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CONTENT - ECMGT.COM E-COMMERCE NEWS

  • E-STRATEGIES & TRENDS

  • E-PRODUCTS

  • E-SERVICES

  • E-MARKETING

  • SUPPLY CHAIN

  • CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY

  • GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL

  • PARTNERS & DEALS

  • MOVERS & SHAKERS

 



E-STRATEGIES & TRENDS

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  • The World's Online Populations
  • Magistr Continues Three Month Reign as Top Virus
  • Less than one - half of British population is online
  • U.S. Telecom Market Share Continues to Shift from Traditional Long Distance Carriers
  • Dot-com demise reaches researcher Jupiter
  • Bell-Heads Go IP: LAN Telephony to Slowly Cannibalize PBX
  • Cable Modems Have Banner Year in 2000
  • Major Consolidation In Euro ISP Market
  • Worsening European Economy Could Wipe $150 Billion from IT Market
  • Young and online in Canada
  • Women Taking Over As Top Internet Surfers
  • Americans Own 20% Of Largest Non-U.S. Companies Doing Business in the U.S.
  • Worldwide PC market down for first time ever
  • Global .NET users plan to shop online
  • Study Touts Broadband's Economic Impact
  • Wireless Infrastructure Providers Buck Handset Carnage as Orders Remain Steady
  • Summertime Blues
  • Survey Finds Internet Usage Has Remained Steady
  • B2B Content Spending Down From 2000
  • "Always On" Broadband Drives Demand for Consumer Internet Security
  • Korea: 22.2 Mil. Adults Use Internet
  • June 2001 Internet Usage Stats

The World's Online Populations
The First Quarter 2001 Global Internet Trends report from Nielsen//NetRatings measured Internet use in 27 countries around the world and found 420 million people have Internet access.

Magistr Continues Three Month Reign as Top Virus
The Magistr worm is still the world's most frequently occurring computer virus.

Less than one - half of british population is online
Currently 36% of the British population is online -- representing roughly 16 million people. Of those people, 94% make 'net connections from PCs.

U.S. Telecom Market Share Continues to Shift from Traditional Long Distance Carriers
Qwest Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among High-Volume, Long Distance Customers; Cincinnati Bell Ranks Highest Among Mainstream Users

Dot-com demise reaches researcher Jupiter
First USA research director Melanie Wing started to question Jupiter Media Metrix's Internet traffic figures when it recently ranked rival credit card company American Express as one of the Web's 50 most popular sites.

Bell-Heads Go IP: LAN Telephony to Slowly Cannibalize PBX
Pricing, ease of use, administration, and most importantly applications, will drive the adoption of LAN Telephony, leading slowly to the cannibalization of the once dominant PBX market.

Cable Modems Have Banner Year in 2000
Cable modem subscriptions jumped almost 178 percent in 2000 to 7.2 million while equipment revenue grew 122 percent, according to IDC.

Major Consolidation In Euro ISP Market
According to Analysys, the number of ISPs in Europe has decreased to 70 from 4000 in the past year.

Worsening European Economy Could Wipe $150 Billion from IT Market
Any further weakening in the European economy could have a major impact on the demand for IT products and services over the next three years

Young and online in Canada
Young people rule the 'net in Canada -- as of March 2001, 99% say they have used the internet to some extent.

Women Taking Over As Top Internet Surfers
Women make up more than half of North America's Internet surfers but their Asian counterparts are not far behind as the fastest-growing group of users.

Americans Own 20% Of Largest Non-U.S. Companies Doing Business in the U.S.
A report released "America's Reciprocal Stock Portfolio" found that as non-U.S. companies have been increasing their investment in the U.S. economy

Worldwide PC market down for first time ever
Global PC shipments declined by 2 percent in the second quarter of this year from the same period last year, logging the first year-over-year quarterly decline ever.

Global .NET users plan to shop online
Currently 15% of worldwide internet users shop online, but 41% in Japan, 30% in Germany and 28% in Australia plan to shop online in the next 6 months.

Study Touts Broadband's Economic Impact
Widespread use of high-speed Internet service by Americans could contribute as much as $500 billion annually to the U.S. economy

Wireless Infrastructure Providers Buck Handset Carnage as Orders Remain Steady
Unlike the handset market, which appears to be relatively flat revenue and shipment-wise this year versus last, wireless infrastructure growth will accelerate

Summertime Blues
Last year's economic optimists turned out to be wrong, but the bad news is that the hoped-for second-half recovery now seems to be out of the question.

Survey Finds Internet Usage Has Remained Steady
Internet usage has remained steady despite the growing pile of dot-com failures, a survey found.

