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Macromedia Flash technology garnered a shaky reputation at the height of dot-com mania in the 1990s, when it was often associated with Web site splash pages that effectively barred users from accessing a site's useful content. But things have changed: Flash is now a nearly ubiquitous environment for...

Sprint has announced plans to offer PCS WiFi Access, a service that will let customers connect wirelessly to the Internet via either WiFi hot spots or its own Nationwide PCS Network. Sprint PCS spokesperson Suzanne Lammers told the E-Commerce Times that the new service is expected to launch before S...

PeopleSoft has completed its tender offer for ERP vendor J.D. Edwards. Both companies noted that PeopleSoft now owns 88 percent of J.D. Edwards' outstanding shares and will buy the remaining 12 percent by the end of August. PeopleSoft estimated the transaction was worth about $1.8 billion in total. ...

Apple's new server OS, known as Panther, is slated to launch before year's end with new capabilities that will be "awesome solutions for an awful lot of customers," according to Apple server software director Tom Goguen. While it is not surprising to hear Apple referring to its products as "awesome"...

For many years, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have collaborated to make their products work together. On the surface, it seems that the two companies' symbiosis runs deep and greatly benefits both parties. The real question is, how will the relationship weather such hurdles as the ascent of Linux? C...

A little over a year ago, an international consortium of four vendors announced they were pooling their talents and resources to create UnitedLinux -- a new, standardized flavor of the open-source Linux OS. However, UnitedLinux has not made many headlines since then, and SCO, one of the consortium m...

Dell and AT&T Wireless have announced a joint agreement that will allow Dell's mobile computer customers to access the Internet wirelessly using AT&T's GSM- and GPRS-based technologies. The services to be provided will enable users to connect to the Internet at a data transfer rate of 20 to ...

Dell and AT&T Wireless have announced a joint agreement that will allow Dell's mobile computer customers to access the Internet wirelessly using AT&T's GSM- and GPRS-based technologies. The services to be provided will enable users to connect to the Internet at a data transfer rate of 20 to ...

Dell and AT&T Wireless have announced a joint agreement that will allow Dell's mobile computer customers to access the Internet wirelessly using AT&T's GSM- and GPRS-based technologies. The services to be provided will enable users to connect to the Internet at a data transfer rate of 20 to ...

Apple Computer has unveiled its next-generation Power Macs, based on IBM's new 64-bit processor chip, the PowerPC G5. "The 64-bit revolution has begun, and the personal computer will never be the same again," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco...

In macro terms, the hostile takeover has been a common, if generally reviled, tactic throughout human history. But does this art of war hold up over the long term in the business world? Are there times when such shotgun marriages turn out to be the right decision for the parties involved? Amid the O...

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...

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 ...

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...