Business
August 31, 1998
Success by Design
At Texas’ top industrial design firm, the old style-versus-substance debate is a nonstarter: Why choose when you can have both?
Computers
Business
December 1, 1997
Crime Pays
He hasn’t been able to find his father’s killer, but Austinite David Wheeler’s computer programs are catching lots of other crooks.
Business
August 31, 1997
Business • Michael Dell
Still plugged in.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1997
The New Welfare
A little-known financial institution could be the future of the war on poverty in Texas.
News & Politics
February 1, 1997
Mac Attack
Computer users at NASA don’t get Mac—they get even.
Arts & Entertainment
January 1, 1997
Disc Golf
Feeling a little subpar? Stuck in a mental bunker? The Ben Crenshaw Golf Screen Saver (ProTour Productions, $19.95) will drive away the blues. This lively program contains more than 25 images of important moments in Crenshaw�s life that pop up on your computer whenever it is idle; select your favorite
News & Politics
April 1, 1996
Wafer Madness
Inside a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory, a day’s work is never done, as technicians race to build smaller, faster, and more-powerful computer chips.
Business
January 1, 1995
Is MCC Obsolete?
Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose.
News & Politics
September 1, 1994
Russell Stanphill
Hello, Mr. Chips.
True Crime
March 1, 1989
Search and Destroy
An employee’s vandalism by computer might have gone unpunished but for a rookie prosecutor out to test a new law.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1988
Can Ross Perot Save America?
One day in 1962 Ross Perot read Thoreau’s insight that the “mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” The country hasn’t been the same since.
Sports
September 1, 1986
The Cowboys, the Indian, and the Computer That Fumbled
The most important new addition to the Dallas Cowboys is a veteran from the team’s early years —computer genius Salam Qureishi.
News & Politics
October 1, 1985
The Dream Lives On
Four of the many small high-tech companies betting that they have the excitement, momentum, market, and business savvy to succeed where others have failed.
Business
April 1, 1984
Look, Ma, My Computer Did It!
See the future on your computer: software on stocks, football, and astrology.
Business
April 1, 1984
Birth of a New Frontier
Hundreds of new computer companies have made Texas the likely successor to California’s Silicon Valley, and it all started with two firms in Dallas.
News & Politics
April 1, 1984
Death of a Computer
Four critical mistakes forced Texas Instruments to pull the plug on the home computer that it had once expected would dominate the market.
News & Politics
April 1, 1984
It’s a High-Tech Life
While most people are using their computers to balance their checkbooks and play games, these three Texans are pushing their machines and programs to the limit.