Thanks to U.S. laws governing the taxation of purchases, in 1999 U.S. states lost US$525 million in taxes from retail sales over the Internet, according to a new study by market researcher Forrester Research Inc.
Networking vendor ADC Telecommunications Inc. today said it will buy digital subscriber line systems maker PairGain Technologies Inc. for US$1.6 billion.
A slew of high-profile companies yesterday announced an XML-based data synchronisation protocol aimed at facilitating mobile computing.
Networking vendor ADC Telecommunications Inc. today said it will buy digital subscriber line systems maker PairGain Technologies Inc. for US$1.6 billion.
A slew of high-profile companies today announced an XML-based data synchronization protocol aimed at facilitating mobile computing.
A slew of high-profile companies today announced an XML-based data synchronization protocol aimed at facilitating mobile computing.
Hewlett-Packard Co. today introduced the HP e-Vectra, the first contender in its new line of dictionary-sized, US$550-range desktop computers.
Red Hat has announced the availability of GNUPro tools for creating 64-bit applications on Intel'S forthcoming Itanium processor.
Red Hat yesterday announced the availability of GNUPro tools for creating 64-bit applications on Intel's forthcoming Itanium processor.
Inprise/Borland Corp. today announced that it will release its Borland C++ 5.5 Compiler and related command line tools for free.
Hoping to secure a place among direct-market big boys like Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp. today announced a new strategy for selling PCs from its Web site.
Internet investment and management company CMGI Inc. today said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tallan Inc. in a deal worth US$920 million.
Computer Associates International Inc. today said it will acquire Sterling Software Inc. in a US$4 billion stock-for-stock transaction.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will formally investigate this week's attack of a half-dozen prominent Web sites, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said at a press conference today.
Telephone service wholesaler ITXC Corp. today announced webtalkNow, a way for portals, Internet service providers and others to offer Web-to-phone telephone service to their customers without operating their own telephony networks.