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In the early days of e-commerce, small businesses flocked to the Web with grandiose visions of transforming mom-and-pop shops into mega retailers. Those visions turned out to be pipe dreams for most merchants, and the dawn of reality convinced many early adopters to retreat to the brick-and-mortar world. ...

Despite all the reports of bankruptcies and losses, some companies are doing just fine on the Internet. But the list of companies that are "getting rich" may be surprising. Aside from the obvious handful of bellwether e-tailers, such as Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), some seemingly unlikely candidates are raking in cash from online shoppers seeking hard-to-find items and deep discounts...

The worldwide server provider router (SPR) market dipped 7 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to a Gartner Dataquest report ...

In a move to beef up its security products, IBM has inked a deal with identity management software provider Access360 to acquire all the assets of that company. ...

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday reported a US$2 billion third-quarter net loss, which it attributed to a weakened economy and costs associated with the $18.7 billion Compaq merger in May. The company booked revenue of $16.5 billion for the quarter ended July 31st, compared with $18.2 billion in second-quarter revenue on a combined company basis ...

Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire privately held Andiamo Systems, which develops intelligent storage switching products for the storage area networking (SAN) market. The deal is the latest in a string of acquisitions by the networking giant, and it marks Cisco's first foray into the high-growth SAN switching market. ...

In a move to woo subscribers away from competing Internet service providers(ISPs), EarthLink has released a new feature that allows Web surfers to block pop-up ads ...

Dell has announced second-quarter results that fell slightly short of analysts' estimates, but the company said it expects third-quarter earnings and revenue to increase as it continues to steal market share from competitors. ...

Amid harsh criticism from the competition, Sun Microsystems has introduced its first general-purpose Linux server. ...

Amazon.com has finally turned the corner on the road to profitability, eBay set earnings records in the second quarter, and brick-and-mortar chains are buying into the e-commerce channel in droves ...

The HP-Compaq union not only was the largest merger in technology industry history, it also signaled the end of an era and the beginning of the next chapter in enterprise computing, according to a new report by the Yankee Group. ...

The first wave of online grocery stores is all but gone, but one year after Webvan secured its title as the biggest dot-bomb ever, the online grocery segment is slowly reinventing itself. Brick-and-mortar supermarkets are cooking up some early success with hybrids of the original model ...

Yahoo! has acquired a 15 percent share of European mobile phone service provider Sonera zed Ltd. Although the two companies are not disclosing financial terms of the deal, they soon will begin delivering co-branded mobile services across Europe ...

Media outlets are jumping on the paid-content bandwagon, with national and regional players alike announcing plans to charge visitors for online access to print and broadcast content ...

In a strong move to execute its new storage software strategy for Linux, Veritas Software has purchased US$1 million worth of patents from Storage Engine ...

In its infancy, e-commerce was all about building a Web site, attracting "eyeballs" and capturing orders. Mega corporations and upstarts alike rushed to the Web like pioneers digging for gold. They raced to build user interfaces and electronic shopping carts that mimicked the brick-and-mortar experience. ...

Amid growing problems behind the scenes, America Online is releasing the first major beta version of AOL 8.0. The full version is expected to launch this fall and will serve as the centerpiece of a brand-new user experience, according to company executives. ...

Microsoft has generated so much hype about .NET that many are wondering whether the software giant's technology for connecting information, people, systems and devices can live up to its billing. ...

The worldwide server market continues to struggle through the economic doldrums, according to Garter Dataquest, gaining a mere 0.5 percent in the second quarter. Worldwide server shipments totaled 1.08 million ...

Cisco Systems announced Thursday a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Ayr Networks in a stock deal worth as much as US$113 million ...