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
Raising the Bar Anastasia, the hottest system at Chaos Manor, is hotter still with a new Intel 3.20 Pentium 4 CPU. Plus: the games, books, and movie of the month. Mon, 14 Jul 2003
Routers on the Road Jerry reviews the options for security on the go, including the D-Link DWL-G730AP wireless router. Mon, 31 Jan 2005
Travelin' Blues Staying connected on the road means dealing with a host of hassles. Mon, 2 Jun 2003
Pretty as a Picture Jerry reviews the Canon S820 Photo Printer and names the books, game and movie of the month. Mon, 6 Oct 2003
Smile! A Happy Ending Jerry discovers a camera store on the up and up--and gets the camera he wants. Mon, 6 Mar 2006
Tools and Tips Jerry reviews Alpha Five, a toolkit that allows computer users to painlessly create programs requiring databases; IHateSpam, a spam-blocker for Outlook that's "nothing short of wonderful"; and the books and movie of the month. Mon, 13 Jan 2003
Getting an Eyeful Jerry reviews the La Cie Photon 20 Vision II flat panel monitor. Mon, 27 Sep 2004
Where We're Going Jerry looks into the future of processing technology at WinHEC. Mon, 17 May 2004
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
Chaos Manor Awards 2003, Part 2 Jerry considers the larger meaning of 2003's technological improvements, especially in the realm of computer modeling. Mon, 26 Jan 2004
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.