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Memory-chip designer Rambus has filed a billion-dollar lawsuit, claiming the four largest manufacturers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips -- Micron Technology, Hynix Semiconductor, Siemens AG and Infineon Technologies -- conspired to squelch demand for its products. The 36-page complaint ...

WebSphere Commerce, IBM's e-business software, got more than a fresh coat of paint and minor tweaks in a recent upgrade to version 5.6. In fact, Steve Gatto, marketing manager for IBM WebSphere Commerce, told the E-Commerce Times that enough improvements have been made to the application that it sho...

At its conference for customers, channel partners and user group members today, Hewlett-Packard announced two new products in its ongoing "adaptive enterprise" strategy. Specifically, the company unveiled an archive and retrieval product as well as a dual-processor module that will benefit its serve...

Microsoft has thrown its considerable clout -- and its 170 million registered e-mail users of Hotmail and MSN -- behind a plan that uses preapproved lists of mass marketers in an attempt to curtail the flood of spam. The company said it has signed on with IronPort Systems' so-called Bonded Sender pr...

Identifying the storage-industry leader can be a tricky task, because various players in the space -- such as EMC, Cisco, Veritas and Network Appliance -- have taken different paths to success. In some ways, identifying the leader is like setting out to determine which company makes the best vehicle...

IBM has unveiled the first in a line of servers powered by its own Power5 microprocessor. Big Blue said its eServer i5 is aimed at small and mid-size businesses that need their servers to run multiple software applications, even on different platforms, with its own tests showing up to 40 percent imp...

Gateway has reported preliminary results for its first quarter, showing a larger-than-expected loss. The company booked revenue of $868 million during the period, with a net loss of $166 million, or 49 cents per share. Its first-quarter financial statements include the operations of eMachines, whic...

Time Warner's long-suffering Internet division, AOL, is showing signs that it can stem the tide of customer defections and may be positioned for a turnaround. AOL, which has gone through several rounds of layoffs, improved its bottom-line results in the first quarter, posting income of US$277 millio...

Google has ended the suspense -- for now -- by filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise as much as $2.7 billion through an initial public offering of stock. But, like many things the search-engine company has done, the IPO will have its share of twists. For starters, Google w...

In the first case brought under the CAN-SPAM Act that took effect January 1st, U.S. federal officials have charged four men from suburban Detroit, Michigan, with bombarding consumers with unwanted e-mail messages. Prosecutors alleged the men sent more than a million messages attempting to sell bogus...

As more people choose to pay bills online rather than shelling out for stamps and envelopes, a quiet battle is taking place behind the scenes: Retail banks are squaring off against companies that bill consumers directly, such as credit-card firms and utility companies. As it turns out, the most sign...

In a bid to boost sagging demand for its devices, palmOne has launched two new products in its popular Zire line of handheld computers: a lower-end model designed to appeal to price-conscious consumers and a higher-end model with multimedia and Bluetooth wireless functions. Page Murray, vice preside...

The chief executive of Yahoo has announced that his company is positioned to compete with main rival Google even if that company pulls off its much-anticipated blockbuster public offering. "There is plenty of room for Yahoo to thrive and for Google to thrive," CEO Terry Semel said at a Milken Instit...

Morgan Stanley has signed a $575 million contract with IBM to employ utility computing for its Individual Investor Group and Discover Financial Services. John Hancock, Equifax and ING also recently have signed deals for IBM's on-demand services, but Morgan Stanley's contract is different. Rather tha...

Pushing into new territory as it seeks to solidify its enterprise customer base, Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its entry into the desktop PC blade space. The company is positioning its offering as a more secure, less expensive alternative to traditional networked desktop setups. HP vice president Kei...