Cover Story Up for grabs The wireless Internet jackpot —by Erik Sherman, Contributing Editor

Features
Data insecurity
Is “secure digital data” an oxymoron?
—by Paul Schreier, Contributing Editor

One chip, two chip, red chip, blue chip
So many choices for system-on-chip... It's enough to make your poor brain do a flip!
—by Max Baron, Cahners In-Stat Group

Smokin' signals
IEEE 1394 blazes pathways for digital data.
—by By Burke Henehan, 1394 Trade Association

Editor’s Letter
My way
—by Maury Wright, Executive Editor

Guest Opinions
Star player
—by Dean Parker, PowerPC product marketing, IBM Microelectronics

The ghost in the machine
—by Greville Commins, US Operations Director, Micro Products, STMicroelectonics

Revisionism
—by Kurt Prunty, business development, wireless segment, ARM

Gear
New Products for work and play

Inside the digital den
Wide pipes shut
Dedicated gateways can shield broadband-connected PCs from prying eyes.
—by Maury Wright, Executive Editor

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