THE COMPUTER BULLETIN - January 1998

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Forum
A new mould for IT projects
Ian Smith has had enough of project failures and sees the answer in a diferent approach

The Bulletin Interview
Tim Berners-Lee
The inventor of the World Wide Web sees four immediate applications for his creation - and shares his future vision

Leading Edge
The chip that designs itself
Adrian Thompson's research has gone so far that he no longer knows how his chips work...

Object Technology
Object technology: for or against?
Jim Lawton says object-orientation is the biggest advance in 30 years - but Martin Butler urges caution

Data protection
Time to get personal
New EU data protection laws go live in about nine months' time - yet there is still considerable ignorance about existing legislation, says Anne Hinde

Internet
Programming for the Web
George Levy explains how Web sites can be brought to life

Java
Java or bust
The whole future of Scottish Telecom is being staked on a new approach to system development and delivering IT services


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