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Hewlett-Packard has announced it will indemnify users of its Linux-based solutions from legal action being pursued by The SCO Group. The move seeks to reassure potential Linux customers while possibly making HP hardware more attractive to lawsuit-wary enterprises. However, SCO said the move "reaffir...

Unanticipated Web site traffic can be tough for any IT administrator to handle, and sometimes a major surge can highlight a company's online weak points in sharp relief. Fortunately, many spikes can be predicted and, even more importantly, faced with a sound strategy. However, in doing so, businesse...

In a bid to beef up its online shopping offerings, Yahoo has announced it will roll out an integrated search and comparison-shopping product that combines algorithmic and paid-search techniques. The initiative, which is the first salvo in the all-important e-commerce holiday ramp-up, builds on the c...

Amid all the publicity WiFi has received in the last year, another high-speed mobile networking technology, known as 3G, appears to have been left in the dust. Yet 3G was once an industry darling -- and the center of a bandwidth feeding frenzy that saw giant corporations shelling out billions of dol...

IBM and GE Interlogix, a division of General Electric that designs, develops and manufactures physical security devices, such as digital video systems and access control boxes, have announced they are teaming up to provide integrated security solutions to their customers. Forrester senior analyst La...

Two and a half years after America Online scored a coup emblematic of the rise of the Internet by acquiring media giant Time Warner, the board of directors has voted to drop AOL from its name and stock-trading ticker symbol. While the move is a largely symbolic gesture, which the company and observe...

At first glance, the consumer PC market can seem quite polarized. At one end of the spectrum are big players like Dell and HP, and at the other are small companies that assemble standard components into generic "white boxes." However, it is the middle ground that may be most worth watching. The com...

Setting aside bitter competitive rivalries, executives at Microsoft and IBM have joined forces to showcase advances in standards that will allow widespread use of Web services to help companies interact with each other. The event marks a departure for the two tech giants, which have had a chilly rel...

In recent weeks, high-profile arrests of hackers and malware authors have trained a spotlight on the sometimes-shadowy underworld of computer crime. The Internet may seem like a more dangerous place than ever before, but by taking some basic steps beyond the obvious ones of installing firewalls and ...

Intel has previewed its next wave of computer chip advancements, promising to bring server virtualization technology to the desktop and professing its readiness for the convergence of wireless and multimedia technologies. Much of the company's preview focused on home computer use, with the company s...

Web developers differ in their approach to site creation and maintenance. Some rush to adopt software that helps them build graphically intense Web sites with point-and-click ease. Others view such tools skeptically or even scornfully. Web development programs have evolved to reflect this dichotomy:...

In a bid to light a fire under its software offerings, Sun Microsystems has unveiled new names, configurations and pricing for its enterprise-level offerings. As part of the effort, the company said it will rename Project Orion, which aims to revamp the way enterprises license software, as the Java ...

In part 1 of this two-part article, the E-Commerce Times explored Linux' potential to win market share from Solaris, Sun's proprietary version of Unix, as Linux is used to power ever more mission-critical functions. What is the future of Solaris in a world where Linux shares the limelight? In part 2...

Microsoft has announced it will work with Motorola to sell a Windows-loaded cell phone geared toward on-the-go workers. Microsoft vice president Pieter Knook called the deal "a tremendous milestone" for Windows Mobile, which has been more or less idling at the starting gate for more than a year. The...

Setting up the perfect enterprise server architecture seemed straightforward just a few years ago. "You went with [Sun Microsystems'] Solaris for the OS, put Oracle on top of Solaris for the database, used EMC for storage, and Cisco for routers," Yankee Group senior analyst Dana Gardner told the E-C...