August 1997

Editorial	Serve Yourself
Inbox	Letters to the Editors
Bits	x86 Competition Heats Up • Natural Dictation Wins Best of Comdex • Color Lasers: Cheaper, More Compact • Champagne Performance at Beer Prices • More...
Core Technologies	Data Warehousing's Credibility Crisis • Building a Better Interface with Java • Faster Internet Access • Atomic Power Speeds Data into the Home • Fast and Flexible Access to Databases
Cover Story	Web Components
Features	Intelligent Intranets • Guaranteed Delivery • The Pull of Push • I2O Beats I/O Bottlenecks
Special Report	Air War • A Kinder, Smaller Windows
Web Project	Persistent Java
Javatalk	Write Cosmic Code
BYTE Hardware Lab Report	Hand-Helds Get Serious
BYTE Software Lab Report	Wolfpack Howls Its Arrival
Eval	I Say! An Understanding Application • What's in Store for the Web • Laser Color, Inexpensive and Quick • Never-Ending Power Supply
Reviews	IBM Builds a Better DBMS • All the Web's a Stage • Speedy File Delivery on the Web • IBM's Digital Shrinkwrapper
Pournelle	Some Things Make You Feel Stupid
What's New	Information on New Products
Improbable Research	Advances and Retreats in Computing
International Bits	Browser Add-On Translates English Web Pages into Chinese • Broadband Services in Europe: ADSL or Cable?
International Features	New Mainboards • R/3 Soars on Windows NT
International What's New	Information on New Products
Reseller	CTI Gets Ready for the Masses • Burning Paper with Internet EDI

Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it is theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.

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