B2B Content Spending Down From 2000
With the current wave of cost cutting negatively impacting content spending, the inability to prove the value of Intranets and end-user applications is as detrimental to content vendors as it is to information professionals

"Always On" Broadband Drives Demand for Consumer Internet Security
The need for intrusion protection against unapproved PC and network access, as well as a greater need for virus and privacy protection, will fuel end user demand for broadband Internet security products for the home

Korea: 22.2 Mil. Adults Use Internet
Around 22.2 million adults are estimated to be connected to the Internet at the end of June.

June 2001 Internet Usage Stats
The average activity for a Web user in June 2001

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E-PRODUCTS NEWS

  • Apple's OS X: Magnet for Hackers?
  • Microsoft taking dual approach to handhelds
  • Web ready phones are not enough
  • Look, Officer! No Hands!
  • Sharp Tools Up to Make LCDs with Built-In Circuits
  • Intel Clocks in With Fast Pentium 4 Chips
  • IBM to specialize in large monitors
  • Cisco Secures Broadband Access
  • CA Fires Back With New Product Blitz
  • Apple recalls power adapters
  • AOL 7.0 Released For Beta Testing
  • Mac OS X gets its own Windows Media Player
  • WebMethods Releases App, Inks Pact
  • Cloning .Net
  • Dell loads Red Hat Linux 7.1 on servers, workstations
  • PC manufacturers can zap MS Windows icons
  • Precise Adds DB2 Monitoring
  • New Notes Web Client To Offer Offline Perks
  • Microsoft readies Word bundle for Macs
  • Intel to roll out Tualatin
  • Oracle9i Positioned For Content Management

Apple's OS X: Magnet for Hackers?
In the past, Apple Computer evangelists have touted the company's signature Macintosh OS for, among other things, its relative invulnerability to hackers and cyber-terrorists.

Microsoft taking dual approach to handhelds
Although Microsoft touts its Pocket PC as the best software package for handheld computing devices, it is offering another option for computer makers that think they can do better.

Web ready phones are not enough
Of the 10 million handsets purchased in the US in Q4 2000, most featured enhanced graphics and longer battery life.

Look, Officer! No Hands!
The ban on talking on cell phones while driving in New York has spurred a flurry of activity among developers of hands-free and voice recognition products.

Sharp Tools Up to Make LCDs with Built-In Circuits
Sharp Corp, Japan's biggest liquid crystal display maker, said it will start making advanced displays next autumn that integrate circuits into the screen, allowing sharper images and lower power use.

Intel Clocks in With Fast Pentium 4 Chips
With the back-to-school computer buying season about to get underway, Intel Corp. took the battle to rival AMD with the release of two new Intel Pentium 4 processors clocking in at 1.8 GHz and 1.6 GHz, respectively.

IBM to specialize in large monitors
IBM will focus its display business solely on large flat-panel displays with high resolution in the coming years.

Cisco Secures Broadband Access
Cisco announced two new access devices for securing broadband connections in small branches and home offices.

CA Fires Back With New Product Blitz
CA is firing back at a takeover attempt by disgruntled software mogul Sam Wyly with an impressive new product blitz.

Apple recalls power adapters
Apple Computer is recalling 570,000 power adapters used on some older PowerBook models after reports that the brick-shaped units can overheat, creating a potential fire hazard.

AOL 7.0 Released For Beta Testing
Beta testers can now get a first look at America Online Inc.'s latest project, AOL 7.0.

Mac OS X gets its own Windows Media Player
Ensuring that users of the latest Apple operating system, as well as Windows users, will be able to play Windows Media audio and video files, Microsoft announced a version of its Windows Media Player for Mac OS X.

WebMethods Releases App, Inks Pact
WebMethods Inc. today unveiled version 4.5 of its application integration platform, adding capabilities aimed at letting small and mid-sized companies connect with online marketplaces.

Cloning .Net
Even as Microsoft touts the open availability of theunderpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology.

Dell loads Red Hat Linux 7.1 on servers, workstations
Dell Computer began shipping its entire line of Dell PowerEdge servers with the most recent version of Red Hat's Linux operating system preinstalled.

PC manufacturers can zap MS Windows icons
Responding to an appeals court ruling that it broke the law through anti-competitive business practices, MS Corp. announced that it would begin offering computer manufacturers the ability to remove certain default icons in the upcoming version of its Windows XP OS.

Precise Adds DB2 Monitoring
Precise Software today shipped performance management software for IBM's DB2 UDB database.

New Notes Web Client To Offer Offline Perks
Lotus Development's new iNotes Web Access client promises to let users work offline without the bulky proprietary full Notes client.

Microsoft readies Word bundle for Macs
Microsoft on Thursday said that it will begin offering a word-processing and e-mail bundle for Mac users.

