New Products for January 2006 New releases this month include SwiftShader, a software-based rendering tool that enables the use of 3D graphics in games and applications. Thu, 5 Jan 2006
New Products for October New releases this month include a driver update from NVIDIA; 1-abc.net's software for customizing the Windows startup process; and a dock from Digital Lifestyle Outfitters that makes a video iPod the centerpiece of a home theater system. Mon, 31 Oct 2005
New Products for September This month's crop of new hardware and software includes Cadabra Software's personal encryption suite; RSS Writer from Phelios; and PCs designed for home automation from Cannon PC. Mon, 26 Sep 2005
New Products for August New this month: a new three-phase uninterruptible power system from Eaton Corporation; the ButtKicker Gamer, which sends low frequency sound directly into the listener's body; and more hardware gadgets and software tools. Mon, 29 Aug 2005
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New Products for July New announcements for the month include a driver update from NVIDIA; new Alienware computer systems; Robhatah's robotic research platforms; and much more. Mon, 25 Jul 2005
New Products for October New product announcements for the month include a new version of PyQt from Riverbank Computing; hard disk drives from Samsung Electronics and Marvell; a new line of LCD displays from Formac Electronic; and more. Mon, 25 Oct 2004
New Products for June Just released: Accordance Systems' portable power supply for technicians; SiComponents' Multi Screen Emulator for Windows; PC Confidential from Winferno Software; and more. Mon, 20 Jun 2005
New Products for December The old year wraps up with these new hardware and software releases. Mon, 22 Dec 2003
New Products for May New hardware and software announcements for the month include Zend's latest PHP IDE; Amacom Technologies' portable hard drive and backup software; Unotron's bacteria-resistant keyboard; and more. Tue, 31 May 2005
New Products for February New hardware and software for the month includes two GPUs from NVIDIA; Cristalink Limited's backup software; the Flash Edition of Xamlon Pro; and more. Mon, 28 Feb 2005
New Products for August New product announcements for the month include virtual CD/DVD drive technology from SimDisc; Stealth's fanless LittlePC; and Sharp's 3D LCD display. Mon, 16 Aug 2004
New Products for September Survey the latest and greatest in hardware, software, peripherals, and even accessories for the fashion-minded geek. Mon, 22 Sep 2003
New Products for November Check out ten of the month's most interesting hardware and software releases. Mon, 24 Nov 2003
New Products for May Every month our editors comb through the latest hardware and software releases; the most interesting are listed here. Mon, 24 May 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.