"Wired - WebTV to patch Email Hole"

WebTV is working on a fix for a security hole that enables third parties to send email from WebTV accounts.
Malicious programmers have been embedding the HTML of Web pages and newsgroups with stealthy code that can force email accounts into sending messages without the user's knowledge.
The security hole was first reported on Net4TV. The code is being used to spam WebTV's abuse mailbox and could be used to send emails to unsuspecting third parties.

"Wired - VapourWare '99"

We received hundreds of nominations, from the sublime to the ridiculous. And though we have our own axes to grind, the Vaporware team here at Wired News selected the winners by the most democratic method around: the product with the most votes wins.

"Salon News - We're with stupid"

Jan. 3, 2000 | Who hasn't fantasized, at least once, about their own funeral? Rain, the soft sobs of the bereaved, an occasional wail, some fainting, a barbed eulogy that spares none and a certain person who is very, very sorry?
For the fantasy to meet certain punitive goals, of course, a specific set of circumstances is required: The death should be untimely, exotic, romantic, preventable and tragically unfair. It is preferable for the demise not to occur with pants around ankles. Also, under no circumstances should the dearly departed make the nominee list for the Darwin Awards.

"MSNBC - Man plans to live entire year online"

DALLAS, Jan. 1 — In an effort to prove how wired the world has become, a 26-year-old former computer systems manager walked into an empty Dallas house on Saturday with a laptop computer and said he doesn’t plan to leave until 2001.

"The Militant Breastfeeding Cult"

Are you a Proud Member of the Militant Breastfeeding Cult? I'll bet you didn't even know there was such a thing. According to Peggy Robin in her book Bottlefeeding Without Guilt (now renamed When Breastfeeding is Not an Option) there is! If you're not sure about the status of your membership, consider these question from Rebecca Prewett's review of Robin's book:

"Yahoo - Burger King Pokemon Recal, Biggest in history"

It was too early to tell how many of the balls -- part of a promotion by the fast-food chain tied to the Pokemon craze sweeping the United States -- had been returned since Burger King initiated the voluntary recall two days ago.
Burger King denied an accusation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that it was initially ``uncooperative'' when it learned of the child's death.
Miami-based Burger King, a unit of Britain's Diageo Plc (DGE.L), on Monday issued the recall of an estimated 25 million plastic containers enclosing Pokemon toys given away with children's meals, more than two weeks after a 13-month-old California girl reportedly suffocated when half of a ball covered her mouth and nose. Pokemon toys and trading cards are based on Japanese video-game and movie characters.