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The article evaluates the architectural design of two houses designed by Go Hasegawa in Japan, including the suburban House in Komazawa in Tokyo, Japan and the Pilotis in a Forest holiday house near Tsumagoi, Japan.

Presents information on classes that mimic the Microsoft delegate keyword. Details on event handling in a graphic user interface (GUI) application; Information on using EventListener-based event handlers; Information on the delegate keyword; Conclusion.

Comments on the importance of H-1B visas for foreign information technology (IT) managers in the United States. Potential benefits of a quality IT worker; Reasons for the importance of H-1B hunt on IT managers.

Deals with the Hatch-Abraham H-1B bill, which would ease the shortage of high-technology employees in the United States through the proposed revision of the H-1B regulation, sponsored by Spencer Abraham and Orrin Hatch. Provisions of the bill; How the labor shortage affects the economy of the country.

Editorial. Focuses on the development of Internet terminals. Functions and features of the terminal; Considerations in producing the device; Applications of the terminal.

Editorial. Examines Intel's decision to exit the board business. Intel's promotion of its Multibus I and II; Designers' problems with creating boards; VME competition; CompactPCI as the possible next-generation bus.

Comments on the social implication of the merging of computers, consumer products and high speed communications. Spiritual, emotional and psychological isolation of the next generation; Lost of etiquette or politeness; Potential loss of social skills; Depersonalization of society.

Editorial. Criticizes the jargon used by computer companies and other electronics manufacturers to market their products and technology. Use of term `platform' to encompass both computer and operating system; Dynamic model switching.

Profiles the publisher of the magazine `Computer Design,' Bob Ziegel. His career as a race car driver; Launching of the magazines `Computer World' and `PC Week'; His plan for the magazine `Computer Design.'

Editorial. Reflects on the parallels between the advent of television and computer technology. First experience watching the television in 1965; Comparison with the use of computers.

Editorial. Focuses on the launching of the magazine called `Portable Design.' Features; Editorial team.

Editorial. Discusses the financial aspects of the Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system. Implications for Microsoft chairman Bill Gates; Promotional campaign; Public reaction; Expectations.

Editorial. Comments on the potential danger of giving advice to in-laws on the purchase of computers for people in the computer industry. Example of a worse case scenario; Advice on how to escape from giving advice to in-laws.

Presents `Computer Design' magazine's contest for readers where they should guess the competitor of Synplicity's Synplify logic-synthesis software. Features and capabilities of the software; Prize for the winner.

Editorial. Focuses on the importance of interpreting knowledge in databases if they are to be used to gain understanding of an existing problem or to create new products or designs. Absence of mechanisms that can help interpret the knowledge in databases; Steps in building the human cognitive process; Outlook for electronic publishing.

Editorial. Discusses the use of the mass media by semiconductor companies. Coca-Cola's change of design; Hoover Manufacturing Co.'s expensive marketing scheme; Intel Corp.'s Pentium microprocessors.

Editorial. Presents ideas on how to make money from patented algorithms for computer chips. Choice of design; Reduction in board space and cost; Promotion; Competition.

Editorial. Comments on how to practice good company management. Books on good management; Effect of good company management philosophy in making a good manager; Overcoming `middle management syndrome.'

Reports on the result of an independent study by National Software Testing Laboratories on the performance of the Alpha AXP 275, MIPS R4600 and Pentium-based microprocessors. Impressive performance of Digital Equipment Corp.'s Alpha-based machine over all other machines; Aeon Systems' choice of the Digital's Alpha device; Features of Digital's Alpha machines.