Todd R. Weiss

Xerox Corp. last week warned its employees not to install unauthorized software on their computers, after incompatibilities between unspecified hardware and the beta-test version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system caused network problems at some of its California facilities.

After spending 20 months trying to use the Internet to bring together corporate IT workers and open-source software developers to collaborate on technology projects, CollabNet Inc. has shut down its SourceXchange online marketplace due to a lack of adequate revenue

The world of business-to-business software vendors took a heavy punch Monday as Ariba Inc., BroadVision Inc. and i2 Technologies Inc. all disclosed that the softening U.S. economy has transformed their previously optimistic business outlooks into the harsh new reality of revenue shortfalls and layoffs.

Re-created after a financially dismal attempt at a global satellite communications network in 1998, the new Iridium Satellite LLC launched its worldwide telecommunications network for industrial users in remote locations Wednesday.

Faced with the outlook of a slowing global economy, wireless giants L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. and Nokia Corp. announced cutbacks, layoffs and changes in their business strategies on Tuesday.

Software vendor Corel Corp. yesterday said that its push toward profitability may be coming more quickly than expected, though analysts said it's still too early to tell.

Does online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com Inc. now have the smoking gun it needs to defend itself against a lawsuit filed by arch rival Amazon.com Inc. over alleged infringement of a controversial patent on one-click shopping technology?

Kmart Corp. announced Friday plans to spend US$270 million to install new point-of-sale terminals and mobile computing technology in its retail stores as part of a two-year IT overhaul effort the company detailed last summer.