Intel to roll out Tualatin
Ushering in the first of many processors built on a smaller, 0.13-micron architecture, Intel will formally introduce its Tualatin chip, a Pentium III processor that runs cooler and uses less power than its predecessors

Oracle9i Positioned For Content Management
Oracle is positioning its Oracle9i database server as an enterprise-wide content manager.

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E-SERVICES

  • Well-Heeled Travelers Get 'Luxury' Call-Center Service
  • SuperPages added to InfoSpace
  • Philips Tunes In to Internet Radio System
  • VeriSign Talks Up Plans for Global Voice Registry
  • Point of no return
  • Hotels finding room at the inn for Web sites
  • CRM survey cites integration as top concern
  • Content Bridge Creaks Under Weight Of Dot-Com Busts
  • DoCoMo 3G Network Stabilizing, Will Launch in Oct
  • Two days late, Hotmail gets an upgrade
  • Tucows OpenSRS Profile
  • Integrate for Wireless
  • Oracle To Offer Free Online Storage
  • Borland to offer Net-based development service
  • Panel Holds Forth on Broadband-driven Home Entertainment
  • Armed and Virtual
  • AT&T Wireless launches 2.5G with limitations
  • Making Room for Niche Stores in Cyberspace
  • Web Services: Why All The Buzz?
  • Running From Behind
  • Amazon.com-AT&T deal to allow shopping with mobiles
  • The Future of Mobile Digital Music

Well-Heeled Travelers Get 'Luxury' Call-Center Service
When you pay big bucks -- or euros -- for a luxury hotel, service becomes a birthright.

SuperPages added to InfoSpace
Infospace announced the integration of Verizon Information Services' SuperPages.com Yellow Pages and other merchant services into InfoSpace's platform.

Philips Tunes In to Internet Radio System
Philips Electronics said it will launch an Internet radio system in the U.S., enabling users to choose from more than a thousand radio stations around the world with a mini stereo system.

VeriSign Talks Up Plans for Global Voice Registry
Instead of dialing the phone, how'd you like to just say the company's name and have the phone dial for you?

Point of no return
Returning recently purchased items is as American as apple pie. Contributing Analyst explains that since 25% of merchandise bought online is returned, e-retailers have to address the issue.

Hotels finding room at the inn for Web sites
Innkeepers Judy and Ron Thomas are more interested in the type of surfers who brave the ocean than the ones found on the Internet.

CRM survey cites integration as top concern
Executives surveyed about CRM software issues named integrating with existing technology as their top concern, followed by customizability.

Content Bridge Creaks Under Weight Of Dot-Com Busts
Content Bridge, the first operating content peering exchange, has a problem: Its only two resellers are going under, and customers and partners are hesitant to join.

DoCoMo 3G Network Stabilizing, Will Launch in Oct.
NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that the network for its high-speed third generation (3G) wireless services was becoming more stable.

Two days late, Hotmail gets an upgrade
Members of Hotmail e-mail service were greeted with a new look as the company rolled out a series of upgrades to its free e-mail service

Tucows OpenSRS Profile
Tucows has a long standing in the market, and its focus on the needs of the ISP has helped it to maintain that position.

Integrate for Wireless
Information technology follows a consistent pattern: Each breakthrough in technology brings new functionality first and integration costs later.

Oracle To Offer Free Online Storage
Oracle will soon launch a new online service that will store and manage data for businesses.

Borland to offer Net-based development service
Borland Software announced TeamSource, an Internet-based service designed to allow geographically dispersed software developers to build applications collaboratively online.

Panel Holds Forth on Broadband-driven Home Entertainment
If companies who are trying to profit from what is a nascent home digital entertainment have anything to say about it, home is where the network will be.

Armed and Virtual
Step into the Virtual Reality Theatre to find out what high-speed networks will do for the art of simulation.

AT&T Wireless launches 2.5G with limitations
AT&T Wireless, spun off from AT&T as an independent company earlier this month, got off to a roaring start by announcing this week that it is the first wireless network provider to deploy 2.5G service.

Making Room for Niche Stores in Cyberspace
Despite the dominance of major players in the e-tail world, small, narrowly focused shopping sites still have a place in cyberspace.

Web Services: Why All The Buzz?
Web remains notoriously unreliable, and applications that rely on several Web services are susceptible to the failure of any one of them.

Running From Behind
Novell is on the cusp of a new stage in its life, hoping to revive its bottom line by diversifying into e-business consulting services.

Amazon.com-AT&T deal to allow shopping with mobiles
AT&T Wireless customers who have access to wireless Web will be able to shop for books, music and videos on Amazon.com Inc., using their mobile phones.

The Future of Mobile Digital Music
Of all the possibilities for delivering entertainment to mobile devices, downloading music to mobile phones seems at least an idea worth considering, right?


