Ashlee Vance

When the worst-case scenario became a reality with last week's terrorist attacks in the U.S., organizations of all kinds were forced to reevaluate how they run their IT shops, providing a possible boon for several sectors of the IT industry.

Several travel Web sites were already beginning to see sharp drop-offs in online reservations this week, as the troubles affecting the U.S. airline industry carried over to its online counterparts.

With cellular networks being flooded with calls Tuesday following the apparent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., a number of companies turned to messaging systems

With cellular networks being flooded with calls Tuesday following the apparent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., a number of companies turned to messaging systems

Dell Computer Corp. has quietly stopped offering the Linux operating system as an option on its desktop and laptop PCs, saying low demand forced the Linux-advocate to pull the software from its online stores.

Just days after receiving approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an upcoming handheld device, Palm Inc. pulled its proposal on the product to correct an error made in its documentation

A top Hewlett-Packard Co. executive on Thursday signaled his company's commitment to Intel Corp.'s Itanium processor in perhaps the strongest terms yet, saying the company has laid a "huge bet" on Intel's family of 64-bit chips.

Sprint Corp. announced two US$1 billion deals Wednesday, tapping Nortel Networks Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. to provide products for the build out of Sprint's upgraded wireless network.