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What do field sales employees, medical personnel and home-office workers connecting remotely to a central site have in common? A need for up-to-the-minute information. One option that holds especial promise for increasing the timeliness of information flow is Web-based e-mail. Many businesses choose...

Microsoft has issued a critical update bulletin affecting users of its Internet Explorer Web browser. The cumulative update contains eight patches to prevent security breaches. The notice comes nearly a week ahead of the company's normal monthly update, planned for the second Tuesday of the month. A...

Web performance companies sometimes report that a given transaction at a company's site was successful only 95 percent -- or even 80 percent -- of the time. If one-fifth of customers really were being turned away, that would be terrible news for e-commerce vendors and the general public. Fortunately...

The MyDoom virus has shut down the SCO Group's Web site in an attack that began Saturday night. In a preemptive move, the company removed its site address from the Internet's domain name system (DNS) at approximately 1 a.m. Eastern time Sunday, according to performance tracking firm Keynote Systems....

Now that e-tailers have a few strong holiday seasons behind them, many have learned it is never too early to start planning for next year. Increasing levels of Internet use and greater comfort with online shopping among the overall population should make next year's critical November-December stretc...

RealNetworks not only provides the RealPlayer platform for delivering digital media across a multitude of devices, but also delivers subscription music through its digital jukebox, Rhapsody, and has just opened a download store. Such an array of tactics is what it takes to conquer the growing digita...

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced its first Chinese member organization: Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software Company, Ltd., which plans to work on the Linux kernel and promote Chinese adoption of Linux on the desktop. Beijing Co-Create is the second Far East organization to jo...

Microsoft has announced it will hold off on implementing modifications to the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer as a result of an ongoing patent lawsuit filed by Web software firm Eolas. Eolas claims the software that allows IE to use plug-ins infringes on a patent that it holds jointly...

PeopleSoft has reported earnings that paint a mixed picture, with revenue up but net profit down as a result of charges related to its J.D. Edwards acquisition. Revenue in the fourth quarter increased to $685 million. However, fourth-quarter net income plunged 70 percent. Analysts noted that while t...

Not everyone watches the Super Bowl just for the football. Given that many of the previous 37 Super Bowls were duller than watching golf on TV, some people would argue that the advertising is as much, if not more, of a reason to watch. This year, Apple, AOL and Monster.com are among the e-businesses...

A new vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser that could deceive Web users into downloading malicious files has been reported. The hole was identified in version 6 of IE, but previous releases also could be affected. The newly reported flaw allows a Web site owner to misidentify a...

Amazon.com, perhaps the premier e-commerce site, has announced its first-ever full-year profit. According to the company's balance sheet, 2003 net income totaled $35 million. In 2002, despite booking a small fourth-quarter profit, the company recorded a full-year net loss of $149 million. Yankee Gro...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is set to unveil a cyberalert system that could include a way for businesses and individuals to report security issues and Internet threats. Details of the system will be outlined by Amit Yoran, the department's director of the National Cyber Security Divisi...

Notebook computers may not have the same cachet as a Hermes purse or a Savile Row suit, but for some executives, carrying the right laptop ranks on a level with choosing the most suitable restaurant for a power lunch or driving the best company car. Depending on the type of business in which prospec...

Virginia Tech, whose G5 Mac-based supercomputing cluster made headlines last fall as the third fastest supercomputer in the world, has announced it plans to migrate the cluster from Power Mac G5 desktop computers to Apple's recently released Xserve G5 1U server. According to Virginia Tech, the team ...