TECHNOLOGY
SITES
ACM Crossroads Home Page
The Association for Computing Machinery's student magazine, Crossroads, covering a variety of computer science topics.
Computing Central
General computing tips from industry experts.
Cookie Central
Information about cookies - small pieces of information set on users' machines by servers, in order to maintain state and track users.
DevBot.com
Search engine and links for resources related to web development.
IBM Web Professional
Articles and tips for web developers, sponsored by IBM.
kuro5hin.org
An online community for discussion of technology and culture, and their interaction.
Privacy P3P FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project, a W3C initiative aimed at allowing the automatic negotiation of information exchange between users and websites.
Slashdot.org
A well-designed grassroots site that bills itself as "News for Nerds."
Tripod: Web/Tech
Tripod's "Pod" for web builders features interviews, resources, and much more.
Web Basics at reallybig.com 
Links to beginner's resources, including HTML editors, CGI scripts, and markup tutorials.
The Web Developer's Virtual Library
One of the oldest web developer resources on the web. Tricky to navigate, but lots of good stuff here.
WebReference.com
Web development resources and tips. Part of Mecklermedia's Internet.com network of sites.
ARTICLES
Big Blue's Big Brother Lab
At IBM's Almaden Research Center, scientists are working on pervasive computing, sign recognition, keyboardless web surfing and other interesting technology. (4/24/2001 at Wired News)
Building A PHP-Based Mail Client
A series of articles on using PHP, IMAP, and POP3 to develop a web-based mail client. (1/11/2002 at DevShed)
Businesses Turn to Videoconferencing
Demand for tele-conferencing facilities and technology jumped in the wake of the WTC and Pentagon attacks, as people unable to travel sought to conduct business or contact loved ones. (9/17/2001 at ZDNet)
Committee to Vote on Controversial Data Copying Standard
Technical Committee T13 is voting on a proposed standard for incorporating copy-protection into future removable media devices. (3/1/2001 at Computer World)
Engineering Emporium
A profile of Stanford Research Institute International (SRI), a non-profit research group which has launched many of Silicon Valley's technologies and companies. (11/20/2000 at Business 2.0)
How to Build Web Sites with Free Stuff - Yet More Stuff
The last in a 5-part series of free resources for building web sites - website creation tools, community interaction programs, scripts and applets. (3/6/2000 at WDVL)
Love Potion #900000: MIME, HTML, and Sendmail
How to use sendmail and MHTML (MIME-encapsulated HTML in email) to send web pages via email. (4/6/2000 at ZDNet Developer)
A New Era in Technology for Computers
Molecular Electronics Corp., incorporated in December 1999, has attracted substantial seed capital and top scientists to develop powerful molecular-based computer systems. (3/23/2000 at The New York Times)
New Mail RFCs Released
Slashdot discussion of the new mail RFCs (2821 and 2822) dealing with electronic mail. (4/25/2001 at Slashdot.org)
New Tools Will Build Next-Generation Web Apps
Major industry players - including Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, and Macromedia - are announcing major Web application development initiatives. (1/18/2001 at TechWeb)
Raise Your Standards
A history of web standards, and the organizations (W3C, ISO) that create them; why you should follow them; and where they're going. (1/18/2002 at Web Techniques)
Reader-Submitted Cheapskate Reviews
Seven reader-submitted reviews of cheap web-developer software. (2/4/2000 at Web Review)
Reading a W3C Specification
A guide to interpreting W3C specifications - what commonly-used words mean, how to tell what's required and what's optional. (9/28/2001 at A List Apart)
Researchers Work to Eradicate Broken Hyperlinks
Computer Scientists Thomas A. Phelps and Robert Wilensky have outlined an elegant way to eliminate broken web links in all cases, except that of deleted pages: almost any Web page can be uniquely identified with five key words from its text. (3/7/2000 at News.com)
Stein on Bioinformatics
A quick interview with Lincoln Stein on trends in bioinformatics. (1/28/2003 at O'Reilly Network)
Sun Co-Founder, Top Scientist Sees Many Webs
Bill Joy, co-founder and chief scientist of Sun, says there are actually six webs, not one. Four are used by humans; the other two, just by computers. (1/14/2000 at TechWeb)
Tech Future Is Still Bright at ACM Conference
At the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) conference "ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace," computer scientists and engineers focused on how technology can make life better decades from now, rather than the money tech companies are losing on the stock market (3/13/2001 at Siliconvalley.com)
Tech Predictions From Leading Scientists
Scientists from MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, and Starlab in Brussells predict advances in robotics, medical technology, and genetics over the next 50 years. (3/9/2001 at CNET.com)
Vast Effort to Fix Computers Defended (and It's Not Over)
The lack of Y2K problems seemed anti-climactic to many, who question the hundreds of billions of dollars spent to deal with potential problems. But Y2K project managers say it was money well-spent, and problems could still surface in coming days. (1/2/2000 at The New York Times)
Voice Recognition Still Selective
A look at the current state of voice recognition technology, and its use in web and alternative-to-web environments. (1/14/2001 at The New York Times)
Web Develops Amazing New Tangles
Predictions on how the Internet will change in the next few years: specialized software will prevail over general-purpose web browsers, Net sites will work with your personal information, and you'll be able to access information anywhere. (3/1/2001 at USA Today)
Web Sites Begin to Self Organize
Websites like Slashdot, Everything2, and The VinesNetwork use software to automatically organize content submitted by the site users; the result is a constantly-changing, user-driven collection of information and opinion. (1/18/2001 at The New York Times)
What are RFC's
An explanation of Requests for Comments (RFCs), Internet Standards (STDs), and the process by which they're created and maintained. Includes numerous useful links. (12/19/1999 at irt.org)
When Computers Fail
Experts estimate that computer glitches cost companies $100 billion a year, every year, in lost productivity - about as much as the US Y2K fix-it bill. (12/7/1999 at USA Today)
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