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The article focuses on rocket science where mathematical models and computers are used to predict or control price changes in stocks, bonds, currencies and derivative securities. Topics discussed include the two schools of stock analysis which are fundamental and technical, the operation and limitation of a neural network, the function of genetic algorithms, the significance of the article "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities," by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in derivatives.

The article discusses how multicore computing can multiply processing power in a lesser energy consumption. It states that microchip manufacturers are using the additional transistors theory predicted by Moore's Law which requires additional transistor to increase the number of processors inside a chip instead of making individual processors run faster. This multiple core is believed to deliver the same amount of processing power that a high-speed single-core chips offered in a lesser electricity consumption. Meanwhile, it notes that in order to solve one problem in producing the chips which is parallelism, manufacturers like Intel Corp. have recalled those experts of supercomputing in 1980.

This article presents updates on the information technology sector as of November 2004. One of these news is a multimillion advertising campaign revealed by Microsoft and Intel for Windows Media Center personal computers. The companies let consumers control home-entertainment equipment from Windows interface. Another is the availability of proprietary Cisco code on the Internet. For $24,000, a group of hackers called the Source Code Club will sell the code for PIX 6.3.1 Firewall software from Cisco. The author also mentioned the use of the term sceptic in the magazine InfoWorld. Sceptic is the term for skeptic in Great Britain. Another update was the announcement of Taking Pills Bottle by Wizzard Software. The bottle functions by pressing a button on it. A built-in text-to-speech software reads back the instructions on the label. The bottle is aimed mainly at patients who are illiterate or have vision problems.

Talks about issues affecting telecommunication and IT. Demonstration for software products to get venture capital money; Patch for wardrobe malfunctions; Defect of the Dell Inspiron 5150 computer; Role of Telewest Broadband in testing a device that emits scent when certain e-mails arrive.

Comments on several issues in the U.S. computer industry as of September 22, 2003. Conspiracy in the industry; Defects in the Microsoft Office 2003 software of Microsoft Corp.

Deals with several issues related to the information technology sector of the United States as of April 24, 2000. Crash of Windows ME in a demonstration at the 2000 Comdex; Plans of Intel to drop the identification feature in its Willamette computer chip; Views on complaints by Internet users.

Deals with several secret activities of computer companies. Companies that are using Himalaya servers; Purpose of WRQ company for making an acquisition; Possible reason of Hitachi for signing a revenue-sharing agreement.

Provides brief notes on the computer industry. Defects of some computers; Account about the technical support offered by the Microsoft site.

Comments on various current developments in computers and computer software. Windows 95; Endorfun computer game; Award BIOS 4.50G; Cancellation by Novell of its PowerPC NetWare project.

Comments on various issues concerning the use of computers. Characteristics of the Simple Mail Transport Protocol; Origin of security problems attributed to computer network service providers; Defect in the Excel 95 software; Cost of Windows 95 operating system drivers; Sale of Novell's OpenDoc software unit to Ray Noorda; Novell's release of WordPerfect 6.1 for DOS.

Opinion. Discusses the improbability of technological perfection in computer equipment. Prevalence of defects in software; Incompatibility among developed products.

Discusses the risk involved when purchasing computers. Disadvantages of using Compaq's ProLiant servers, International Business Machines Corp.'s ThinkPad 360s and the NetView OS/2; Downloading of Intuit Inc.'s Turbo Tax.

Focuses on problems in running Microsoft Mail and using Microsoft Schedule+ software. Bumping into the bug in Microsoft's Visual C 1.5x optimizing compiler; Other companies having as much trouble bringing products to market.

Shares the author's frustration over the use of defective computer software and hardware. Bug in the PerfectOffice package; Difficulties in the interface of Windows; Need for prompt customer response in replacing Intel's Pentium chips found defective.

Reports on developments related to the computer industry. Launching of new computers by Intel and Motorola during the International Solid State Circuits Conference in February 1995, Intel P6 and Motorola PowerPC 602; Shipment of Compaq Contura 400 systems without power switches; Systems with problems in running OS/2 Warp.

Highlights the 1994 Comdex Computer Show. Problems on the show's Compudyne storebrand clones; Preview of `Adult Computing World' magazine; Fate of the Commodore and Amiga computers; Apple's licensing of its OS with DEC and Unisys; Preview of Microsoft Corp.'s Visine.

Discusses several computer-related topics. Assessment of software for Windows; Layoffs in WordPerfect Corp.; Service charge for technological support form WordPerfect Corp.; Comparison of the January 1994 Los Angeles, California earthquake with disasters in the computing world.

Opinion. Comments on developments in the 1993 Comdex Computer Show. Edict at Microsoft Corp. requiring all products to be 100 percent NetWare compatible; Delay in the launching of FoxPro for Macintosh and Windows; Absence of SQL support in Paradox for Windows; absence of the external SCSI connector in the Ambra Pentium; Central Point's problems with its support responsibilities.

Reports on developments in the computer industry. Microsoft Corp.'s replacement for MS-DOS 6.0; Impact of Microsoft's move to abandon its pen extensions to Windows on the pen developers; Boss Computer Technologies' refusal to honor warranties on BossPCs; More.

Provides various information on computers. Upgrade costs for RS/6000 Model 580; Problem with upgrade with expiration of warranty; Digital's booth at a computer show without computers; Soldering defects in Dell 486 tower machines; Sun Microsystems' introduction of 10SX workstation; Pica measurement in Freelance Graphics 2.0.

Reports on developments related to computers and computer industry as of October 19, 1998. Microsoft Corp.'s shipment of Windows NT 5.0; Marketing problems of Personify.

Updates on developments in the computing world recent to September 1998. Combination of CPU/screen on Apple's iMac; 1998 Microsoft Exchange Conference; Law firm Littler Mendelson's claims of standardizing on Windows NT, Office and Windows.

Focuses on issues related to the 1997 Comdex trade show. Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates as a keynote speaker at the trade show; Dealing with senior management who commit to Windows NT without considering other options; Exhibition of the Mercedes-Benz sedan with wireless Internet connection.

Relates a fictional marital counseling session that humorously focuses on computers and computing. Resemblance of the animated icons on Microsoft's Web page to swastikas; AST's `mistake' of selling 75-megahertz Pentium systems labeled as 90-megahertz units; Rumor that Oracle interOffice hosts a bug that causes the mail server to hang.

Focuses on bugs in computers and computer software. Microsoft Corp.'s IntelliMouse software; Technical support from Toshiba; Sportster DSVD models; HP LaserJet 5si MX printers.

Cites news and information about the computer industry. U.S. Robotics Palm Computing Division's Pilot 5000 computer's math code; Downloading of portions of Navigator 4.0 from the Netscape Web site; Microsoft's Internet Information Server 2.0.

Discusses several computing-related issues. Problems with AT&T Corp.'s WorldNet service; Digital Communications Inc.'s termination of its Enterprise Mail Server product; Giant MacOS logo at the Computer Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reports on the highlights of the 1995 Comdex Computer Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Computer dealers' reliance on other profit centers; CompUSA's extended warranties; Losses of the Apple-IBM partnership, Kaleida Labs.

Reports on the author's experience of an automobile breakdown on his way to the 1995 Comdex and his efforts to reach the California Highway Patrol through electronic mail. Remarks on the 1996 introduction of the software PowerAmiga from Amiga Technologies; Popularity of IBM's Directory and Security Services in the United States Navy.