San Jose Mercury News

Imagine if the browser wars were taking place in a market where there's real money involved. In the $30 billion corporate software market, a battle is brewing over the server...

Last year, people were going to make a bunch of money on the Internet using "push" technology to automatically give users just the information they wanted as soon as it...

The mouse is a terrible way to control a cursor on your personal computer screen. It takes your hands away from the keyboard, where your fingers are most needed; it...

In 20 years of computing, I've watched portables fall off counters, shoot off car roofs, tumble off tables and dip into sinks. I haven't lost one to theft yet, but...

Lyle DeWitt used to spend up to five days a month tracking down answers to administrative minutiae. His toll was especially heavy because he was controller of San Leandro, Calif.-based...

A Silicon Valley start-up is trying to develop a new formula for success on the Internet, one that treats a World Wide Web site like a fledgling TV network. The...

David M. Simons is frustrated for the very reasons "investors" in Internet stocks are dancing a jig. "Having put money in Internet stocks any time since April is not investing,"...

While most big companies have elaborate setups to allow employees to access parts of the office computer network when they're home or out of town on business, individual users can...

Sometimes the income statement is quicker than investors' eyes. Witness Netscape Communications Corp.'s (Nasdaq, NSCP) recent "better-than-expected" financial performance in its quarter that ended April 30. The Internet software pioneer...

It needs a new kitchen. Several bedrooms require sandblasting and repainting. Rubble fills the swimming pool. And it's for sale for $25 million. This is Pebble Beach's famous Byzantine castle,...