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On the Web
Featured this month in our website Online Extras: "Can Computers 'Go' Beyond Chess?" Also, the second installment of publisher Terrie Lloyd's "Inside Story," and a PC virus compendium.
Upgrade Your Computer Skills
Want to learn more about your new
software, but dread struggling through yet another turgid, incomprehensible manual? Here are four schools in Tokyo that offer computer lessons in English.
by Tina Lieu
The More Things Change...
...the more they stay the same. We talk with Doug Walker and Dave Hebert of WRQ, Inc., about the changing and unchanging issues in today's information technology and corporate connectivity markets.
by Wm. Auckerman When Good Staff Doesn't Come Knocking
Skilled employees can be a company's most valuable business asset. But how do foreign companies find qualified high-tech staff in Japan? Some successful high-tech companies share their hiring secrets. by John Boyd
Setting Up For Business in Japan
If you're a freelancer or a foreign company wondering whether it would be profitable to establish a local presence in Japan's computer software market, here's some advice on your available options, and what you should watch out for.
by Karl Ruping
Stretching the Copper Wire Bandwidth
Is ISDN a case of too little, too late? ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) technology can carry digital data more than a dozen times faster than ISDN - and over existing copper phone lines.
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The Java Diet Plan for Slimmer Clients
For corporate networks, "personalized" and "distributed" are out, while "managed" and "centralized" are in. The "thin client" has arrived, with Sun's JavaStation leading the way to the latest in office computing paradigms.
by John Jerney
Editor's Page
The Mac in Japan
The new 2400 subnotebook - was it
worth the wait?
by Forest Linton
What the Japanese Are Reading
A peek inside three Japanese computer
magazines
by Tina Lieu
Industry News
The Query Column
Not yet 2000-compliant? It's panic time!
by Thomas Caldwell
The Digital Forest
Search engines are driving Japan's Web-based advertising
by Forest Linton
The Help Desk
A useful tool for deploying enterprise software
Newsbriefs
Who's doing what (and with whom)?
Product Profiles
A look at what's new on the Japanese market
Industry Eye
The computing horror story of the century
by John Boyd
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