E-MARKETING

  • Gateway means business with two new laptop computers
  • TEENeMAIL
  • Amazon's ads are music to few ears
  • Verizon Wireless Adds 807,000 Subscribers
  • Pick a metric - any metric
  • E-Biz Execs Increasing Online Budgets
  • First The British, Now AOL
  • Cisco Includes IP Telephony in ISP Marketing Program
  • Tactical Guide to Online Marketing
  • ClickAction Clients' Strong Success With Email Marketing
  • B2C Booming In Asia-Pacific
  • Gateway's Big Gamble
  • Online Marketing Gaining Steam
  • CRM startup calls in Live Help
  • US auction Sites : Where the B2C action is online
  • Optical Access Networking Market To Grow to $2B by 2005
  • Users Find Appeal In Hp's Usage-Based Pricing Option
  • Streaming Ads Set To Explode
  • Web Advertising: It's not Dead yet
  • Internet shopping survey points up obstacles, categorizes users
  • CBS eyes online Big Brother streaming subscriptions
  • Winning at E-Commerce Requires Evolved Management Style
  • Leading Advertisers of June 2001

 

Gateway means business with two new laptop computers
Gunning for a larger share of the corporate mobile computing market, Gateway on Monday will unveil two new laptop systems designed for businesses, the Solo 3450 and Solo 1200.

TEENeMAIL
eMail marketers need to consider the lucrative teen market, a segment that loves disposing of any disposable income.

Amazon's ads are music to few ears
Amazon.com is testing a new advertisement form, offering a piece of software that plugs into the popular Winamp MP3 player and recommends new music from the online retailer's virtual shelves.

Verizon Wireless Adds 807,000 Subscribers
Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. wireless telephone services company, said it added more than 807,000 new customers in the second quarter despite the weak economy

Pick a metric - any metric
Marketers will discover a much higher return on investment from online ad campaigns when evaluating different metrics.

E-Biz Execs Increasing Online Budgets
Nearly 60 percent of Internet executives planned to increase their Web site expenditures during 2001

First The British, Now AOL
Get-rich tip: Put an Internet service provider business ... in Hong Kong.

Cisco Includes IP Telephony in ISP Marketing Program
Cisco announced earlier that it has added an IP Telephony Services designation within its marketing program for service providers.

Tactical Guide to Online Marketing
Faithful Media Buying 101 readers may not have realized it, but they've been helping me construct an upcoming textbook about online marketing.

ClickAction Clients' Strong Success With Email Marketing
Clients Like BusinessWeek Online Experience Increased ROI And High Clickthrough Rates Using ClickAction EMA.

B2C Booming In Asia-Pacific
B2C revenues in Asia-Pacific more than doubled last year, and are set to double again this year.

Gateway's Big Gamble
Ted Waitt is building the ''IT department for the masses''

Online Marketing Gaining Steam
It's true, at least according to research group International Data Corp., most U.S. companies are using online marketing.

CRM startup calls in Live Help
Quixi, year-old spin-off from wireless 411 call center provider InfoNXX, launched Quixi Sales Solution offering live support operators to gain greater sales force acceptance of a company's CRM solution.

US auction Sites : Where the B2C action is online
That's a lot of Beanie Babies, auction websites in the US generated a whopping $556 million in revenue in May ë01.

Optical Access Networking Market To Grow to $2B by 2005
Even with a slowing economy and several recent "gloom-n-doom" reports in the optical-networking industry, a new study claims that first-mile fiber connections to multi-tenant office buildings remain a strong growth area.

Users Find Appeal In Hp's Usage-Based Pricing Option
HP's new Pay per Use pricing option for its RISC-based Superdome and Intel-based Netserver families of servers is a good first attempt at true usage-based pricing in the distributed server space.

Streaming Ads Set To Explode
Look for exponential growth in streaming media-enabled promotion and advertising during the next four years.

Web Advertising: It's not Dead yet
Internet advertising remains an effective marketing channel, particularly for fast-moving product categories, despite the death knells now being sounded for the medium

Internet shopping survey points up obstacles, categorizes users
Internet retailers need to retarget marketing, address credit card security fears, and make the online experience less challenging technologically.

CBS eyes online Big Brother streaming subscriptions
Delivering Big Brother online to Internet voyeurs is certainly a no-brainer, but how these viewers react to a subscription-based stream of the reality TV show is another matter.

Winning at E-Commerce Requires Evolved Management Style
Companies that want to take advantage of the opportunities posed by e-commerce will have to do a better job managing dynamic pricing strategies, intellectual property rights, and partnership relationships.

