Cover Story
Cover Story
If you think you have to upgrade to Windows 98, you should think again.
[author : John Montgomery]
p.96H The Web Gets Personal
p.96H The Web Gets Personal
Customizing your site to meet each customer's preferences could mean more business.
p.96D Smartcards Enhance Mobile E-Commerce
p.96D Smartcards Enhance Mobile E-Commerce
p.96E Wireless Electronic Funds Transfer
p.96E Wireless Electronic Funds Transfer
p.96E GSM's Short Message Service
p.96E GSM's Short Message Service
Behind Intel/HP's chip for tomorrow are ideas from yesterday, like long instruction words and parallel processing.
[author : Tom R. Halfhill]
p.89
Get a Grip on Scripts
p.89
Get a Grip on Scripts
Harness the strenghts of scripting languages to power your Web applications.
[author : Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz]
p.97
Part I: Enterprise Databases Battle On
p.97
Part I: Enterprise Databases Battle On
Relational DBMSes are doing more than ever before. Can they keep meeting user demands?
[author : Karen Watterson]
[theme : Managing Data]
p.100
Part II: Relations with Your Data
p.100
Part II: Relations with Your Data
We examine four major relational database systems: IBM's DB2 Universal Database 5.0, Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5, Microsoft's SQL Server Enterprise 6.5, and Oracle's version 7.3.
[author : Barry Nance]
p.40IS-3 Chip-Secured Electronic Transactions
p.40IS-3 Chip-Secured Electronic Transactions
p.40IS-5 Real-Time Web Language Translators
p.40IS-5 Real-Time Web Language Translators
p.40IS-11 Flat Panels Take Off
p.40IS-11 Flat Panels Take Off
Editorial
Editorial
Inbox
Inbox
Bits
Bits
p.24
Intel's Low-Cost CPU
p.24
Intel's Low-Cost CPU
p.30
Byte's Best of CeBIT
p.30
Byte's Best of CeBIT
p.34
Voice-Mail Purgatory
p.34
Voice-Mail Purgatory
p.34
GartnerGroup Report: Firewalls
p.34
GartnerGroup Report: Firewalls
Eval
Eval
p.41
Visual InterDev Grows Up Fast
p.41
Visual InterDev Grows Up Fast
Microsoft's RAD Web tool.
[theme : Web Development]
p.42
SmartSuite Heads for the Millennium
p.42
SmartSuite Heads for the Millennium
Lotus adds Web technology.
[theme : Office Suite]
p.47
Qube Is Convenience Squared
p.47
Qube Is Convenience Squared
Services for small LANs.
[theme : Microserver]
p.48
A Portable Device for PBX@Home
p.48
A Portable Device for PBX@Home
EXTender lets phones roam.
[theme : Telephony]
Core
Core
p.49
Bringing Quality of Service to IP
p.49
Bringing Quality of Service to IP
RSVP allows networks using IP to establish QoS connections between applications.
[author : Dinesh Dutt]
[theme : Networks]
p.51
MkLinux: Linux for the Power Mac
p.51
MkLinux: Linux for the Power Mac
The Power Mac has a new Unix-like OS that's robust enough to host Web, name, and e-mail servers.
[author : Tony Cox]
[theme : Operating Systems]
p.57
TriMedia Powers a Videophone
p.57
TriMedia Powers a Videophone
Philips' chip implements video, audio, and modem operations.
[author : Osman Khan]
[theme : CPUs]
p.61
Storing Java in a Relational Database
p.61
Storing Java in a Relational Database
Java's object-oriented nature makes database programming and maintenance easier.
[author : John Dreystadt]
[theme : Programming]
p.63
Data-Warehouse Scalability
p.63
Data-Warehouse Scalability
The decisions you make when you first build the warehouse will determine whether it can grow with the company or become a project stopper.
[author : Ron Fryer]
[theme : Databases]
Lab Reports
Lab Reports
p.100
Relations with Your Data
p.100
Relations with Your Data
[author : Barry Nance]
[theme : Software]
p.114
Eight-Way Servers Race for the NT Prize
p.114
Eight-Way Servers Race for the NT Prize
The BYTE Lab tests SMP machines with multiple Pentium Pros. Here's how they stack up.
[author : Robert L. Hummel]
[theme : Hardware]
Web Project
Web Project
Here's how to bring benefits of Web-style development to disconnected clients.
[author : Jon Udell]
Javatalk
Javatalk
p.109
Rapid Java Development
p.109
Rapid Java Development
Vision Jade provides tools for building enterprise databases.
[author : Rick Grehan]
Future Vision
Future Vision
Someday PCs might use quantum coprocessors that do massive calculations instantaneously.
[author : Udo Flohr]
Reviews
Reviews
p.122
A Pentium II Notebook That Talks to You
p.122
A Pentium II Notebook That Talks to You
Digital's HiNote VP 765.
[theme : Notebook]
p.123
Is That Really You?
p.123
Is That Really You?
Nuance Verifier knows.
[theme : Authentication]
Borland's C++ Builder 3.
[theme : Programming]
p.125
100-MHz: A System Bus for Tomorrow
p.125
100-MHz: A System Bus for Tomorrow
PIIs ride a faster bus.
[theme : PC Workstations]
p.128
A "Box" Designed for Manageability:
p.128
A "Box" Designed for Manageability:
Toshiba's Equium 7000S
[theme : Desktop PC]
Chaos Manor
Chaos Manor
p.129
A Smarter Windows 95.
p.129
A Smarter Windows 95.
Jerry gives Cyrus a CPU upgrade and experiments with the 'b' version of Win 95.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
What's New
What's New
p.155
HP's multifunction machine, Photoshop 5, graphics accelerators, do-it-yourself G3 Mac upgrades, PII servers, and lots of development tools.
p.155
HP's multifunction machine, Photoshop 5, graphics accelerators, do-it-yourself G3 Mac upgrades, PII servers, and lots of development tools.
Improbable
Improbable
An experimental lecture hall and software for the next celebrity requiem.
[author : Marc Abrahams]
SERVICE
SERVICE
Product Information
Product Information
http://www.byte.com/hotbytes/
Index to Advertisers
Index to Advertisers
p.154
Editorial Index by Company
p.154
Editorial Index by Company
THE BYTE WEB SITE and THE VIRTUAL PRESS ROOM
THE BYTE WEB SITE and THE VIRTUAL PRESS ROOM
http://www.byte.com
http://www.byte.com
Program listings
Program listings
FTP: ftp.byte.com
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