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  • Warning. Warning. Warning. Fatal error. Stop.

    Ethan Levin wasn't worried. Programming mistakes were inevitable. He'd fix it, and move on. An excerpt from Ellen Ullman's new novel, "The Bug."
    By Ellen Ullman May 16, 2003

  • Bugged out

    "The Bug" author Ellen Ullman talks about the Gothic terrors that lurk between the rational lines of computer code.
    By Scott Rosenberg May 16, 2003

  • Totally awesome software?

    "Extreme programming" sounds like no more than a marketing-driven fad, but fans are convinced that its rules hold the key to better code.
    By Sam Williams May 29, 2002

  • A unified theory of software evolution

    Meir Lehman has been studying the life cycles of computer programs since he was a researcher at IBM 30 years ago. One of these days he's going to get it all figured out.
    By Sam Williams April 8, 2002

  • Microsoft storm warning

    The HailStorm program will put all your data in one convenient place -- and leave Bill Gates with the keys.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 28, 2001

  • 21st Challenge No. 33

    Real-life dialog-box alerts: Are you sure you want to ...?
    By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau April 22, 2000

  • How much do I hear for this perl script?

    New O'Reilly venture creates an auction scheme for open-source software projects.
    By Andrew Leonard May 14, 1999

  • The free software story

    Complete Salon Technology coverage of Linux, the open-source movement and free software's ideas and personalities.
    May 4, 1999

  • PROSPERITY can be yours!

    Introducing the new industry standard in scriptwriting software.
    By Philip Morton March 25, 1999

  • Let's Get This Straight: From Agenda to Zoot

    Readers fill us in on personal information software -- the good, the bad and the discontinued.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 23, 1999

  • Microsoft has your number

    Microsoft has your number: By Andrew Leonard. Will Office's new registration scheme stop software pirates or hassle users?
    By Andrew Leonard January 27, 1999

  • Is there such a thing as a software monopoly?

    Is there such a thing as a software monopoly? By Mike Romano. Microsoft says no -- and its arguments could provoke changes in the antitrust laws.
    By Mike Romano November 11, 1998

  • Talk to our agent

    Talk to our agent: By Howard Wen. In the rapidly consolidating world of computer gaming, you need more than a good idea to get ahead.
    By Howard Wen September 28, 1998

  • The Xy files

    The Xy files: By Amy Virshup. For the rest of the world, XyWrite is history -- but to its devotees, the antiquated word processor still rules.
    By Amy Virshup August 25, 1998

  • Are microchips too fast for mere mortals?

    Moore's Law means our processors get faster every year -- but no law can find uses for all that computing power.
    By Scott Rosenberg June 18, 1998

  • The software that refused to die

    When the owner of mTropolis gave it the ax, users raised money to take the code into their own hands.
    By Greg Lindsay June 10, 1998

  • What kind of man reads ...

    For the man who has everything -- it's SHIT magazine!
    By James Poniewozik. April 14, 1998

  • 21st: Virtual machine dreams

    Getting a Mac to impersonate a PC is no longer so difficult. But it's still awfully slow.
    By Scott Rosenberg January 6, 1998

  • 21st: License to code

    Experimenting with ways to cash in on software research, universities try a dash of habanero.
    By Greg Lindsay December 12, 1997

  • sliced off by the cutting edge

    A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.'
    By Ellen Ullman October 16, 1997

  • Ain't gonna work on Bill G's farm no more

    Dodging plastic air-gun projectiles in Microsoft's cubicles, a contractor decides she's had enough.
    By Jennifer New September 25, 1997
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