In a previous issue, Steve and Craig described how to "Transform Your PC into a Workstation with Linux." In this follow-up article, they discuss the Linux Japanese Extension, a set of programs that enables support for Japanese on Linux.

by Steven Myers and Craig Oda

Ensuring Peaceful Coexistence (of Windows 95 E and J)

If you're a bilingual user who needs both English and Japanese capability with Windows 95, you have two choices. You can run English-language applications from Japanese Windows 95, or you can install both English and Japanese versions of Win95. The latter option can be tricky, but we offer a step-by-step look at how we did it.

by Steven Myers and Wm. Auckerman

Netsurfing with Windows 95

All set to do some heavy-duty, 32-bit Netsurfing, but you've run into problems? We've found that Windows 95 can sometimes fail to prepare your surfboard properly on initial installation. If you've encountered a problem, here's a suggestion on how to catch the wave.

by Andy Miller

Windows 95J: Marketplace Evolution, or Revolution?

Microsoft and computer manufacturers will gain from the release of Japanese Windows 95, but how will the change in market environment affect other Japanese companies? Who will adapt, to survive and prosper, and who will be threatened, or even face extinction? On the occasion of Windows 95's release in Japan, we offer a preliminary look at the shakeout in the marketplace.

by John McGlynn

The MOD Squad: Is There an MO Drive in Your Future?

Traditional magnetic storage media face competition from several fronts, but especially from magneto-optical devices.We offer a look at recent developments in the storage media market and the future of MO drives.

by Virginia Kouyoumdjia

Aiming at Number 1 in Computer Systems

Computing Japan talks with Shigechika Takeuchi, head of Hewlett Packard Japan's Computer Systems Organization, about prospects in the client/server market, and about his previous experience as president of Apple Japan.

by John Boyd

Book Review: Japan's Computer and Communications Industry

A look at Martin Fransman's new book -- the first to attempt an in-depth, methodological examination of Japan's information and communications industry.

by John Drake

A Talk with Author Martin Fransman

Computing Japan talks with the author of Japan's Computer and Communications Industry about the differences between US and Japanese computer markets and industries, Japan's prospects in tomorrow's global market, and NTT's historical role in supporting the Japanese computer giants.

by Wm. Auckerman




The Help Desk (12/95)
An introduction to the mysteries of Unicode

The Query Column (12/95)
Cyber dining, RSI diagnosis, and typewriter repair

Technically Speaking (12/95)
Will Unicode kill Japanese kanji?

R&D Focus (12/95)
A look at the Oki Media Server project

fj.providers.speak (12/95)
Advertisers get caught in the Web

The Internet (12/95)
The state of the Japanese Net, revisited

What the Japanese Are Reading (12/95)
A monthly look inside Japanese computer magazines

Industry Eye (12/95)
UNIX is king -- but how healthy is the king?

News and Analysis (12/95)


News Briefs (12/95)