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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
by Ross Malaga
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Chapter 1
Green cards or visas
End of the Browser?
J.P. Morgan misses $35 payment
World's fastest computer
DVD hack An Accountant in Your Computer - Tax Preparation Software The Webbys Can't find the answer on the Web? Ask Jeeves
AT&T versus Portland
Make your computer pay for itself
New hack attack
Microsoft anti-trust trial update
Microsoft breakup?
Telecommunications access for the disabled
Chapter 2
Game Console Wars
Windows 2000
Encryption export restrictions listed
Linux takes on Windows CE
Comet Systems cursor controversy
WordPerfect for Linux
Apple OS 9
Neptune in your living room
It's colorful and portable, it's the new Apple iBook
Cheap, even free, personal computers
Will Linux Wash Microsoft's Windows?
"I seek you" - Chat With Old Friends or Make New Ones
Have Some Java With That Web Site
Blocking X-Rated Web sites
How to Get Free Software
Windows CE
Windows 98
Chapter 3
Digital signatures approved
Painting sells for $135K on eBay. Or does it?
.tv
Taxing E-commerce
Online Anonymity
Online TV
Stealing domain names
Haitian Internet feud ends
Online holiday shopping
AOL sued by the blind
Women online
NetAid
Online auction wars
Online docs make housecalls
Microsoft declares Instant Messaging war
Creating Scraps
Installing a Modem
Online buyer beware
Get Your Internet Services For Free
Buy Low and Sell High, and Never Speak to Your Broker
File Your Taxes Online
AOL and Netscape Merge
Put Your Ad Online, Just Double-Click
An Update on the Microsoft Anti-Trust Case
Hand Held PCs in Healthcare
Don't Stand in Line for Those Textbooks
Chapter 4
Intel recall
Palm faces competition in the PDA market
1 GHz Chips
Transmeta unveils its big secret
AMD's Athlon
Transmeta's secret
New chips
Anti-trust update
Faster Than Ever With Intel's New Pentium III
Trade in all of Your Credit Cards for a Smart Card
Pictures Without Film
Will Your Next Computer Have a Flat Panel Monitor
Don't Press Too Hard on That Mouse
Hand Held PCs
iMAC
Chapter 5
Scan it anywhere
Digital music phone
It's a printer, it's a scanner, it's a fax machine, it's a copier all in one
XML Part 1
A "Walkman" Without Disks or Tapes - Blame it on Rio
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
PC Tips - PowerPoint Animation 2
PC Tips - PowerPoint Animation
Chapter 9
Artificial Life
Intelligent Agents
Chapter 10
Cable rules
Webley assists in keeping you connected
Personal Firewalls
Iridium to Crash to Earth
Mannesman-Vodaphone merger
No new rules for telecommuters
Bluetooth
Solar storms may disrupt communications
MCI and Spring merge
Ebooks
E-mail only appliance
Broadband battle goes local
TV, Internet, and phone all on the same line.
Connect to the Internet through your satellite dish
Global System For Mobile Telecommunications
Put Your Peripherals on the Universal Serial Bus
Wireless Networks for Your Home
Never Ask for Directions Again
Using Cable Technology to Speed Internet Access
Make Cheap International Calls When Calling the U.S.
Free Long Distance Through Internet Telephony
Blazing Speed for Web Surfing
Chapter 11
Data sanctuary
Napster
New IBM database
Stephen King work available only online
FileMaker the award winning Web database
Database for handheld computers
XML Part 2 - an example
Trade in Your Francs and Deutschemarks for Euros
Privacy - Europe's New Law
Can Computers Think? How Would We Know If They Do?
Beer and Diapers?
Chapter 12
Year 2000 - Over the firest hurdle on 9/9/99
Where good ideas are hatched
Year 2000 - Command Center
Year 2000 - 150 days to go
The Web in China
Year 2000 - September 9, 1999
Y2K - Stocking up for the crisi
Year 2000 - Russian Military
Year 2000 Update - Are you covered?
Y2K Social Security Administration is Rready for the Year 2000
Y2K Global Positioning Satellites
Y2K Will the Lights Stay on in 2000?
Y2K Legal Issues
Y2K Update
Y2K Update
Chapter 13
Retailers and Internet companies team up
Microsoft anti-trust trial update
Jury fines Microsoft $1
The Death of DIVX
Collaborate Over the Web To Make Better Decisions
Lucent Buys Ascend
Chapter 14
Web privacy protocol
Love Bug bites
The legality of linking
Mounties catch their Mafiaboy
Online credit reporting
Y2K Final Report
Battle Over Cyberpatrol
Congress moves to raise visa limits for skilled
Denial of service attacks bring down major Web sites
FTC probes Alexa
Leap day bug
Online CD break-in
Year 2000 - Initial assessment
Internet access for all
Year 2000 - Its here
Bubbleboy attacks computers via E-mail
Year 2000 - final preparations
Year 2000 - travel on New Year's
Microsoft security woes
Selling body parts on eBay
Microsoft Office 97 security hole
Buying Alcohol Online
Hackers get a taste of their own medicine
Is there a worm in your E-mail?
Net Filtering Law
Who owns your online reputation?
Web anti-virus software
Melissa virus strikes
The Time Machine in Your Computer
Your new computer may get IDed
Will Your Web Site Start a Law Suit?
Software Package is Practicing Law Without a License
Microsoft Excel - Russian New Year Security Hole
Censorship or Protection - Internet Access in Public Libraries
Outlawing X-Rated Web sites
Is this Web Site Rated PG-13?
Privacy in the Workplace
Choosing a Good Password
Cookies
Long File Name E-mail bug
Chapter 15
Microsoft trial draws to a close
Voting Online
Ford and Delta offer employees PC's and Internet communications
AOL - Time Warner merge
Domain Names for Sale
New FCC rules on Internet competition
Renting software
Big deal for local content
Searching for signs of intelligent life in the universe - from your PC
Go to the Mall Without Leaving Home
No New International Standard For Mobile Phones
Forget That CD, Try MP3
Attending an Online Auction
Billboards on the Information Superhighway
Play Games Against Your Friends Over the Internet
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