Leading Advertisers of June 2001
The top advertisers, ranked by banner impressions, are based on data from BannerTrack

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SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS
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  • Japanese E-Marketplace Tackles Kinks in Utility Supply Chains
  • Volkswagen turns back on hosted e-business solutions
  • B2B Standards Inch Forward
  • Siemens Launches E-Procurement at Full Throttle
  • Intel introduces supply-chain management package
  • Semiprivate Hubs Emerge
  • Cert Program from ATG
  • Southwest Pulls Data From All Web Sites but Own
  • SAP devouring stars of dot-com era
  • EDI, EbXML Groups Agree To Cooperate
  • Nortel Program Changes Take Effect
  • E-Commerce Provider Throws Lifeline to Abandoned Clients
  • Microsoft, Clarus Mesh Capabilities
  • SAP Runs To Commerce One's Rescue
  • Volkswagen Takes on Covisint in B2B Auction Arena
  • Target Exec Calls For Single Retail Exchange
  • Site Launched To Settle B2B Disputes Online
  • Stegner To Head Up Partnership America
  • GE's B2B Retreat
  • Another Choice Surfaces for Wireless Infrastructure
  • Oracle takes on bCentral

Japanese E-Marketplace Tackles Kinks in Utility Supply Chains
Japan has a new e-marketplace that allows utility companies to buy and sell machine parts, materials and office supplies online.

Volkswagen turns back on hosted e-business solutions
The concept of public and industry consortia-based trading exchanges received a major blow when Volkswagen announced it will be moving its e-procurement and sourcing from a hosted to an in-house model.

B2B Standards Inch Forward
To date, much of e-commerce has focused on companies talking to one another. Now, attempts are being made to create software packages that allow companies to work with one another.

Siemens Launches E-Procurement at Full Throttle
German electrical engineering and electronics giant Siemens has launched the full version of its Internet-based electronic procurement platform.

Intel introduces supply-chain management package
Intel detailed a turnkey package that combines components from several vendors to provide retailers and manufacturers with a single Web interface for managing marketing, customer information, supply-chain, and other related functions.

Semiprivate Hubs Emerge
Some e-marketplace operators are trying to combine the best aspects of public and private exchanges for conducting B2B trades.

Cert Program from ATG
ATG has launched a certification program that let's customers rate the partners but also gives partners a way to differentiate themselves.

Southwest Pulls Data From All Web Sites but Own
Finding Southwest Airlines' fares just got more difficult for travelers searching on the Internet and through many travel agents.

SAP devouring stars of dot-com era
SAP AG is taking share from rivals across a range of market segments and has surged to become the top supplier of the software businesses use to manage suppliers and purchasing.

EDI, EbXML Groups Agree To Cooperate
EDI and XML share the same goal of creating seamless e-commerce, and now some of the leading standards bodies in both fields have agreed to build a common set of business-process components.

Nortel Program Changes Take Effect
Despite delaying the official launch of its Partner Support Plan until mid-July, Nortel Networks has begun rolling out its latest channel program.

E-Commerce Provider Throws Lifeline to Abandoned Clients
Digital River announced Wednesday the launch of its E-Rescue Program, aimed at companies whose e-commerce service providers are failing or have gone out of business.

Microsoft, Clarus Mesh Capabilities
Microsoft Great Plains and Clarus Corp. today said they've struck an alliance to integrate Clarus' e-procurement capabilities within Great Plains' financial offerings.

SAP Runs To Commerce One's Rescue
The German-based ERP giant will give the struggling B2B vendor up to $225 million, paving the way for potential acquistion of the company later.

Volkswagen Takes on Covisint in B2B Auction Arena
Germany-based Volkswagen Group, Europe's largest car producer, has announced it will implement eBreviate's suite of e-sourcing tools, technologies and services to create a global, self-service auction model.

Target Exec Calls For Single Retail Exchange
Target Corp. Vice Chairman Gerald Storch calls for the consolidation of the retail industry's business-to-business exchanges by the fall.

Site Launched To Settle B2B Disputes Online
American Arbitration Association, a nonprofit conflict management and dispute resolution provider, announced it has launched a new portal aimed at minimizing business-to-business e-commerce disagreements.

Stegner To Head Up Partnership America
Ingram Micro has transferred the management of Partnership America, its government and education solution provider program, to Bob Stegner, the distributor's vice president of channel development.

GE's B2B Retreat
General Electric's management discovers the current realities of e-business and makes a wise decision in relegating it to the back burner.

Another Choice Surfaces for Wireless Infrastructure
Not many CIOs these days would ask their CTOs to create a mobile wireless infrastructure from scratch. If they did, I'm pretty certain the CTOs would point out that the more-efficient solution is to license the infrastructure from someone else.

Oracle takes on bCentral
Opening up a new front in its perennial battle against Microsoft, Oracle is going to provide small business accounting services by way of ASP delivery.

