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Globalization gives Wall Street a boost: What do Google, IBM, Caterpillar and Intel all have in common? Besides making boatloads of money last quarter?; By Andrew Leonard Apr 18, 2008
Subtracting the "IBM" from the ThinkPad: Lenovo wants its brand to stand alone. But one Boeing jet is still worth a million pairs of Chinese sneakers. So who is beating whom?; By Andrew Leonard Nov 2, 2007
The condition of the working class in Second Life: Paging Marx and Engels: Please pick up the virtual white courtesy telephone; By Andrew Leonard Sep 18, 2007
IBM squeezes computers to atomic scale: Ready to carry 30,000 movies on a device the size of an iPod?; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 31, 2007
A woman gets the top computer science prize for the first time: Frances E. Allen receives highest honor in male-dominated field.; By Lynn Harris Feb 21, 2007
IBM and the India-China axis: Cheap workers aren't the only reason for global information technology empire building; By Andrew Leonard Nov 15, 2006
SCO, open source and the world: While a small Utah company launches a frontal assault on free software, the rest of the globe is saying: Gimme some of that!; By Sam Williams Dec 22, 2003
Fear, uncertainty and Linux: SCO claims IBM and Linux have ripped off its old program code. Linux advocates say that's bunk. Nothing will become clear until SCO shows its hand in court.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 18, 2003
Lawyers against Linux: A software company launches a billion-dollar suit against the open-source operating system's biggest backer, IBM -- and only succeeds in underscoring Linux's strength.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 3, 2003
A unified theory of software evolution: Meir Lehman has been studying the life cycles of computer programs since he was a researcher at IBM 30 years ago. One of these days he's going to get it all figured out.; By Sam Williams Apr 8, 2002
Poison Valley, Part 2: What new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing?; By Jim Fisher Jul 31, 2001
Poison Valley: Is workers' health the price we pay for high-tech progress? First of two parts.; By Jim Fisher Jul 30, 2001
How Big Blue fell for Linux: When open-source developers and IBM took gambles on each other, free software showed it can flourish in the heartland of corporate computing.; By Andrew Leonard Sep 12, 2000
IBM and Microsoft? Think again: "IBM wasn't interested in buying the Microsoft of that era."; Jun 9, 2000
Microsoft owes everything to Justice: Would Bill Gates have come to power if the Justice Department's antitrust division hadn't attacked IBM?; By Andrew Leonard Jun 8, 2000
Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money: A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.; By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard Dec 15, 1999
The free PC is dead! Long live the free PC!: By driving the price of low-end computers to near zero, the free-PC movement is driving itself to near extinction.; By Mark Gimein Dec 3, 1999
Microsoft besieged by civil suits: Will the five class-action suits -- and more undoubtedly to come -- cause the software giant any pain?; By Janelle Brown Nov 29, 1999
Stoking the Net's growth: Industry veteran Ellen Hancock talks about Windows NT, glass ceilings -- and how her company, Exodus, keeps its vast server farms humming.; By Julie Polito Oct 18, 1999
Is the Thinkpad now Linux-friendly?: IBM says its laptops will be "compatible" with Red Hat Linux -- but just what does that mean?; By Andrew Leonard Sep 14, 1999
Linux laptop lust: Laptop hardware is an unconquered frontier for Linux -- a place where the cutting edge sometimes slices free software to shreds.; By Andrew Leonard Sep 7, 1999
Microsoft disputes IBM testimony: Microsoft challenges an executive's claim that Redmond pressured IBM to distribute its browser and not Netscape's.; By ASSOCIATED PRESS Jun 10, 1999
Newsreal: Muddling through: Steve Jobs' latest spin on the "new" Apple might keep the troops in line, but can the company ever really advance again?; By Steve Michel Nov 12, 1997

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