The Commodore Comeback Although the Commodore 64's heyday is long past, a
strong user base of loyal Commodore enthusiasts is
keeping the venerable 8-bitter relevant in the 21st century. Mon, 20 Dec 2004
The Problems of Personalization Online retailers are crowding onto the "personalization" bandwagon—with humorous and occasionally insulting results. Mon, 1 Nov 2004
The I/O Divorce In software development, input is in and output is out: While business logic, and the storage and manipulation of data are usually handled by experienced programmers, the task of reporting is often given to beginners. But what is this doing to the industry? Mon, 18 Oct 2004
Buffer, Buffer, Where is the Buffer? With so much of modern technology concerned with buffers, buffering, and the dreaded buffer overflow, Lynne asks: Can we build a better buffer? Mon, 4 Oct 2004
Testing Localized Applications Segue Software's Peter Piela details the requirements for a successful globalization test tool. Mon, 13 Sep 2004
Business Process Modeling Notation The BPMN specification is designed to bridge the gap between the initial design of business processes and their technical execution. Mon, 23 Aug 2004
A Supercomputer in Every Chip Clusters based on commodity chips have revolutionized the supercomputer industry, but at the same time, traditional supercomputers based on powerful vector CPUs are making a comeback. Steven explains why and how these approaches work together. Mon, 10 May 2004
Automated Document Design Can computers can appreciate beauty? Researchers at Xerox's Imaging and Services Technology Center are designing software to make aesthetic judgments. Mon, 29 Mar 2004
Thoroughly Modern Hard Drives Consumer demand is growing as hard drive engineering reaches the limits of current technology. Mon, 8 Mar 2004
Building Your Home Video Jukebox Here's how to rip, encode, and watch your videos with a miminal amount of fuss. Mon, 9 Feb 2004
Burn Baby Burn Richard gives step-by-step instructions for converting VHS analog videotapes into DVDs, using a Mac. Mon, 26 Jan 2004
CES 2004: Photo Gallery If you didn't make it to CES this year, you can still browse through the booths virtually; these snapshots from the show capture the hottest new devices and gadgets. Mon, 19 Jan 2004
CES 2004: Still Growing This year’s Consumer Electronics Show delivered home media convergence at prices we can almost afford. While industry trade shows shrink, CES keeps on growing as digital media matures for the consumer. Mon, 19 Jan 2004
What Zope Did Wrong (and How It's Being Fixed) Dr. Dobb's talks with Lennart Regebro about the many things that
Zope 2 did right and did wrong. Lennart has also been one of the driving
forces behind Five, the integration of Zope 3 technologies into Zope 2.
Ubuntu and the Software Around It Dr. Dobb's interviews Ubuntu's Gerry Carr about the Linux-based Ubuntu
operating sytem and the application lifecycle tools -- such as the
recently released Launchpad -- that surround it.
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.