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News Archive: 1999

Here are all the news articles about women and information technology that appeared in 1999 on the Center's Current News page. Some articles remain online only temporarily but may still be available in print or in offline archives; thus, listings will remain even if the link ceases to work. The views expressed in the articles included here do not necessarily represent those of the Center for Women & Information Technology. You may need to register for a login and password to view New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Business Journal, The Scientist, CBS MarketWatch, and some other publications; registration is free. Salon now offers very limited access unless you have a paid subscription.

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Person of the Year
(ABCNews.com - December 28, 1999)
Technical Women Take the Telecom Route
(Diversity/Careers in Engineering & IT - Winter 99/Spring 00)
"Top 25 Women on the Web" Award Winners Announced
(Business Wire - Dec. 14, 1999)
WomensNet.Net Improves the Way Women Access Information on the Internet
(Internet Wire - Dec. 6, 1999)
Boy Culture Meets Workplace
(San Francisco Chronicle - Dec. 5, 1999)
Health Issues Drive Women to the Web
(ZDNet - Dec. 3, 1999)
First U.S. Chinese Women Website Will Launch on Dec. 1, 1999
(Business Wire - Dec. 3, 1999)
Go to Oxygen.com If You Can Never Get Enough Oprah
(BusinessWeek Online - November 24, 1999)
The Critical Shortage of Women in IT
(Network World - November 22, 1999)
Women in Technology: A CNET Special Report
(CNET.com - November 10, 1999)
I am Cyber-Woman. Hear Me Roar
(Business Week Online - November 15, 1999)
Women's Sites Seek to Separate from Crowd
(CNET News.com - November 5, 1999)
Amazon.com, Amazon Bookstore Settle Dispute
(CNET News.com - November 4, 1999)
Sites Expect Holiday Rush from Women
(Washington Post - November 2, 1999)
Commission Working to Close High-Tech Gender Gap
(CNET news.com - October 29, 1999)
50 Most Powerful Women in Business
(Fortune - October 25, 1999)
Six Female Undergraduates Launch "Picosatellites"
(EE Times - October 11, 1999)
The world wide women's Web
(San Francisco Examiner - October 10, 1999)
Inventor Fills Girls' Desire for Their Own Gadgets
(New York Times - September 30, 1999)
International Dialogue Grows Among Women
(The Scientist - September 27, 1999)
Girls Soak Up Technology in Schools of Their Own
(New York Times - September 23, 1999)
New Tool for Female Entrepreneurs from womenCONNECT.com: The E*VENTURE
(Headlinez - September 9, 1999)
Hitting the Gold Ceiling
(Salon.com - September 9, 1999)
Amazon.com Interview: Technical Wonder Women
(Amazon.com - no date)
Sisterhood is Digital (Anita Borg)
(Fast Company - September 1999)
Is Apple's iBook a 'girly machine'?
(San Francisco Examiner - August 26, 1999)
Internet Opens the World to Saudi Women
(Detroit News - August 22, 1999)
A Push From the Top Shatters a Glass Ceiling
(New York Times - August 21, 1999)
CMU's Push to Put More Females in Computer Science is Paying Off
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 20, 1999)
The Making of a Girl Techie
(Wired News - August 11, 1999)
Geek Women in Bondage: The new pink collar ghetto
(SF Gate - August 5, 1999)
Are Women Resisting the Computer Revolution?
(Chicago Tribune - August 4, 1999)
Sense and Sensibility: Women I.T. Leaders
(CIO Magazine - July 1, 1999)
Rural Chinese Women Keen to Learn Computer Skills
(CNN.com - June 29, 1999)
Female Silicon Valley Execs Make Limited Progress in Pay
(San Jose Mercury News - June 12, 1999)
The Internet: Getting Women's Voices Heard
(Interview w/Christine Maxwell, INET99 - June 1999)
Wanted: Women in Tech
(Wired News - June 9, 1999)
Girls' Schools Get Technical
(ABCNEWS.com - May 19, 1999)
The Sound of the Virtual Voice - Women in Business and the Internet
(New York Times Magazine - May 16, 1999)
Web Targets Women Users
(CNNfn - April 2, 1999)
Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT: A Study
(The MIT Faculty Newsletter - March 1999)
Beauty and the Geeks
(Salon - March 11, 1999)
Purple Moon Setting
(ABCNEWS.com - March 9, 1999)
Girls Win Four of the Top Ten Prizes in Intel Science Talent Search
(New York Times - March 9, 1999)
Women's Online Ranks Rise
(Washinton Post - February 8, 1999)
College Experiments with All-Female Computer Science Sections
(Daily Iowan - January 19, 1999)
Narrowing Technology's Gender Gap
(The Christian Science Monitor - January 4, 1999)


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