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Issue 14: July 2006
Editorial - welcome to Bitwise the Next Generation!
REALbasic - life after VB?
The Hell That Is Linux : Carl Bateman vents his fury
Visual Studio Integration #3 : MS Build
Book Review : Ruby For Rails - by David A. Black
Wilf explores the maths of magic : over on BW2
Rants and Raves : Programming, Methodologies and Buzzwords
Bytegeist - Bye-bye Bill

Issue 13: June 2006
Editorial - From Turbo Pascal to Turbo Delphi...?
Interview with Allen Bauer : Borland/Devco Chief Scientist
Review: Mathcad 13 : maths/engineering software
BW2 : launch of the interactive Bitwise supplement
Bit-shifting in VB6 : a coding snack from BW2
Delphi Program Groups #3 - save and load groups to and from disk
Mathematical Digressions : Wilf looks into division and discovers mathematical trickery!
CodeHealer 2.1 : Source code analysis for Delphi
Book Review: Learn To Program - by Chris Pine
Bytegeist : RAD Manners - from C++ and VB to Ruby
Rants and Raves : Web standards, who needs 'em!

Issue 12: May 2006
Editorial - does the world need yet another C-like language?
D Programming - interview with its creator, Walter Bright
The D Programming Language - C Done Right?
Code Igniter : PHP On Rails? interview with Rick Ellis, creator of this PHP web framework
Komodo 3.5.2 : editor/IDE for Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl and Ruby
Visual Studio Integration #2 : Colouring your code
Introduction to Ruby - part three : Strings and string-handling
Delphi Program Groups #2 - create a multi-window Program Manager
VB Classic - Graphics and the GDI #3 : bitblitting and screen capture
Bytegeist : The Cult Of The Hacker
Rants and Raves : CMS and the strange attraction of squirrels
Letters To The Editor :: A CSS zealot bites back

Issue 11: April 2006
Editorial : Frameworks, frameworks everywhere...
Ruby - hidden treasure or flawed gem? We debate the pros and cons
Introduction to Ruby - part two : Class hierarchies and attributes
Review - Carrara 5 : this 3D graphics package wins our Recommended Award
Book Review: Micro-ISV - From Vision To Reality - by Bob Walsh
Book Reviews: PHP - two PHP book reviews updated
VB Classic - Graphics and the GDI part two : coordinate transformations
Mathematical Digressions : Wilf is bound up in chains
Bytegeist - Mind Your Language : Dermot sings the praises of The Evil Empire!
Rants and Raves : Blogs, dogs and style sheets

Issue 10: March 2006
Editorial : Object Orientation- from Smalltalk to Ruby...
Visual Studio Integration #1 : How to add a programming language to VS 2005
Introduction to Ruby - part one : Object Orientation fundamentals
Living With Smalltalk #1 : a first taste of Dolphin Smalltalk X6
VB Classic - Graphics and the GDI : start of a new programming series
Delphi Program Groups #1 : create your own Windows Start Menu
News: Borland dumps developer tools : where now for Delphi?
Camtasia Studio 3.1 : the latest version of this slick screen recording tool
Book Review: Squeak : Learn Programming With Robots : by Stéphane Ducasse
Mathematical Digressions : Wilf explores the maths of Ancient Egypt!
Bytegeist - Mind Your Language : writing a new programming language
Rants and Raves : Down on the farm

Issue 9: February 2006
Editorial : "Why do people keep inventing new programming languages…?"
Chrome 1.5 : Object Pascal for Visual Studio .NET - review
i-Sound WMA MP3 Recorder 6.6 : PC audio recording tool
Pamela 1.3 : a dedicated Skype recorder
Demo Builder 5 : smooth screen recording with Flash output
Review: Diskeeper 10 : Hard disk degragmentation
ChinesePod : Chinese by podcast
Roundup of 2005 : Check on the features you missed in Biwtwise
Mathematical Digressions : Wilf muses on the maths of the mint humbug...
Borland's ECO III : Bob Swart on Enterprise Common Objects
Bytegeist - It's Life, Jim! - the strange evolution of programming languages
Rants and Raves : crashed discs (of the Martian kind?)

