San Jose Mercury News

Victor Crespin really needed help last summer. A customer using his Miami warehouse had abandoned its goods, sticking him with 90,000 peepholes, the tiny window viewers often installed on doors...

The future of digital TV--often maligned as being overhyped and too expensive--is beginning to come into clear focus. Digital televisions, which deliver ultrasharp pictures and CD quality sound, are gaining...

In what may go down as the best defensive play of Super Bowl XXXV, the nation's leading satellite television provider threw for a big loss dish owners who've been stealing...

Over the last six years, as the Net has grown to become a true mass medium, various market research firms, academics and government entities have tried valiantly to establish even...

As hackers struck Microsoft Corp.'s popular Web sites again last month, security experts said the Internet is increasingly vulnerable to attacks that affect millions of people and disrupt business. What's...

In a few weeks, or maybe a month, perhaps Stanford will look back on this and smile. Perhaps it will look back on this as a chance to realign priorities....

E-commerce has become a household word, usually referring to the process of buying things with the help of a PC and a Web browser. Lesser known is m-commerce, which refers...

IBM says it has developed a new form of digital music distribution that will enable record labels to collect payment for every track swapped in a Napster-styled online music swapping...

Silicon Valley's apartment market has taken a sudden turn in renters' favor after months of spiraling rent increases. Vacancies are up, asking rents are being lowered as much as 5...

In the midst of the tech stock meltdown, some Silicon Valley stalwarts apparently remain so wealthy they can continue to spend as if the Nasdaq were still on fire. Witness...