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Cisco Systems Inc. plans to give away some of its wireless networking technology, hoping to spur wireless high-speed Internet services and gain a share of that equipment market. The technology,...

The tide of e-commerce does appear to be raising all boats--even those vessels that have been sunk for many years. Consider this unlikely case study in corporate resurrection: More than...

Intel Corp. reclaimed the bragging rights last week for the fastest Windows processors around with a redesigned Pentium III processor line led by a chip running at 733 mHz. But...

There you are, browsing through an on-line bookstore--say, Amazon.com. You spot a volume that looks interesting. You're tempted to order the book, but first you wait for a clever piece...

Excessive sweating is a social nuisance and can be a work liability. This is what Brandon Burg cherishes most: paying a dermatologist $1,000 twice a year to inject him with...

Steve Young's importance to the 49ers is only part of the reason for the current hysteria. Young is a role model to kids. He shows up when he says he...

Wilt Chamberlain hated to be ignored. That's probably what made him so great. Chamberlain's height was officially 7-1. But his personality was unofficially 9-7, with his internal opinion dial turned...

SanDisk Corp.--one of the largest independent designers and distributors of flash memory products--will manufacture its own memory chips for the first time, a decision driven by the rapid growth in...

Intel Corp.'s drive to create an entirely new chip design for high-powered computing has left the door wide open for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to take the lead in designing...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have just purchased a powerful Internet appliance fully capable of handling e-mail and surfing the Web. Only they don't know it. I'm talking about the...