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A new study indicates that e-commerce operations are 57 percent more likely to experience a security breach than other online sites, and 24 percent more likely to be the target of a hacker/cracker attack. E-commerce companies involved in the study have been impacted by most examined breach categorie...

Linuxcare, Inc. recently entered into a strategic partnership with Densa Techno Tokyo K.K. (DTTS) -- a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Electronics Services Co., Ltd. -- to provide Linux-related technical service and support for the Japanese open-source market.

Penetrating China's great walls and tapping into its huge marketplace has been the dream of Westerners since the days of Marco Polo. Perhaps this explains the investor buying frenzy that took place last week, when China.com made its debut on Wall Street.

Penguin Computing, a manufacturer of Linux-based hardware solutions, predicts that Linux will soon become the operating system of choice in developing countries -- but don't count Microsoft out.

The nation's largest telecommunications company is opening its wallet to help minorities get on the Internet and get around once they are there.

Applix, Inc., (Nasdaq: APLX) a solutions provider for the UNIX and Linux markets, this week announced the creation of SmartBreak.com, a new Web site intended to accelerate support for users and developers working with open-source environments.

When it comes to two companies fighting it out for industry supremacy, the traditional sanctity of the court gives way to the immediacy of the press.

Recording industry executives, as well as online merchandisers, will be watching closely two new experiments in the use and distribution of digital audio via the Internet.

Despite concerns about Y2K readiness raised by the U.S. Congress' investigative arm, the National League of Cities says most of its members will be ready in time for the calendar to turn to the year 2000.

As the threat of Onsale (Nasdaq: ONSL) and Egghead.com (Nasdaq: EGGS) combining their resources to grab a larger market share in online software sales looms, online software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) is using partners to help extend its brand.

Surfing the wave of concern about the dissemination of private consumer information by e-commerce companies and Web organizations, IBM announced today the formation of a consulting services group to convey privacy issues to businesses.

The nation's largest telecommunications company is opening its wallet to help minorities get on the Internet and get around once they are there.

Big players in the music industry must overcome "security paranoia" if they ever hope to profit from digital music as it enters the mainstream, according to a recent report by Jupiter Communications.

Linux operating system (OS) vendor Red Hat, Inc. this week announced a partnership with Global Knowledge Network, an independent IT training company, to advance the open-source cause through a new exams-based certification program.

Baltimore Technologies, (London: BLM) a provider of e-commerce and enterprise security solutions with main offices in London and Dublin, this week announced a strategic partnership with Identrus, the global trust organization.