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CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY

  • Pageantry, Glitz Grace Webbys
  • How content management is evolving to suit the enterprise
  • What, Me Worry? Report Finds Online Bank Customers Undeterred
  • Make nice with the monster under your web
  • Spamming Virus Could Pose Double Threat
  • RealNetworks puts price on "Big Brother"
  • I don't want my iTV
  • Take 2 Aspirin and Log On in the Morning
  • God's Many Unique Visitors
  • Despite a Turbulent Take-off, Orbitz Is in Demand
  • Content across platforms: PC, TV and Mobile Device
  • Protecting Your Privacy
  • Welsh Credit Card Hacker Avoids Jail Sentence
  • Hacker Goes On Defacement Spree In Australia
  • Freelancers Continue New York Times Fight
  • Home Depot's Net Improvement
  • High-Tech Internet Shopping: Are You Experienced?
  • Developers ponder Java-Windows XP split
  • Profiling the ebusiness manager
  • Uncle Sam wants a few good hackers
  • A Gnawing Feeling at TheHungerSite
  • A Standard for e-Comments

Pageantry, Glitz Grace Webbys
Like the Oscars, the awards spectacular that inspired it, the Webbys is as much about stepping out and looking good as anything else. Step into the gallery and decide for yourself who pulled it off and who didn't.

How content management is evolving to suit the enterprise
Interwoven's CEO Martin Brauns talks about how content management is evolving to meet the complex needs of the enterprise.

What, Me Worry? Report Finds Online Bank Customers Undeterred
Security worries do not deter consumers in the United States and United Kingdom from using online financial services.

Make nice with the monster under your web
A slowing economy has forced US businesses to lay off thousands of employees. Tracy Tang explains that the economic downturn has sent these people, as well as recruiters, online for employment opportunities.

Spamming Virus Could Pose Double Threat
A new variety of computer virus is reportedly combining the Internet evils of hacking and spam to turn victims into the source of unwanted mass e-mail that makes money for hackers.

RealNetworks puts price on "Big Brother"
CBS Television has partnered with RealNetworks to charge admission fees for Internet video streams of its voyeuristic TV series, Big Brother 2.

I don't want my iTV
British adults are tuning out interactive TV and opting for digital TV instead.

Take 2 Aspirin and Log On in the Morning
Purveyors of telemedicine say their technologies could save the health care industry billions. So where are all the revenues?

God's Many Unique Visitors
A religion-oriented website offering an 'Interview with God' is gaining popularity without advertising and with little media notice. In fact, the almighty is huge all over the Net.

Despite a Turbulent Take-off, Orbitz Is in Demand
Orbitz, the new online travel agency thatís backed by five major airlines, officially launched on June 4, prompting a wave of scrutiny and controversy that has become the very trade-mark of this site

Content across platforms: PC, TV and Mobile Device
The greatest value in TV and mobile device content is its ability to get internet users to buy online via their PCs.

Protecting Your Privacy
The Mafia has the best privacy policy: "omerta," the code of silence. Short of that, there's no surefire way of keeping your secrets safe.

Welsh Credit Card Hacker Avoids Jail Sentence
The self-proclaimed "Saint of E-Commerce," a 19-year-old Welsh teenage hacker named Raphael Gray, was sentenced Friday in a Wales court to three years of psychiatric and community service rehabilitation

Hacker Goes On Defacement Spree In Australia
A hacker or hacker group has gone on a defacement rampage in Australia, altering the front pages of at least 48 sites.

Freelancers Continue New York Times Fight
The New York Times Co. is the target of lawsuits to protect freelancers' rights following a recent Supreme Court ruling that extended copyright protection to the Web.

Home Depot's Net Improvement
Home Depot will undertake a broad enterprise application integration project to better process a torrent of transactional data that's likely to swell even more as the company opens 200 more stores this year.

High-Tech Internet Shopping: Are You Experienced?
Remember when e-commerce used to be about the technology? Never mind profitability ratios or shakeouts.

Developers ponder Java-Windows XP split
Microsoft's decision not to bundle the Java virtual machine in the forthcoming Windows XP operating system will be little more than a nuisance for corporate users.

Profiling the ebusiness manager
Who is the e-business manager? B2B analyst Steve Butler explains that he or she is not necessarily the resident IT guru.

Uncle Sam wants a few good hackers
Government officials meet with hackers and appeal for help. Basic message: Come work for the feds.

A Gnawing Feeling at TheHungerSite
The charity site, which used a click-to-donate model to raise more than $3 million for the U.N., has been down for more than 30 hours.

A Standard for e-Comments
W3C's Annotea lets you tack information to existing Web pages.

