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Focus

• Internationalization and Emerging Markets [2]  by Marjorie Richardson
  An introduction to our features.
  

Features

• Alphabet Soup: The Internationalization of Linux, Part 1 [3]  by Stephen Turnbull
  Mr. Turnbull takes a look at the problems faced when different character sets and the need for standardization.
  
• Autonomous Vehicles [4]  by Massimo Bertozzi, Alberto Broggi and Alessandra Fascioli
  Linux drives the experimental vehicle of the University of Parma.
  
• Internationalizing Messages in Linux Programs [5]  by Pancrazio de Mauro
  An introduction to the GNU gettext system for producing multilingual programs.
  
• Mediated Reality: University of Toronto RWM Project [6]  by Dr. Steve Mann
  Dr. Mann describes his WearComp (“Wearable Computer”) invention as a tool for “Mediated Reality”. WearComp originated in the context of photographic tools as true extensions of the mind and body and evolved into a philosophical basis for self-determination, characteristic of the Linux operating system that runs on WearComp.
  
• Polyglot Emacs 20.4 [7]  by Jon Babcock
  A look at multilingual Emacs.
  

Forum

• Smart Cards and Biometrics [8]  by David Corcoran, David Sims and Bob Hillhouse
  The cool way to make secure transactions.
  
• Linux for the International Space Station Program [9]  by Guillermo Ortega
  An overview of two applications for spacecraft and why these applications are being run on Linux.
  
• LJ Talks to Chris Brown of Learning Tree International [10]  by Marjorie Richardson
  Linux enters the mainstream as companies such as Learning Tree and Caldera offer training courses for Linux. Here Learning Tree tells us why they are doing it.
  

Reviews

• LinuxPOS, An Opportunity Waiting to Happen [11]  by Brian Walters
  
• Red Hat LINUX Secrets, Second Editon [12]  by Duane Hellums
  

Columns

• Focus on Software [13]  by David A. Bandel
  
• Linux in Education   Linux in a Public High School [14]  by Andrew Feinberg
  Another high school student brings Linux and the Internet to his fellow students.
  
• The Cutting Edge   The Linux Router Project [15]  by David Cinege
  A look at one of the fastest growing Linux distributions, that you may never actually see.
  
• Linux Means Business   Cost Effective Services for the Office [16]  by Kim Henderson
  How the Linux operating system made possible cost-effective company e-mail and created opportunities for adding useful services.
  
• At the Forge   Creating a Web-Based BBS, Part 3 [17]  by Reuven M. Lerner
  Mr. Lerner shows us how to add a full-text search to our BBS.
  

Departments

• Letters to the Editor [18]  
  More Letters to the Editor [19]
  
• Best of Technical Support [20]  
  
• Stop the Presses   Partners—Pacific HiTech and Panasonic [21]  by Marjorie Richardson
  
• New Products [22]  
  

Strictly On-line

• The K Desktop Environment, Version 1 [23]  by Bill Cunningham
  
• Linux Network Toolkit [24]  by Russell J. T. Dyer
  
• Linux and the EURO Currency: Toward a Global Solution [25]  by Guylhem Aznar
  Mr. Aznar talks about problems and solutions to adding the EURO symbol to the keyboard.