Top 25 Technology Drivers

Put away the ATM card and stuff those dollars back into your billfold. If David Chaum has his way, cash will become electronic, not only over the Internet but also in your wallet. Chaum invented private digital signatures, which will enable secure electronic payments. Private signatures can be verified only by the intended recipient or others, such as escrow agents, agreed to by the signer and declared upfront. Chaum' s mission is to make DigiCash's ecash conveniently available to everybody on the Internet. n Millennium Forecast: User applications will include advanced cryptography that protects users' interests, such as their money, the privacy of what they pay for, how they vote and the entire "click-stream." n Millennium Disturbance: User applications will not include advanced cryptography that protects users' interests, such as their money, the privacy of what they pay for, how they vote and the entire "click-stream." n Car Living in Amsterdam, a car service is more convenient.