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According to Giga/Forrester analyst Stacey Quandt, tech-oriented organizations, such as the Johnson Space Center and the U.S. Census Bureau, have begun using the Linux operating system on their desktop computers, and several insurance and financial services firms also are evaluating it. Has Linux fi...

Earlier this year, SCO Group filed suit against IBM, claiming Big Blue had used proprietary Unix code obtained from SCO in creating its version of Linux, and threatening to revoke IBM's Unix license on June 13th if the company had not complied with licensing terms and paid $1 billion to SCO by that ...

Apple Computer has accomplished a raft of goals since Steve Jobs returned to its helm in 1997. But there is one hurdle that Apple, with all its creativity, has not been able to leap. The company's share of the desktop computer market continues to hover at between 3 and 5 percent, the same as it was ...

Oracle's high-stakes bid for PeopleSoft, announced late last week, seemed to come out of nowhere. "I think it stunned everybody, since it followed on the heels of PeopleSoft's planned acquisition of J.D. Edwards," Yankee Group senior analyst Kosin Huang told the E-Commerce Times. In a surprisingly b...

When HP merged with Compaq just over a year ago, the combined company surpassed Dell in PC sales -- but with continued yearly growth rates of more than 20 percent, Dell had regained the top spot by the first quarter of 2003. Just last week, Dell reported its worldwide shipments had increased by near...

In recent months, a few large e-tailers, including Target.com and Walmart.com, started charging sales tax on purchases made through their sites. If more e-businesses hop on the bandwagon in coming months, the trickle may become a trend. The timing certainly seems right: With many state governments f...

Apple's new iTunes Music Store features flat 99-cent per-song fees and few restrictions on usage once a song is downloaded. By putting itself at the forefront of digital music distribution, Apple could well become a powerhouse in this still-nascent e-commerce space. Will iTunes catapult Apple toward...

As Microsoft ramps up its Windows Server 2003 launch, enterprises large and small are trying to decide whether to upgrade to the new platform. Analysts interviewed for part 1 of this article agreed that, on the whole, the new OS is solid, stable and offers useful features. But "that doesn't mean the...

After much waiting and ample fanfare, Microsoft finally is launching its Windows Server 2003 platform -- and it may be the company's best-ever operating system, according to Forrester analyst Rob Enderle. "If it weren't for the economy, this thing would likely set sales records," he told the E-Comme...

Nearly six years have passed since Microsoft agreed to invest $150 million in Apple Computer and continue developing Mac versions of its Office application suite for at least five years. In the intervening period, both companies have experienced many changes, and after the agreement between the two ...

Marius Haas, vice president of worldwide e-business mindshare at Hewlett-Packard, led efforts to integrate HP's and Compaq's e-business groups in the nine months preceding the official merger. Haas' division also has aggressively set up online partnerships with a host of high-profile companies, incl...

Nintendo has announced it is slashing the U.S. price of its GameCube console to $149.95, a 25 percent reduction from the original list price of $199. The company implied that the cut was timed to coincide with the start of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), taking place in Los Angeles...

The U.S. District Court judge presiding over the Microsoft antitrust settlement has posed several questions about the extent of proposed penalties to be levied against the software giant. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly indicated that while legal precedent affords her far-reaching powers to determin...

According to reports, Microsoft is expected to purchase Danish enterprise software company Navision for about $1.2 billion. Navision released a statement that avoided any direct mention of the software titan but did confirm that the board is considering a deal. Such a purchase would follow up Mic...

Providing a welcome dose of good news amid a flurry of dire earnings forecasts, e-tail giant Amazon.com said Monday that it would post a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter due to surging electronic sales.

The Seattle, Washington-based online bellwether reported that it would po...

Travel trade association the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) has formally req...

President Clinton cracked down on the sale of online prescription drugs by proposing a law that requires pharmaceutical sites to get federal approval or face stiff fines.

"Use of the Internet to buy medical products is growing rapidly, and many consumers, including those in rural areas or th...

Many e-tailers that failed to deliver on time during the holiday season may have opened themselves up to sanctions from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as well as class-action lawsuits, according to an Internet legal expert.

Michael D. Scott, a partner with the law firm of Perkins Coie...

Warner Bros. has introduced a new fashion-oriented Web site, The Fashion Maven, which supposedly allows consumers to purchase articles of clothing online that were recently worn by one of the entertainment giant's television or movie characters.

During the 1984 Super Bowl, Apple Computer launched the Macintosh with an ad that many advertising aficionados consider to be the best ever created. Since that time, daring companies have viewed the Super Bowl as the perfect venue at which to launch an "impact" product or service.