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Posting its best overall quarter since merging with Compaq more than a year ago, Hewlett-Packard outpaced earnings and revenue estimates in the third quarter and said all five of its business segments operated in the black. ...

It's a simple equation, really: Personal computer desktop equals Microsoft. It's probably not fair, and it may even be that the synonymous status represents the ill-gotten gains of a monopolistic company. But it's as close to hard, fast truth as you can get. Ninety-seven percent of the population can't be wrong ...

In a move that could open a new front in the search engine wars, America Online has purchased Singingfish, a search company that focuses exclusively on helping Web surfers find audio and video clips on the Internet and whose customers include Microsoft and RealNetworks ...

Leaving little doubt about its resolve to press the legal issues surrounding its claimed ownership of part of the Linux source code, SCO Group said it has set aside millions of dollars in cash and stock to pay its high-profile legal team. ...

Microsoft has announced it is putting the finishing touches on its own entry into the music download business, setting up a competitive showdown with a host of already established players in the marketplace ...

Few e-commerce companies tread their path entirely alone. The majority rely on partnerships with portals, search sites, fellow merchants and brick-and-mortar retailers to survive and thrive in a fiercely competitive environment. ...

Three former Gateway executives face civil suitscharging they manipulated the computer maker'searnings in mid-2000 as the onetime market darlingstruggled to keep up with expectations amid slumpingsales. ...

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has said private enterprises plan to increase technology spending by as much as 4 percent next year, offering the first quantified look at the recovery that technology firms have hinted at in recent weeks. ...

Consumers are gearing up for another strong online holiday shopping season, but they continue to express concern about the security aspects of buying via the Web, according to a survey commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). ...

In an effort to build on momentum generated by a robust earnings report, Cisco Systems has reached an agreement to buy Latitude Communications, a software firm that makes Web conferencing products ...

Some ideas are so genius they're downright obvious. They're the ones that make you slap your forehead and wonder aloud why you didn't think of it first. Even worse is when you did think of it but didn't do anything about it ...

Oracle Corp. has asked a court to toss out PeopleSoft's customer assurance program, saying the company's cash guarantees amount to an attempt to block Oracle's hostile takeover bid and lock in pay packages for PeopleSoft executives. ...

Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2004 to manufacturers, completing a lengthy product-customization process that began when the software giant acquired Connectix earlier this year ...

Number-two microprocessor maker AMD has said it sees signs of improving market conditions and will start "selectively hiring" during 2004 to meet an anticipated increase in demand. ...

Cisco Systems blew past Wall Street targets for revenue and earnings in its first quarter as telecommunications companies, government agencies and consumers helped power the Internet gear maker's sales to strong growth. ...

As everyone knows well, there was a time when you couldn't swing a hastily written business plan without finding someone so pie-eyed optimistic about the tech sector they'd break open their kid's piggy bank to help fund it. ...

Hoping to use cold, hard cash to crack two frustrating investigations, Microsoft has set up a US$5 million "reward fund" to pay bounties to those who track down writers of malicious code. ...

In a move that could significantly alter the Linux competitive landscape, Novell has said it will buy privately held SuSE for US$210 million in cash. SuSE trails only Red Hat in the race for market share among users of the open-source Linux operating system ...

Yahoo has discontinued its enterprise software division, which it initially set up to push its messaging and Internet broadcast offerings onto corporate desktops. ...

Hewlett-Packard has announced it plans to stop actively selling its e3000 servers, which have a history stretching back more than 30 years ...