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GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL

  • Government, Military Scramble for Encryption Technology
  • Latest Digital Copy-Protection Methods: Hit or Hiss?
  • China reconnects foreign affairs site
  • Intel Signs Up For EU 'Safe Harbor' Agreement
  • UCITA Running On Empty
  • Tax Relief
  • House Testimony Deals Bad Hand to Net Gambling Ban
  • Long Distance Romancing - Tauzin-Dingell
  • Gov't Customers Award More Than $100M In IT Contracts To Solution Providers
  • Arrest Of Russian Programmer Will Test Copyright Law
  • Venezuelans go online, against all odds
  • Urgency Of Net Tax Moratorium May Eclipse State Concerns
  • Justice Department Hires a New Anti-Microsoft Gun
  • Online shopping fails to grow in Malaysia
  • Central European B2C Online Sales on Shaky Ground
  • Movie Studios License Content Protection Technology
  • An Old City Turns to Technology
  • Chinese Government Closes 2,000 Cyber Cafes
  • e-Gov conference gets busy
  • New FCC Web Site To Debut
  • Bush Expected to Abolish Security Chief Position

Government, Military Scramble for Encryption Technology
The government and military are investing more heavily in encryption technology as a defense against hackers who are beginning to deploy more sophisticated cracking techniques.

Latest Digital Copy-Protection Methods: Hit or Hiss?
Recent attempts to make everyday copying of digital media more difficult still face significant hurdles

China reconnects foreign affairs site
An Australian government Web site was back online for China's 22 million Internet users for the first time in 18 months after complaints to Chinese officials over censorship.

Intel Signs Up For EU 'Safe Harbor' Agreement
Intel Corp.has signed the European Union-U.S. "safe harbor" agreement that allows data transfers to continue uninterrupted between U.S. companies and EU citizens.

UCITA Running On Empty
On July 1, UCITA was formally enacted as law in Virginia. Now that the day has passed, however, it turns out that there may be more reason than ever for anti-UCITA optimism

Tax Relief
Solution Providers back a proposed tax relief program that raises the amount of equipment purchases small business owners can expense at the end of the year.

House Testimony Deals Bad Hand to Net Gambling Ban
With Nevada set to host an international panel on online gaming this month, lawmakers supporting a federal ban on Internet gambling were dealt a blow Thursday as experts called draft legislation unworkable.

Long Distance Romancing - Tauzin-Dingell
If "Tauzin-Dingell" hasn't become a household term, it's not for lack of effort by the telecommunications industry.

Gov't Customers Award More Than $100M In IT Contracts To Solution Providers
A spate of recent government IT contract awards indicates there's no slowdown in the pace of federal and state IT investment.

Arrest Of Russian Programmer Will Test Copyright Law
Adobe, guarding its e-book encryption, spurred FBI to act

Venezuelans go online, against all odds
Even though low teledensity and high access charges remain serious barriers to Venezuela's internet market, new government and private sector initiatives should foster greater 'net adoption in the future.

Urgency Of Net Tax Moratorium May Eclipse State Concerns
With just three months left before a moratorium on taxes that specifically target the Internet expires, U.S. House lawmakers expressed a "sense of urgency" about passing an extension of the moratorium

Justice Department Hires a New Anti-Microsoft Gun
The government names Chicago trial lawyer Philip Beck as lead trial counsel in the antitrust case, and Redmond hints that it may go to the Supreme Court.

Online shopping fails to grow in Malaysia
The proportion of Malaysia's adult population going online to buy goods and services has hardly shifted in the past year

Central European B2C Online Sales on Shaky Ground
Online B2C e-commerce will continue its struggle to take hold in Central Europe, while B2B e-commerce will see a much more robust growth in the region

Movie Studios License Content Protection Technology
Two major motion picture studios today agreed to license technology that protects the digital transmission of movies and other video content to private homes.

An Old City Turns to Technology
Genoa will host the meeting of G8 world leaders over the weekend and the old Italian seaport is relying on the latest technology to secure the peace, and everyone's health.

Chinese Government Closes 2,000 Cyber Cafes
Making good on assertions vocalized last spring, the Chinese government has shuttered approximately 2,000 cyber cafes

e-Gov conference gets busy
Partner announcements and an array of technologies came out of the e-Gov conference in D.C.

New FCC Web Site To Debut
Web pages at the FCC will sport a new look as the agency launches the initial phase of its first Web site redesign in three years.

Internet Fraud Schemes Increasing
The growing popularity of doing business on the Internet is causing a ``substantial increase'' in fraud schemes affecting the public, the city's consumer affairs watchdog says.

Bush Expected to Abolish Security Chief Position
In a move to decentralize how the U.S. handles computer security threats, President George W. Bush is expected to replace the position of U.S. security chief with a 21-agency board.

