linux's open-source, group-developed, hacker-philosophy, buzzword-happy surface.
- Keywords:
- Linux, open-source, software
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/15/linuxsecret.idg/index.html
Profit from these hard-learned lessons in e-mail etiquette.
- Keywords:
- e-mail, tips, tricks, shortcuts, e-mail etiquette, manners
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/31/commandments.idg/index.html
Companies that don't fix their Y2K-compliance problems will end up wreaking havoc on the ones that do.
- Keywords:
- year 2000, enterprise, y2k, millennium bug, Y2K-compliant, compliance, y2k solutions, y2k risks
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/15/rippley2k.idg/index.html
Shopping for a small appliance like a vacuum cleaner or a bread-slicer but worried about that pesky millennium bug? Sanyo's Web site customers can rest assured -- the products are all OK for
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000, appliance, Sanyo, consumer, compliant, toaster
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/ptech/9903/08/toaster.y2k.idg/index.html
If artist's block is stifling your inner Picasso, try these files.
- Keywords:
- art tools, Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Draw 98, Art-O-Matic, PhotoLine, DeltaCad, The Graphics Factory, Universe, 3D, Image, Creation, Top Draw, Vue d'Esprit, SmartDraw
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/02/topart.idg/index.html
Keep track of just about anything with a variety of simple database programs.
- Keywords:
- database tools, top 10, download, shareware, freeware, TipWorld
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/23/topdbase.idg/index.html
If e-mail is your life, check out these popular tools.
- Keywords:
- e-mail tools, utilities, downloads, freeware, shareware, files, FileWorld, messaging tools, e-mail
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/30/topmail.idg/index.html
Supercharge Excel with handy add-ins or check out some simpler stand-alone alternatives.
- Keywords:
- spreadsheet, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, tools, tips, downloads, help, utilities, software, shareware, freeware
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/09/spreadtools.idg/index.html
Eight new systems grace our budget chart this month, starting with the Best Buy MicroFlex-450A from Micro Express, which finishes fifth overall.
- Keywords:
- top budget PCs, computer, best buys, personal computer, tips, guide
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/08/topbudget.idg/index.html
Open source operating system will target
everything from personal digital assistants to
high-end servers, says creator Linus Torvalds.
- Keywords:
- Linux, LinuxWorld Expo, PDAs, personal digital assistants, high-end servers, keynote
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/04/linus.idg/index.html
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is banking that
his investments will spur social
responsibility.
- Keywords:
- technology, IT, jobs, Silicon Valley, employment, hiring, diversity, minority, Jesse Jackson
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/diversity.idg/index.html
Spring training is in full force, the new season is nearly upon us, and the barrage of this year's computer baseball titles has begun.
- Keywords:
- Triple Play 2000, baseball, PC games, EA Sports, Electronic Arts, gaming
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/23/tripleplay.idg/index.html
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday tried to quell corporate fears in the United States that the government's data-privacy proposal designed to satisfy European regulators could be extended to U.S. citizens domestically.
- Keywords:
- Europe, America, USA, government, Internet, privacy, data, regulation, safe harbor, protection
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/17/eu.usprivacy.idg/index.html
The United States has reached an agreement with Russia to set up a center to
ensure that neither nation launches a nuclear attack erroneously if computers
controlling the two nations' nuclear weapons malfunction because of Year 2000 date
code problems.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, millennium bug, Year 2000, nuclear war, bombs, missles, Cold War, USSR, Russia, nukes, red phone, World War III, WWIII
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/04/ameruss.y2k.idg/index.html
The National Association of Counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors has filed suit to block any meetings attempted by a national panel assembled to decide the future of Internet taxation.
- Keywords:
- cities, taxes, taxation, Net tax, Internet, mayors
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/13/taxsuit.idg/index.html
Federal agencies have spent more than a year diverting funds and staff for numerous information technology programs to fix Year 2000 computer problems. Federal security officials said yesterday that the same drain on IT budgets has begun as agencies attempt to comply with a presidential directive to protect their critical computer systems.
- Keywords:
- federal security, Y2K, Department of Energy, U.S. government, Clinton, GSA, General Services Administration
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/01/ussecure.idg/index.html
The dream of a world in which many devices -- from home heating systems tofactory robots -- can be connected via the Internet came a step closer to reality Monday with the announcementthat a group of 15 companies is creating a broad Java gateway specification.
