2:18pm:The court fight that erupted this week between Apple and Cisco is no ordinary trademark dispute. It's one battle in a long war over the future of phone calls. (more)
Dec 15: Microsoft wants a bigger piece of Oracle and IBM's database business, but an oversight in its new operating system could cost the company plenty. (more)
Nov 16: Employees aren't just using Gmail or Hotmail to goof off on the company dime anymore. Increasingly, they're using webmail services to do their jobs. (more)
Oct 19: AT&T's $81 billion BellSouth deal is all about wireless. When it happens, the world of big-business telecom sales will never be the same. (more)
Oct 6: At long last, Sun is embracing JavaScript, the technology that's driving Web 2.0. Too bad it took the company so long to realize its mistake. (more)
Sep 22: Faced with ever-dwindling long-distance fees, Ma Bell is calling on its $300 million acquisition of software company USi to help dial into new revenue streams. (more)
Aug 24: IBM's $1.3 billion acquisition of ISS doesn't just give it a security offering - it spells out a model for how the tech conglomerate's disparate units can work together. (more)
Mar 23: Ten years after the PalmPilot appeared on store shelves, Palm is still pioneering new categories of electronic gadgets -- and battling tough rivals in the smartphone market. (more)
Feb 23: Silicon Valley startups have a strange aversion to meeting customers. Age-old business wisdom from UPS could help them break this bad habit. (more)
Feb 9: The database giant is shedding nearly 2,000 jobs - but so what? Google, Yahoo, and other Silicon Valley outfits could hire that many people in a day. (more)