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In a move to diffuse Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign that openly slams open source, Novell has launched a Web site bent on "unbending the truth." ...

While Sun is hyping the impending release of Solaris 10, the newest version of its Unix-based operating system, debates about the company's plans to launch an open-source version of its software are reaching new heights ...

In a move to cash in on a booming market for local business searches, SBC Communications and BellSouth plan to acquire YellowPages.com ...

Just over a week after Apple launched its much anticipated photo iPod -- without video capability -- Nokia has announced a smart phone that streams and records video ...

The Source Code Club is back in business, if you can call it that. Theanonymous hacker group began peddling proprietary source code last July, disappeared, and now has reemerged with a bargain basement deal of US$24,000 for the source code for Cisco's Pix security firewall ...

An "information age undercover investigation" led by the U.S. Secret Service has arrested 28 individuals in eight states and six foreign countries who were accused of being involved in a global cyber organized-crime network ...

It's not clear whether or not industry watchers were holding their breath for the SCO Group's planned November 1 launch of its legal information site to counter the popular Groklaw.net site ...

Yahoo is hogging the tech media headlines today as observers seek to separate fact from fiction ...

From New Zealand to India, worldwide tech media is buzzing with headlines about China cracking down on thousands of Internet cafes. In a market that has some 87 million Internet users -- the world's second-largest population of Netizens after the United States -- the implications on e-commerce have far-reaching effects ...

Mandrakesoft is giving the penguin a makeover with its latest Linux release, complete with extended support for mobile devices, enhanced hardware compatibility and major application upgrades ...

In a possible reaction to hacker concerns, the Bush Administration has blocked at least some foreign visitor access to its official re-election site ...

Linux could be poised to take another big step into the public sector overseas, thanks to a new report from the UK Office of Government Commerce (OCG). The OCG study concluded that open-source operating systems such as Linux are "viable" and could "generate significant savings." ...

In a move that gives Linux greater play in the data center, Dell has reached an agreement with Novell to certify Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Dell PowerEdge servers ...

Despite strong shipments from top-five vendors Hewlett-Packard and Dell, the worldwide market for hand-held devices has experienced its third successive quarter of year-over-year decline ...

After making two acquisitions of its own over the past few months, Classmates Online is selling its assets to United Online for US$100 million in a move that will boost United's subscriber base ...

IBM has announced a new low-cost blade server along with a set of "Business-in-a-Box" solutions targeting small- to mid-sized businesses (SMB) ...

In another move to exterminate worms and viruses in networked businesses, Cisco today said it would buy Perfigo for $74 million in cash ...

"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" has become the second computer game to be a victim of Internet pirates in less than a week. Illegal copies of Rockstar Games' much-anticipated title, its manual and its cover are popping up all over the Web just days before its official release ...

In a world that just keeps getting smaller, Microsoft and Swatch have teamed up to introduce a new line of watches that that uses wireless technology to offer personalized news, sports and weather from MSN Direct ...

U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell is calling for a hands-off approach to Voice over IP (VoIP) and has vowed to attempt to take regulatory control back from the states after the presidential election ...