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The heated battle between The SCO Group and the open-source community took another turn this week as an e-mail became public that seemed to imply Microsoft helped SCO raise millions of dollars for its legal war against open source. The e-mail, between a SCO executive and an outside consultant, appea...

After its successful push into the consumer electronics space in 2003, Gateway's branded introduction to the professional services space is problematic, according to Yankee Group SMB senior analyst Mike Lauricella. Specifically, Lauricella expressed doubts about Gateway's ability to tap into the lar...

The battle over ownership of open-source Linux source code took a nasty turn as SCO, which claims to own a key part of the code and has aggressively pursued compensation for it, found itself the target of a hacker attack that took down its Web site. In a letter to open-source developers, Open Source...

The hype surrounding Web services, a technology that many once thought was destined to revive the Internet economy, has faded. But believers say this is still a true disruptive technology, one that will change the way enterprises interact with customers and with each other. In other words, the revol...

After announcing its .NET initiative in mid-2000, then backing it up with a slew of releases and hype, Microsoft clearly was hoping 2002 would be the year Web services took off. But the calendar has flipped to 2003, .NET is not as far along as anticipated, and some observers are wondering if the sof...

Although small businesses have had ample opportunity to tap a wealth of available resources designed to help them sell their products and services online, many are still sitting on the sidelines when it comes to e-commerce, according to a report released Tuesday by IDC. The Framingham, Massachus...

It's good to be small and specialized on the Internet these days, especially because the all-things-to-everyone sites are dropping off the map, one after another. While being a niche player is not for every type of online businesses, focusing on a niche can keep a business running long term. Th...

Technology stocks ended mostly lower Thursday as investors pulled out of the battered sector following Wednesday's rally induced by the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Some issues, however, managed to hold on to Wednesday's gains. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite stock index fell 49.85...

U.S.-based online shoppers who buy products from other countries risk becoming ensnared in the intricate legalities that govern overseas purchases and importation, warned the U.S. Customs Service in an alert issued Monday. "Shopping on the Internet seems quick and easy, but buying gifts or other g...

If you've been holding off on buying Microsoft stock until the company's antitrust appeal is over, you might want to consider putting your money in a long-term interest-bearing account.

Prediction: It won't be long before marketing consultants start telling startups eager to get into the public eye, "Do something really reckless, really stupid. Stupid enough to get yourselves sued."

Hundreds of would-be satellite TV thieves who logged onto the Web to buy counterfeit satellite access cards instead bought themselves a whole lot of trouble, because the site was operated by the U.S. Customs Service as part of a sting operation.

After an exhaustive investigation into the tax practices of the majority of the world's offshore jurisdictions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concluded earlier this week that Bermuda and five other countries are not "harmful tax jurisdictions."

A new IDC report indicates that despite a rapid increase in the number of small American businesses climbing aboard the Internet express, a surprisingly small percentage are actually selling their products or services online.

Moving to create a total desktop solution for Linux, Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) announced Friday that the first beta version of its WordPerfect Office 2000 suite for Linux is available through online beta testing sites.

Linux software vendor Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has expanded its Internet-centric strategic partnership with Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the world's second largest software company and provider of Linux-based database solutions.

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has entered into a strategic OEM alliance with PC Chips to help build a customer base for its new distribution of the Linux operating system (OS).

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) and systems manufacturer EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB: EBIZ) have announced a strategic distribution agreement that is designed to help push the Linux open-source operating system (OS) into the consumer arena.

A panel of top high-tech executives met this week in London at the Wall Street Journal Europe's CEO Summit and critiqued some e-commerce powerhouses.