December 1997

Editorial	Step Aside, x86
Inbox	Letters to the Editors
Bits	A PC Chip for the Masses • New Notebooks Add Power, Ultraportability • Cheaper Modems for ISPs • DVD Remains a Moving Target • More...
Core Technologies	Managing Data Transformations • Speech Enables the Common Desktop PC • Demystifying ATM Addressing • Making Personal Video a Reality • Dynamic HTML Explained, Part II
Cover Story	Beyond Pentium II • Beyond MMX
Features	Reach Out and Touch Everyone • Commanding the Enterprise • COM+: The Next Generation • 1997 Editors' Choice Awards
Special Report	The Extranet Revolution • Defending from the Unthinkable • Extranets at Your Service
Web Project	The Value of Free Software
Javatalk	Poet Goes Java
BYTE Hardware Lab Report	Back to the Future with 9 Network Computers
BYTE Software Lab Report	Toolkits for Building Web Applications
Eval	Microsoft Laces Up for the Enterprise Race • Smart Phones Make the Grade
Reviews	Drive Your Data Through the Middle(ware) • 3-D Animation Blossoms on NT • The Be-All-That-You-Can-Be OS
Pournelle	Fire Three for Effect!
What's New	Information on New Products
Improbable Research	Advances and Retreats in Computing
International B its	Drives Get Bigger, Faster, Cheaper • Web and Radio Broadcasting • The Next Generation of Web-Enabled TVs • Kill Macro Viruses • More...
International Features	Your Only Inbox • Next-Generation Notebooks
International What's New	Information on New Products
Reseller	Cashing In on Web Shopping Sprees • Oracle8: Have It Your Way

Matthew Wilson
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