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Taking advantage perhaps of lowered expectations, two bellwether technology companies posted strong quarterly results that boosted optimism for the rest of the earnings season and helped lift the tech sector on the stock markets. Intel and Yahoo both managed to post earnings that exceeded expectatio...

The European Union today expanded its investigation into Intel's alleged anticompetitive practices, filing formal charges that demand explanations from four countries that require purchased computers to contain chips that only Intel can offer. The European Commission said such requirements might vio...

Now that the titans of e-commerce have been identified, search engines are leading the way for consumers online. At the same time, serious questions are emerging related to the efficacy of these search engines. If search engines are the principal devices for business access, then today's search resu...

Security companies have identified a new worm spreading through Microsoft's instant messaging platform. The worm, known as the Funner worm, originated in Asia but is quickly spreading to the U.S., according to instant messaging security firm IMLogic. The worm has only been spotted to date on the Mic...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 today at a gala media event at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium with high hopes of bringing his market-dominant operating system out of the office and into the living room. "Today, the dream of digital entertainment becomes ...

A new federal tax bill passed by the Senate Monday and sent on to President George W. Bush for signature will have a spotty effect on technology budgeting, according to one prominent analyst. The tax bill, titled "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004," was designed partly to meet European Union object...

EBay's PayPal online payment service has been hit by a week-long series of technical glitches that have left some small merchants unable to receive payments. The problems have left some PayPal users unable to access the service or their accounts. PayPal is the most popular online payment service and...

Moving to shut down alleged purveyors of spyware before a slew of legislation aimed at curbing the practice can become law, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has targeted a New Hampshire man it says ran a spyware and pop-up advertising ring. The FTC filed a complaint in federal court in New Hampshi...

Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates tomorrow will officially launch the latest version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, complete with extensions that play or record video, music and other media. The update to Windows XP Professional will offer users ...

Bidding to advance an emerging technology by putting widely supported standards into place, a coalition led by Microsoft, Intel and Sun Microsystems released specifications for using Web services to remotely manage far-flung data networks, handheld devices, PCs and servers. Known as WS-Management, t...

Dell has announced a massive recall of notebook computer power adapters, saying the components -- made by a company whose products prompted a similar recall by IBM last month -- could overheat and cause fires or electrical shock. Dell said it arrived at the decision to voluntarily recall some 4.4 mi...

In lieu of facing a court judgment, Sun Microsystems has agreed to pay US$92 million to settle a long-running patent infringement case with Eastman Kodak. Now, observers are perusing the details to get a handle on what it means for the companies and the Internet. Kodak won the jury trial October 1 a...

For the second time this week, U.S. lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at stamping out the spread of spyware, malicious software that is installed onto the computers of unsuspecting users and can track their online activities. However, the flurry of activity might actually have a downside for thos...

One of the greatest challenges facing small businesses today is the acquisition of capital. In a previous article, "Finding Dollars for Small-Cap Companies," I explored the non-underwritten IPO as a source of capital for the small business. This article addresses two other sources of capital for the...

Satellite radio got a bolt of energy with the announcement that shock jock Howard Stern will be delivering his controversy-stirring show over the Sirius satellite radio network starting in 2006. While the company remains number two in satellite radio to XM -- which earlier this year added former NPR...