H-P Paints the Big Picture David examines Hewlett-Packard's 42-inch wide Designjet 5500 inkjet and the new $699 13-inch bed Photosmart Pro B9180. Mon, 1 Jan 2007
Gliding Into the Future A small New York company has taken a big step towards taking software online Mon, 17 Jul 2006
The Sound of Smart Music Nothing destroys an audience's suspension of disbelief faster than crummy audio. Tue, 20 Jun 2006
3D For the Rest of Us: Part 2 David marvels at how New Zealand’s Right Hemisphere takes Acrobat 3D to the next level Mon, 5 Jun 2006
From the Archives
The Ultimate Pocket Camera David tests new pocket-sized cameras from Epson, Sony, Canon, and Casio, and digital media from Sandisk and Kingston. Mon, 3 Jan 2005
Epson's 4990 Scanner Epson's new desktop scanner is the best we've ever tested. Mon, 2 May 2005
Macromedia Studio 8: A Bettor's Guide Macromedia's latest software suite is out of the gates, but in the wake of news that the company will be acquired by Adobe, the big question is: which programs will last? David Em handicaps the field. Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Adobe's Creative Suite 2 David reviews the new features and upgrades in Adobe's new release of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat. Mon, 4 Jul 2005
First Look: HP's XW9300 Workstation HP’s new Opteron-powered xw9300 64-bit workstation takes desktop computing to the next level. Mon, 4 Apr 2005
NVIDIA Debuts SLI Super Graphics NVIDIA's Scalable Link Interface technology allows two graphics cards to work together. Mon, 18 Jul 2005
Konica Minolta's 2430 DL Color Laser Desktop color laser printers are becoming much more affordable, but they may have hidden costs. Mon, 25 Apr 2005
SIGGRAPH 2003 Contributing Editors David Em and Alex Pournelle pound the pavement at SIGGRAPH 2003 and report on the latest innovations in 3D animation and visualization software, content-creation workstations, video, and superfast graphics cards. Mon, 1 Sep 2003
HP Builds a Better Printer David tests two impressive new desktop inkjet photo printers from HP that produce lush color and archival black-and-white prints. Mon, 12 Apr 2004
Become a Better Build Detective: Effective Techniques for Debugging Makefiles This Webcast will uncover some of the most common Makefile errors and provide specific, proven techniques for fixing them. If command or syntax errors have been a mystery for you, this is a discussion you won't want to miss. Event Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Amp Up Your Continuous Integration Builds Amp up your continuous integration build process by increasing the frequency of your build loop. Learn from experts how to create a build that can quickly adapt to source code changes and drive down build times from hours to minutes. Event Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008
In this volume of Best of BYTE, we explore the emergence of some heuristic algorithms. Although we have only scratched the surface of this intriguing subject, we hope we've suggested the potential of the synthesis of heuristics and algorithms.