- Keywords:
- Java, gateway specification, home networks, networked appliances, robots
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/03/javalinks.idg/index.html
At half the price of most digital cameras, Sharp camera will use MPEG-4 compression and store video on memory cards.
- Keywords:
- Sharp, video, digital, camera, Internet, Web, MPEG-4, multimedia
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/19/netcamera.idg/index.html
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has become the first state law enforcement agency in the nation to launch a virtual private network to exchange highly sensitive files with the state's police departments over the Internet.
- Keywords:
- government, law enforcement, police, network, Kansas, VPN, security, firewall, encryption, virtual, private
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/08/policenet.idg/index.html
Internet transactions account for only 2\% of Visa's credit-card business but half of consumer billing disputes.
- Keywords:
- fraud, e-commerce, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Amex, credit card, debit card, fraud, shopping, retail, purchase, online transaction
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/26/visa.idg/index.html
Engineers, industrial designers, and researchers are using million-dollar virtual reality systems to create
- Keywords:
- virtual reality, VR, 3D, design, model
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/24/vrdesign.idg/index.html
Tim Berners-Lee promotes better organization, careful linking, and privacy.
- Keywords:
- Tim Berners-Lee, Web, Internet, Net, Internet Commerce Expo, ICE, e-commerce, I-commerce, World, Wide, Web, Consortium, W3C
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/29/bernerslee.idg/index.html
Authorities rarely interested in catching credit-card crooks.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, credit card, credit fraud, Web, Internet, shopping, electronic commerce
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/webfraud.idg/index.html
From the beginning, the Internet has been touted as the first truly global communications platform. Mostly, that's been hype. But the Internet's demographics are slowly shifting away from U.S.-centrism.
- Keywords:
- WWW, Web, Internet, global, international, telecom, access, connectivity, demographics, population
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/15/webworld.idg/index.html
A higher percentage of Web shopping sites couldn't fulfill orders on the first try during the holiday season.
- Keywords:
- retail, e-tail, Web, Internet, mall, holiday, shopping, Amazon, fulfillment, e-commerce, electronic payment
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/05/webshop.idg/index.html
Populardemand helps get you off those annoying lists -- and onto some you might like.
- Keywords:
- snail mail, U.S. Mail, mail, Populardemand
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/junkdump.idg/index.html
Businesses are using a bag of tricks to rise to the top of the list on Internet search engines. But not everyone can be first in this game.
- Keywords:
- Web trends, Web sites, Internet, sites, online, E-business, e-commerce, I-business, search engine
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/13/attention.idg/index.html
While the technology grows better and cheaper, only 2 percent of companies have a videoconference room.
- Keywords:
- videoconferencing, communications, Multimediacom Conference, Intel, PictureTel, Polycom, Motorola
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/15/vidconf.idg/index.html
So far, technology has had little impact on reading. Readers still rely on
paper and will do so for years to come. But with the
advent
of e-books and portable storage, the way we read is about to change.
- Keywords:
- reading, technology, e-books, books, IT, information
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/11/bookfuture.idg/index.html
With camp and cool, the World Wrestling
Federation site has lured a huge
audience. The Net isn't just for 98-pound
weaklings anymore.
- Keywords:
- WWF, Web, site, sports, wrestling, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/09/wwf.idg/index.html
Simplicity and familiarity breed loyalty in the Web-portal marketplace.
- Keywords:
- Yahoo, portal, Web sites, Internet, Net, WWW, World Wide Web, online, surf
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/01/yahoo.idg/index.html
It's a shame to portray the Internet as an omnipotent, somehow malignant force that will not only steal our privacy but rob us blind.
- Keywords:
- Internet, fraud, enterprise, malignant force, robbery, user awareness
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/26/fraudpanic.ent.idg/index.html
Sony and Toshiba will jointly create a 128-bit processor to drive the next-generation game machine -- and maybe other products that compete with PCs.
- Keywords:
- Sony, PlayStation, CPU, chip, processor, Emotion Engine, Sony Computer Entertainment, SCEA, gaming, video games
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/05/playstation.idg/index.html
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