Africa is open-minded to the potential of using open source software to advance the continent's information technology foundation.

Kamau Austin thinks African-Americans should be cashing in on an unexploited sector of the e-conomy: Themselves.

Labor activists are fighting fire with fire, using the World Wide Web to battle globalization, which they believe is threatening America's labor unions.

Is the Net a hospitable place for online journalism? How can online publications make a profit? ReadMe asks the experts.

When the e-biz magazine Red Herring ceased publication, it marked the end of the dot-com glory days. Is the New Economy over, or will it rise again?

Joshua Fouts, editor of the Online Journalism Review, wonders if Web journalism will run out of gas before it gets to the promised land: a brighter tomorrow, where webzines actually make buck.

Branding consultants to companies seeking identity in a post dot-com economy: Less flash. Deeper meaning. And "e-" and "i-" names are over.

Chinese companies such as Sohu, Netease and Sina are reaping the profits of the Internet economy. Haven’t they heard that the dot-com boom went bust?

In an effort to quash the illegal distribution of music on the Internet, companies such as Pressplay and MusicNet are launching services that provide Napster-like music-sharing services—for a fee, of course. Will these services catch on, or will consumers continue to shake free music loose from the world’s biggest jukebox—the Net?

Proponents of New York City’s cigarette tax believed it would force smokers to quit. Instead, Net-savvy smokers are turning to online retailers who sell cigarettes tax-free. Are lawmakers’ dreams of fewer coughers and fatter coffers going up in smoke?