Issue 8: January 2006
Editorial : "I really don’t understand what Microsoft is up to...."
Borland Developer Studio 2006 : the Bitwise review
Borland Developer Studio 2006 - another view : from a Visual Studio user
Mathematical Digressions : Wilf Hey is engulfed in waves...
The .NET Debate - What's it for? Where’s it going? And do you really need it…?
Web Accessibility and Web Browsers - browsers, bugs and CSS
Five Blogs, Five Questions - the developers answer
Delphi Application Launchpad #2 - launch apps from a combo box or list view
Bytegeist Smells the Coffee : Microsoft's war on Java
Rants and Raves : MP3s and digital downloads
Letters To The Editor : Was Einstein wrong?

Issue 7: December 2005
Editorial : Bitwise, the first six months...
3D Landscape Design software - Vue, Bryce, MojoWorld and more...
Vue 5 Infinite - 3D landscape designer
MojoWorld 3.1 - fractal planet creator
Bryce 5.5 - 3D landscape designer
Dr. Kenton 'Doc Mojo' Musgrave interview - today Mojoworld, tomorrow the Universe!
Garth Thornton interview - the creator of XenoDream on the beauty of maths
Delphi 2005 and ECO II - part five : adding an RSS feed to Bob's Delphi blog
Delphi Application Launchpad - a drag and drop file launch tool
SmartInspect : logging/debugging for .NET, Java and Delphi
Win RemObjects' Chrome : deadline December 31st 2005
Bytegeist : The Disaster Known As Visual Basic
Rants and Raves : The rise of the Web
Letters To The Editor : Wikipedia - friend or foe?

Issue 6: November 2005
Editorial : Is PHP taking over the web?
CMS - an introduction - what it is, what it's for
Choose and Install a Blog - CMS for blogging
WAMP : Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP - quick start guide
Install Apache : setup guide to Apache Server on Windows
Install MySQL : setup guide to MySQL on Windows
Install PHP : setup guide to PHP on Windows
Install WordPress : setup this Blog software on a PC or web server
Borland audio Interview : David Intersimone on the future of Delphi and C++Builder
VB .NET Communications #3: read and write to the serial port
Review: Steema TeeChart Pro 2 .NET : graphing component for programmers
Book Review: Podcast Solutions - by Geoghegan and Klass
Win RemObjects' Chrome : deadline November 30th 2005
Bytegeist : Can you trust Wikipedia?
Rants and Raves : A better browser - and it's not Firefox!
Letters To The Editor : Open Source and CSS

Issue 5: October 2005
Editorial : What's the next big thing in programming?
First Steps in Prolog : an easy introduction to this AI language
Free Prologs : a guide to freely available Prolog systems
VB .NET Communications #2: events, signals and mutexes
Delphi 2005 and ECO II - part four: deployment on a 'clean machine'
C# Adventures in Coding #5 : file saving and loading, then time to add some puzzles!
Review: Maple 10 v Mathematica 5.2 : high-end maths packages put to the test
Book Review : Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom : by Ben Hammersley
Book Review : A Programmer's Introduction to C# 2.0 - by Gunnerson & Wienholt
Win Delphi 2005 Architect : deadline October 31st 2005
Win RemObjects' Chrome : deadline October 31st 2005
Bytegeist : Light At The End of the VB Tunnel
Rants and Raves : CSS is the work of the devil
Letters To The Editor: Borland and the Open Source graveyard

