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
Honoring Columbia What's the most fitting memorial for the Columbia shuttle? Forge a partnership between government and industry in the development of new space technology. Mon, 17 Feb 2003
Scams, Bugs and Surly Service Jerry's startled, and less than pleased, when EarthLink threatens to terminate his service. Mon, 31 Mar 2003
Chaos Manor Awards 2003, Part 3 CAN-SPAM, D-Link, FarStone Technology, VMWare, SCO, Microsoft, and Richard Stallman all get Chaos Manor awards this year—but some get the orchid prize, while others get stinking onion demerits. Mon, 2 Feb 2004
Facing the Music The Chaos Manor team pits Apple's iTunes Music Store against Microsoft's MSN Music Store. Also, Jerry reviews MacDrive 6 from Mediafour, Virtual XP 7 for the Mac, and the MicroSolutions Lockbox external hard drive. Mon, 22 Nov 2004
Hot Switching Jerry puts the Belkin Omni-View Pro 8-port KVM to the test. Also reviewed: EverQuest II and the books and movie of the month. Mon, 10 Jan 2005
The DVD Dilemma Jerry runs into multimedia problems with both Windows and Mac machines. Also: the books, game, and movie of the month. Mon, 8 Mar 2004
Return of the Browser Wars Jerry explains why Internet Explorer is so vulnerable to web exploits, and why he uses it anyway. Mon, 26 Jul 2004
Blowing Hot and Cold Intel's Prescott chips tend to run hot, but Jerry finds there are ways to compensate. Mon, 30 Aug 2004
Google In China Google has famously said its main business principle is "Don't be evil." But is that always the case? Mon, 27 Feb 2006
When Backups Go Bad Data corruption strikes at Chaos Manor. Also, Jerry names the game, movie, and books of the month. Mon, 6 Jun 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.
