The Merry Month of May May is about more than flowers and chirping birds. It also involves WinHEC, Serenity, and more. Mon, 5 Jun 2006
Working with Laptop Hardware Jerry changes his name to "Mr. Goodwrench" when his laptop acts up. Mon, 29 May 2006
From the Archives
Reports: A Report Jerry looks into simple methods of extracting information from a MySQL database. Mon, 3 Jan 2005
The Bits and the Bytes Moving from 32-bit to 64-bit computing will be tricky for Microsoft. Also: What can you do with 4.5 GB of RAM? Jerry finds out. Mon, 1 Mar 2004
Jumping Ship Jerry asks: Should we abandon Microsoft Internet Explorer? Mon, 19 Jul 2004
Why Use a Mac? Jerry revisits a classic debate. Mon, 5 Jan 2004
Data Wrangling with FileMaker Jerry reviews FileMaker 7, and gives some tips for getting along with Microsoft Query. Mon, 4 Apr 2005
The Longhorn View At Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference, Bill Gates detailed his vision of the future of computing. Mon, 17 Nov 2003
Tablet Tips Jerry recommends software and peripherals for use with a Tablet PC, and gives his thoughts on the Transmeta Crusoe chip. Also: the game, movie and books of the month. Mon, 9 Jun 2003
Testing 64-Bit Windows Jerry reports on what you can expect from Windows XP64. Also: the books, movies, and web site of the month. Mon, 8 Aug 2005
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.