Issue 4: September 2005
Editorial : Has RSS come of age? Or is it still just for Geeks?
What is RSS? : a simple guide to really simple syndication
Guide To RSS and Atom : basic info on syndication formats
Read Those Feeds - an overview of RSS/Atom reader applications
RSS - Creating Feeds : applications to help you put RSS on your site
VB .NET Communications #1: roll-your-own Comms control
Delphi 2005 and ECO II - part three : authentication, authorization and comments
C# Adventures in Coding #4 : out parameters and overriding virtual methods
Smalltalk - create a 3D Browser in Squeak : exploring Wonderland
Review: EyeCandy 5 Impact : eye-catching PhotoShop plugins
Review: Cartes du Ciel - free astronomy software :: September 2005
Win Delphi 2005 Architect : deadline September 16th 2005
Bytegeist : The Worst Things In Life Are Free
Rants and Raves : Gay Boyfriend, badgers and broadband
Letters To The Editor -: the OOP argument continues...

Issue 3: August 2005
Editorial : Smalltalk - not just important, also great fun
Dolphin Smalltalk : download a free copy
Learn To Program Dolphin Smalltalk : follow our tutorial
Programming Milestones - Smalltalk : the birth of modern computing?
Win a copy of BB Flashback : competition (this month only)
VB6 Serial Communications #3: Communication event monitoring
Delphi Screen capture #3 : adding hotkeys and saving images
C# Adventures in Coding #3 : extending the class hierarchy and virtual methods
Review: BB Flashback 1.4.5 : screen recording and editing software
Review: CalcCenter 3 : a low-cost alternative to Mathematica?
Bytegeist - Open Source? So Who’s Paying For The Free Lunch?
Rants and Raves - Terrorism, the BBC and a man with horns on his head
Letters To The Editor - more OOP snakeoil and the death of VB

Issue 2: July 2005
Editorial : "I have to confess that I rather like VB .NET..."
The Strange Death of Visual Basic : how Microsoft killed its favourite language
Interview with VB Product Manager, Jay Roxe : the MS view of the future of VB
VB Past, Present and Future : What now for VB6?
Borland Interview : Video interview with David Intersimone, Delphi, Java, C++, VB and more
VB6 Serial Communications #2 : API programming
Delphi Screen capture - part two: selecting and grabbing a rectangular area
Delphi 2005 and ECO II - part two: Bob Swart creates pages in EcoSpace
C# Adventures in Coding #2 : creating class hierarchies and custom Collections
Smalltalk Beginner's Guide - part two - creating classes
Review: Camtasia Studio 3 - latest version of the famous screen recording software
Book Review: Spring Into PHP 5 - by Steven Holzner
Book Review: Teach Yourself PHP In 10 Minutes - by Chris Newman
Bytegeist - Quantum Software and The Mythical Man Month
Rants and Raves - Doctor Who, Firefly, Farscape and the power of Internet campaigns
Letters To The Editor - Delphi For VB Programmers? OOP is Snake Oil?

Issue 1 : June 2005
Editorial - "For me it all began with an Olivetti M-24 and a copy of Turbo Pascal 3.2..."
DVD Copy and Compress - software reviews, legal woes, jargon buster
Copy Protection, Who Needs It? - opinion
C# Adventures in Coding #1 : intro to C# by coding an adventure game - serialization
Delphi 2005 and ECO II - Bob Swart programs a blog!
Delphi - Screen capture - part one - grabbing the desktop or a selected window
Smalltalk - Beginner's Guide - part one - a hands on tutorial
VB - Serial Communications with VB6 - how to control the serial port
Chrome Object Pascal - interview with RemObjects .NET architect, marc hoffman
Programming Milestones - .NET - A historic interview with C# and .NET architect, Anders Hejlsberg
Planetarium software - SkyMap Pro 11 and TheSky 6
Learn a Language online - recommended web sites
Learn Chinese online - recommended web sites
How To: Fit a second PC hard drive - step-by-step guide
Review : Movie Plus 4 - low cost, high power video editing software
Book Review: Mind Hacks - Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain
Book Review: Programming C# (4th ed) - by Jesse Liberty
Bytegeist - Where did Object Orientation go wrong?
Rants and Raves - before Harry Potter