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The Earth Day Network is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Earth Day festival this year by presenting a live Webcast of this weekend's EarthFair 2000 festivities from the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.

As Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) muddles forward in its Pyrrhic struggle against the U.S. government, Linux continues to encroach upon the company's sacred Windows NT market space. Given Microsoft's well-documented aggressive business style, many analysts are bracing for another colossal battle as the so...

Magic Software Enterprises is one of an increasing number of high-tech firms that are moving a portion of their business and product lines to the Linux open-source platform. The company is a board member of Linux International, which is a non-profit organization founded with a mission to advance int...

Open-source solutions provider VA Linux Systems announced this week that the Linux-based KDE (K desktop environment) graphical user interface and CMU Sphinx speech recognition system projects have migrated their development efforts to its SourceForge resource site.

As the LinuxWorld Expo came to a close in New York City this week, computer book and operating system publisher Macmillan USA, Inc. announced that it has released the latest version of its distribution of the Linux open-source operating system.

E-commerce solutions provider BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced Thursday that it plans to work with Nokia to create a new standards-based solution for building wireless e-commerce applications.

As part of its "Linux for eBusiness" strategy, Caldera Systems, Inc. has announced that its soon-to-be introduced OpenLinux eServer will ship with IBM open-source e-commerce products.

Diversinet Corp., a provider of e-commerce security applications, has unveiled a new product version that is designed to issue digital permits for both wired and wireless permissions.

Cybernet Systems Corp. is a manufacturer of Linux-based thin servers that were designed for small to medium-sized businesses that are looking for an inexpensive and simplified way to gain an online presence.

Separate industry-wide initiatives led by Sun Microsystems and industry powerhouses Compaq Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: CPQ), Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HWP), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) are seeking to secure online business by collectively creating an industry standar...

In the first major "post-Red Hat" Linux-related public stock move, open-source software developer VA Linux Systems has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

In a move that is expected to catapult China to the next level of Internet commerce, the People's Bank of China has signed up a Texas-based company, Sun Microsystems' Chinese subsidiary and a Beijing-based software firm to provide secure authentication tools for the bank's e-commerce projects.

Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), announced major moves into the Linux business market this week at LinuxWorld in San Jose, detailing strategic partnerships with divisions of Caldera, Inc.

TurboLinux previews its new high availability clustering Web server this week at the Linux World Conference in San Jose, pushing the viability of high-end open-source solutions for e-commerce.

Using public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology provided by Entrust Technologies, the Bank of Bermuda recently initiated the launch of its Secure Clients Access service to offer international customers trusted online banking.

In response to a recent firestorm of criticism regarding the security of its products, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) left a Web server with a beta version of Windows 2000 and the embattled Internet Information server (IIS) outside its firewall this week.

A report recently released by International Data Corp. (IDC) -- "eCommerce Software Applications Market in Asia/Pacific" -- indicates that by the year 2003, the e-commerce applications market in the Asia/Pacific region will top $1.3 billion (US$). IDC defines such applications quite simply as those ...

A new study indicates that e-commerce operations are 57 percent more likely to experience a security breach than other online sites, and 24 percent more likely to be the target of a hacker/cracker attack. E-commerce companies involved in the study have been impacted by most examined breach categorie...

Applix, Inc., (Nasdaq: APLX) a solutions provider for the UNIX and Linux markets, this week announced the creation of SmartBreak.com, a new Web site intended to accelerate support for users and developers working with open-source environments.

Baltimore Technologies, (London: BLM) a provider of e-commerce and enterprise security solutions with main offices in London and Dublin, this week announced a strategic partnership with Identrus, the global trust organization.