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Hands On Linux, Tim Orbaker
Cable Modems And Linux: Most cable-modem providers are either unable or unwilling to support Linux, so Tim offers information on cable modems and the necessary network setup.

The Monitor, Fred Langa
Fred's European Adventures: Back when Byte was published on every continent, Fred Langa visited most of them.

Software 'N' Sites, Robert Frantz
Active XCavator Source Code: Bob gives the source code for Active XCavator, which reports on (and optionally deletes) ActiveX controls.

Byte Media Lab, Alex Pournelle and David Em
Micron's Mobile Media Machine: David takes a look at Micron's TransPort NX portable powerhouse.

Utility Infielder, Bill Nicholls
Building Software In An Organized Fashion III: The problem when writing specifications is that it doesn't seem to have an obvious payoff. Bill explains what it is.

Trevor's Linux, Trevor Marshall
The Firewall Masquerade: Looking for a simple Internet firewall? Welcome to Linux's "Masquerade"

The Chip Column, Mark Hachman
Gordon Moore Saved Disk Drives: Low-power embedded chips have saved the disk drive industry, thanks to Moore's law. Plus: why you should care.

The Linux Line, Tom Henderson
Humble Pie and Weird Semantics: Hoping to douse some 'flames,' Tom defends his use of 'fragmentation' in the context of Linux.

The Macintosh Column, Marty Cortinas
Good Outweighs Bad With Mac OS X Server: X OS Powers the PowerPC.

Byte Media Lab, Alex Pournelle and David Em
Macromedia's Mighty Tools: David reports on Macromedia's awesome suite of Web design tools.

Practical Perl, Dennis Watson
Perltropolis: Like a bustling city, Perl has many avenues and boroughs to explore. Dennis takes you on a tour of them.

The Java Column, Martin Heller,
Live from JavaOne: Sun cleaned up its Java product line story a bit at JavaOne 99.

Wolfe's Den, Alexander Wolfe,
Who Decides When Merced Is Fully Cooked?: Memories of disastrous hardware bugs haunt Intel as it prepares to launch Merced.

The CE Column, John Ruley,
Pocket Programming: John tells you how to program Windows CE in Visual C++, Visual Basic, and NS Basic.

NT Technology, Lee Ratzan,
Crossing The NT Street: The challenge of converting an application from an NT platform to a Unix box is to obey the rules of one without violating the rules of the other.

Future Feature, Richard Dalton
You've Got (Too Much) Mail!: We've been communicated into a corner. Richard has some advice.

Vox Populi, Ted Coombs
Nigerian Bank Fraud Scam Lives On: An old (and dangerous) scam moves to a new medium.

Letter From The Editor, Paul E. Schindler Jr.
Cyberspace Declaration Of Independence: In a belated celebration of the Fourth of July, this is a venerable Internet document.

Serving Linux, Moshe Bar,
Networking On Steroids with Linux: Unraveling the complex maze that is IP routing.

The Be View, Scot Hacker,
Feeling Right at Home: Be bends over backward to help migrating Windows users.

Digital Business, Jason and Ted Coombs,
The Old Grey DBMS Ain't What It Used To Be: Data retrieval is being changed by object-orientation.

Book Review, Moshe Bar
Oracle Design: Moshe Bar recommends this new book about Oracle's popular DBMS.

Letter From The Editor, Paul E. Schindler Jr.
Giving Something Back: A New Way: Silicon Valley may innovate in philanthropy as it has in technology. Also: why there's a product review again.