September

Discover Distributed Computing

Andy Patrizio

While you're away, your PC could be engaged in important scientific discovery or (gasp) possibly making you money.

Whatever Happened To Baby JetSend?

Eric Pobirs

Did you know HP has a set of protocols that lets imaging hardware and software talk to each other without the typical technical wrangling by the user? No? Join the club.

Star Wars And PC Expo

Alex Pournelle

George Lucas may have begun his battle for the galaxy all over again, but it's clear that the digital revolution is over and won.

The Dawn Of Desktop Supercomputers

Glen Speckert

With the right software, Apple's G4 can perform at supercomputer rates.

The Plot To Get Bill Gates

Gary Rivlin

An excerpt from the "irreverent investigation of the world's richest man ... and the people who hate him."

Java: No Longer A Systems Language

Dennis Watson

Java is no longer used as a systems language. First, Corel discontinued its effort to rewrite Corel Office Suite in Java. Then Netscape dropped its Javagator. Instead, Java applications are getting smaller.

Leveraging Your Tools

Daniel Dern

In the process of using computers to do our work, many of us develop tools that seem worth sharing.

Orphaned Portable And Notebook Support

Daniel Dern

No one makes parts or software for your favorite PC? Get help on the Net.

PaySpam -- A Solution To The Spam Problem?

Stephen Platt

Coercion hasn't solved the problem. Maybe economics will.

Helping Family And Friends Buy Their Computers

Daniel Dern

When asked for computer-buying advice, here's some you can offer.

Usenet -- Still Useful After All These Years

Daniel Dern

Reports that Usenet died of massive Spam overdoses are premature. One of the Web's most venerable institutions can still play a role in your daily life, if you approach it correctly and try some of the lesser-known techniques (and sites) suggested here.

NSTL Compares Five Notebooks

Timothy Hourihan

As distinctions between brands and models of notebooks become more difficult to discern, NSTL provides an objective evaluation.

The Future Of The PC

Michael Dortch

Intel stays inside most PCs, but other chips and architectures threaten its hegemony.

Home Networkin' Ain't Easy II

David Strom

A quick rundown on Network testing, USB networking and cross-over cables.

BeOS Heads For The Mainstream

Scott Hacker

The BeOS is no longer a Power PC operating system; now it's aimed at x86.

Anonymous Web Servers Have Holes

Richard Smith

Sites Can Gather Information You're Hiding

BeOS Enters The Mainstream II

Scott Hacker

The BeOS is making headway in hardware support.

Pentium III: How Much Faster Is It Really?

Daniel Dern

Starting with the latest figures from the National Software Testing Laboratory, we attempt to find out whether Intel's Pentium III is good for anything but Intel's bottom line.

What Makes A Faster Processor?

Stephen Platt

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have adopted differing strategies for speeding up their next-generation chips. Whether users benefit more from faster processing or new, complex instructions depends largely on what they're doing.

Measuring Web Mindshare

Jon Udell

Among all computer and internet sites listed on Yahoo, Byte.com ranks 12th in terms of the number of sites that link to it. How do we know? Jon Udell told us, and he didn't do the calculation by hand either. Find out how to automate the extraction of info

Windows 98 Knows Who You Are

David Methvin and Richard Smith

A Windows Magazine investigation uncovers the details of the Windows 98 "unique identifier" security risk, and tells you what to do to protect yourself from it. Richard Smith, president of Phar Lap software, tells how he discovered the risk.

MP3 And Its Competition

Michael Dortch

Music on the Net has gone from rock and roll to rights and royalties. We sort out the players and tell you how to handicap the various technologies, plus offer advice on what to do now, whether your are a music supplier or a music consumer.

Home Networking Ain't Easy

David Strom

How do folks who don't do networking for a living manage to figure out home networks? The answer is, they don't. There are too many choices. Too many incompatible technologies. We help you sort them out, depending on what your house--and your spouse--will

Keeping Your Private E-Mail Private

William Stallings

It appears likely that S/MIME will emerge as the industry standard for commercial and organizational mail encryption -- a subject on which Stallings literally wrote the book. Learn what S/MIME is, what it does, and how it works.

The Unauthorized Bio Of The Baby Bells

Bruce Kushnick

We haven't gotten what we've paid for in terms of high-speed access improvements.

The Unauthorized Bio Of The Baby Bells

Bruce Kushnick

We haven't gotten what we've paid for in terms of high-speed access improvements.

JavaSpaces: Making Distributed Computing Easier

Cameron Laird

Parcel out parallelization easily to networked computers.

You Can Decouple IE From Win 98

Andy Patrizio

Just use 98Lite 2.0 and see the difference.

JavaSpaces Promises Distributed Computing Breakthrough

Cameron Laird

JavaSpaces' limits, achievements, directions

sRGB64: Always The Same Color Twice?

David Em and Alex Pournelle

New standard will help display and print images look the same.