E-Commerce

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...

Google has selected two high-profile investment banks, Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley, to underwrite its initial public offering, fueling rampant speculation that the search-engine leader will file to go public sometime this week. The IPO is expected to be the largest and most sought-...

Underscoring the long-term potential it sees in applying technology advances to home entertainment, Intel has said it will dip into its $200 million home-technology fund to back several startups in the space. The company's announcement came at its annual developers forum in Barcelona, Spain. "These ...

Algorithms -- or, in layman's terms, defined procedures for accomplishing a task or solving a problem -- abound throughout the computing industry. These protocols have shaped the ways in which people communicate, transact business and even pursue recreation using computers. Certain algorithms, such ...

Halting in mid-trial the only state-level antitrust case to make it to court, Microsoft and consumers in the state of Minnesota have reached a tentative agreement to settle all claims against the computer software giant. Terms of the settlement will not be announced until details are finalized and a...

Saying it wants to help advance the "digital revolution" in the entertainment industry, Hewlett-Packard has announced alliances with DreamWorks and Warner Brothers. The deals call for HP to help the studios create and distribute digital content. The company made the announcements at the National Ass...

Dell expanded its market share and grabbed back the title of worldwide sales leader from rival Hewlett-Packard as revived business buying helped boost computer sales in the first quarter, according to two reports. Both Gartner and IDC put Dell at the top of the PC heap during the first quarter of 20...

With global e-commerce revenue expected to approach $2 trillion this year, it is hardly surprising that online stores are investing heavily in technologies that can convince potential customers to become repeat clients. Search engines are one such "killer" technology because they play a crucial role...

Just six months after establishing a Silicon Valley spinoff to develop a search product, Amazon.com has launched A9.com, a tool that allows users to scour both the Amazon store and the Web for products and information. Eventually, it will let users search other merchants' sites as well, according to...

Intel said its first-quarter revenue hit a record of $8.1 billion and profit nearly doubled as faster sales of high-end servers augmented its booming mobile-chip business. Even so, the bellwether technology company, whose earnings are scrutinized for hints of how the overall tech sector is faring, ...

In the Internet's early days, linking was considered to be unsophisticated, grassroots Web marketing, best left to hobbyists. Then Google came along, and people began to realize links were one way to the top of its rankings. Instant experts were created. Theories on how to "beat" Google with links g...

The latest privacy advocate to speak out against Google's Web mail service is California state senator Liz Figueroa, who is drafting legislation to block the free Gmail offering. Figueroa, a Democrat, said she believes Gmail's e-mail content scanning reduces users' privacy. She told the E-Commerce T...

Continuing to refine its business in a changing marketplace, IBM has announced it will sell rights to its PowerPC microprocessors to San Diego, California-based Applied Micro Circuits for $227 million. The all-cash deal includes intellectual-property licenses as well as the rights to the IBM PowerPC...