eWEEK EDITORS

Could it be that the internet is turning out to be a bit of a swindle? OK, thats probably too strong, but the evidence shows it isnt the sweeping transformational engine we once thought it was. n From a business perspective, its really just a powerful distribution outlet for information, services and products. And much […]

Think back to law school. or, if you didnt go to law school, at least conjure the memory of Professor Kingsfield in “The Paper Chase.” In the movie and TV series, he enjoined new students to look left and right around the classroom, warning them that one of the persons sitting next to them would […]

Pet Sites Go to the Dogs Consolidation is becoming a common word in the dot-com world, and theres no better illustration of that than in the $23 billion pet supply industry. Last week, Pets.com, which made a name for itself with its Sock Puppet advertising before closing shop last month, announced it is selling its […]

In the northern parts of our country, its time, if you want to stay warm, to start dressing in layers. The same approach is also the best protection against computer viruses. Here are the five layers that you need to wrap your IT systems in: SMTP servers: Because viruses are most often transmitted via attachments […]

Oracle corp. is pitching new services to aggressively woo software developers after seeing what company officials said are cracks in Microsoft Corp.s base of 3.2 million developers. The Redwood Shores, Calif., company will launch this week portal.oracle. com, a hosted environment where developers can build portals online for free. Oracle is also adding to its […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will announce a new version of its Forte for Java tool set, as well as a new edition of the product that targets the Internet. Forte for Java 2.0 will be available in two editions, the entry-level Community Edition, which is designed for client-side development, and the Internet Edition, which […]

More than a dozen people had crowded into the meeting room—employees from a business unit, from IT operations and from information security. The technical project leader was presenting the architecture he had designed for the business units e-business initiative. The company was planning to share product information with its business partners through an Internet portal. […]

A few weeks ago, i was approached by the operators of an independent Web site about a denial-of-service problem. It seems that a user did not take kindly to being banned from posting to the site and, in retaliation, began using a DoS attack known as a “Syn attack” against the site. Syn attacks use […]

I have one question about tanking PC sales: why did it take so long? After all, its the same old crummy PC. There are no groundbreaking features these days—even if you wanted to inflict more pain on yourself trying to get them to work. As a result, PC companies are revising their forecasts downward, and […]

Sony to issue Net biz tracking stock Sony Corp. of America—which ranked No. 8 on eWeeks 2000 FastTrack 500 list of e-business innovators—late last month said it will issue a tracking stock for its Internet business. The move could give the electronics company an infusion of cash to help it expand the 4-year-old Internet operation, […]