eWEEK EDITORS

Publishers are looking for a bridge to get magazine and newspaper readers to reach out to corresponding Web sites, which is why odd little images are appearing on the pages of more publications. Readers can swipe the images in publications — such as The Dallas Morning News, Forbes and Parade magazine — with a scanning […]

PSINet officials are expected to announce the company is officially for sale today, according to sources close to the struggling data carrier. The heavily debt-ridden company is nearly out of operating capital. The deal will be brokered by The Goldman Sachs Group, which PSINet hired late last year to examine strategic options. PSINets current market […]

After more than four years of investigation, prosecution and pitched courtroom battle, the Microsoft antitrust case may end up where it all began: with a settlement. Legal experts said the governments faltering performance before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit means it will not convince any court to break the […]

Having trouble reading long Web articles? Youre not alone. In fact, IBM has put top scientists to work on that problem and theyve come up with what they believe is the solution. Too bad you may never get to use it. The answer is a screen, code-named Bertha, that has such good resolution its four […]

Internet consulting firm Proxicom may not have the proverbial silver bullet for dealing with the current economic downdraft, but believes it can weather the storm. Like many of its competitors, the companys top management concedes that its revenue growth will be dampened this year by a slowdown in IT spending. Signs of that were evident […]

The software and networking makers are not alone. A host of vendors ranging from Voice over IP to portal technology are re-tuning their partner program initiatives in bids to expand their indirect sales efforts. In some cases that may mean expanded opportunities for partners, more technical help, and various marketing and lead generation programs. In […]

What happens when good partnerships suddenly go bad? Just ask i2 Technologies. The company found out last week when a major customer and a high-profile partner took turns taking swipes at the supply-chain management application maker. The first salvo came from athletic shoe and apparel maker Nike. In cutting its third quarter earnings forecast, it […]

Out of sight, out of mind, out of business. Thats the downward spiral that appears to be engulfing many former Web consulting hotshots. Their market capitalizations have fallen so low in recent weeks that theyve dropped off the radar screens of the top Wall Street investment houses. Once the analysts stop paying heed, so do […]

No Wordmongering Here Readers of The Washington Post arent the only ones with verbal flair. I asked Interactive Week staffers to participate in our own Internet version of the Posts Style Invitational, in which readers are asked to pick any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and then […]

The nations two largest cable powers are sharpening their knives to carve up the market after a judicial victory that swept aside limits to their growth. AT&T and AOL Time Warner were the winners Friday, March 2, when a federal appeals court threw out Federal Communications Commission cable ownership limits. The Washington, D.C., appeals court, […]