Susan Kuchinskas

Joining an online message board or newsgroup discussion can be risky considering it's sometimes hard to tell who's your friend and who's your foe.

SGI and Sun Microsystems have joined forces to build a bridge between their popular graphics technologies. Together, they will create Java bindings to the

Online auction marketplace eBay said it settled with the U.S. District Attorney's office, paying $10 million to end charges that it violated the U.S.

"We delivered the results," a triumphant Meg Whitman told analysts in eBay's second-quarter earnings call. Indeed. With a second-quarter net profit of

Hewlett-Packard Wednesday said it has acquired PipeBeach, a Stockholm-based developer of VoiceXML products for an undisclosed amount. Based on the

Amazon.com Tuesday reported it's losing less money while saving more. The Seattle-based Internet retailer, which has moved from bookselling to a

The State of California won its antitrust suit against Microsoft . Now, the payoff: coupons good for cash off on still more hardware and software.

A battle being fought by porn producers this week in a California Court could end up costing billions to media giants like AOL-Time Warner. Acacia

Electronics contract manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Thursday confirmed it is buying server maker Newisys in a deal set to close in a few days. San Jose,

Two providers of online trading applications, eScout and Perfect Commerce, Wednesday said they would merge to create a unified product line they say will

A coalition of domain name registrars filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Marina del Rey, Calif.-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Intuit is bolstering its electronic tax preparation offerings with the acquisition of Income Dynamics, maker of ItsDeductible. The all-stock transaction,