Stories by Jack McCarthy

Commission tackles e-commerce tax issue

A Congressional commission formed to make recommendations on the future of Internet taxation is hearing a raft of proposals yesterday and today during a conference that may shed some light on the future of electronic commerce tax policy.

US commission tackles e-commerce tax issue

A US Congressional commission formed to make recommendations on the future of Internet taxation is hearing a raft of proposals yesterday and today during a conference that may shed some light on the future of electronic commerce tax policy.

VA Linux IPO soars almost 700 per cent

VA Linux Systems' share value rose nearly 700 per cent following its initial public offering on Friday, setting a record for a first-day percentage gain on Wall Street.

E-commerce begets e-generation, but who are they?

Experts gathered here to define the identity and expectations of the budding e-generation that is poised to embrace booming Internet commerce. After much soul searching, they discovered the major players are from ... the old Baby Boomer generation?

Intel unveils Bluetooth technology for notebooks

Intel yesterday demonstrated Bluetooth technology-based hardware and software products designed to enable PC manufacturers to add new wireless communications to notebooks and other PC products.

Lucent, Sun to build networks, e-business apps

Lucent Technologies and Sun Microsystems on Wednesday announced a broad collaboration to develop network infrastructure and to offer a series of Internet commerce applications. As part of the agreement, Lucent will purchase $US500 million in servers and other technology from Sun.

AT&T to build networks for GM, Delphi

AT&T said yesterday it will build and manage global IP (Internet Protocol) networks for General Motors and for Delphi Automotive Systems in contracts worth $US510 million.

AltaVista buys financial Web site Raging Bull

Internet portal AltaVista said yesterday it will purchase the financial services Web site Raging Bull, a move designed to allow AltaVista to challenge a similar financial site of rival portal Yahoo.

Torvalds tips Transmeta hand

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux open source operating system, pointed to the increased popularity of the open-source movement here at Comdex, and for the first time spoke publicly about the new, secretive company he is working for.

CA to appeal judge's ruling on $US550m payback

Computer Associates will fight this week's ruling by a US judge that requires three of the software company's top executives to pay back $US550 million they received in executive compensation to CA.

CA executives ordered to pay back $US550 million

A judge on Tuesday ordered three Computer Associates International (CA) executives, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles Wang, to return to the US software vendor about $US550 million out of the $1.1 billion in stocks they had received in a compensation package.

Survey: Web site development a $US10b business

The growth of electronic commerce is in turn fuelling rapid expansion in the Web site development industry, which has reached $US10 billion this year, a research firm reported on Monday.

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