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PARTNERS & DEALS NEWS

  • Making a Good Bet on Partnering
  • Amazon Cements First European Brick-and-Mortar Alliance
  • RadioShack buys back Microsoft stake
  • Is Monster.com a Monster?
  • Siebel, Convergys Team on Customer View App
  • Barry Diller Still Believes
  • Microsoft to put locks on Chinese Windows
  • Egghead Outsources Its Online Auctions
  • AOL Time Warner In Talks To Gain European Foothold
  • CDW Breaks The Mold
  • Precision Response Adds Call Center Muscle with Acquisition
  • Orbitz, Hotwire Strike Customer-Sharing Deal
  • Cisco To Acquire AuroraNetics
  • Tech firms face reality of real estate deals
  • Synnex Purchases Merisel Canada
  • Bid War Seen for AT&T Cable
  • Comcast defends AT&T broadband bid
  • Napster Settles Dr. Dre, Metallica Lawsuits
  • Call-Solutions Secures OneSource
  • Strategic Ties

Making a Good Bet on Partnering
Skyline Computer Corp. has based its success on how well it partners with other Cisco specialists like itself. More than half of the company's training and consulting business is done through allies.

Amazon Cements First European Brick-and-Mortar Alliance
Amazon.com expanded its reach into brick-and-mortar stores overseas with its announcement that its British arm, Amazon.co.uk, has teamed up with European mobile phone provider Carphone Warehouse to offer customers pre-paid phones online.

RadioShack buys back Microsoft stake
Consumer electronics retailer RadioShack said that sales at stores open at least a year rose 4 percent in June on strong sales of wireless equipment.

Is Monster.com a Monster?
It was only a matter of time. One of the first questions posed by analysts during a conference call to discuss the takeover of HotJobs by Monster.com parent company TMP Worldwide was the antitrust question.

Siebel, Convergys Team on Customer View App
Siebel Systems and Convergys have announced plans to integrate Convergys' contact center capabilities and billing systems with Siebel's e-business applications. They will jointly sell and market their integrated products.

Barry Diller Still Believes
While other media tycoons have backed away from the Internet, the once-and-future mogul keeps the faith.

Microsoft to put locks on Chinese Windows
Microsoft, whose image in China was tarnished over fears that its flagship Windows product was not fully secure, said it had entered a venture with a government-owned software firm to provide an extra encryption "lock" tailored for Windows in China.

Egghead Outsources Its Online Auctions
In an effort to stay focused on selling its core technology products, Egghead.com is handing over the reins to the auction portion of its online electronics store.

AOL Time Warner In Talks To Gain European Foothold
AOL Time Warner Inc., is in talks to buy British magazine publisher IPC Media in what would be its first big deal in Europe.

CDW Breaks The Mold
Direct marketer crosses boundaries as chairman and CEO John Edwardson hammers out a partnership plan.

Precision Response Adds Call Center Muscle with Acquisition
CRM provider Precision Response Corporation (PRC) said it has completed its acquisition of Hancock Information Group, a business-to-business customer service provider

Orbitz, Hotwire Strike Customer-Sharing Deal
Mega-travel site Orbitz and online discount travel firm Hotwire, both backed by a consortium of the largest airline carriers in the U.S.

Cisco To Acquire AuroraNetics
Cisco today said it has agreed to acquire AuroraNetics, a privately held developer of 10-Gbps silicon technology for use by service providers in metropolitan fiber rings.

Tech firms face reality of real estate deals
Already hit by a slumping economy, reduced revenues and skittish investors, technology companies are struggling with another malady: real estate deals gone bust.

Synnex Purchases Merisel Canada
Synnex Information Technologies, Fremont, Calif., has inked a deal to purchase Merisel Canada, a subsidiary of Merisel, for approximately $19.7 million cash.

Bid War Seen for AT&T Cable
John Malone, the cable-television pioneer said that he expects AOL Time Warner Inc. to make a competing bid for AT&T's cable-TV unit

Comcast defends AT&T broadband bid
Comcast Corp. executives defended their $41 billion bid for top cable TV operator AT&T Broadband as investors pushed Comcast shares down 7 percent.

Napster Settles Dr. Dre, Metallica Lawsuits
Former song-swapping titan Napster announced on Thursday that it has reached legal settlements with two of its most vociferous critics outside the record labels themselves: heavy-metal band Metallica and rap legend Dr. Dre.

Call-Solutions Secures OneSource
Teleservices and online CRM firm acquires direct mail processing services provider for an undisclosed amount.

Strategic Ties
In the battle for business, a company's strongest allies are usually those partners, dealers and resellers that sell to customers on the front lines.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS NEWS

  • E*Trade Prescribes a Poison Pill
  • Movie Studios Attack File-Swapping Service Aimster
  • Drugmaker's E-Mail Glitch Exposed Patient Info
  • Appeals court gives Napster a break
  • Amazon stops shipping goods for free
  • Microsoft alters OEM licensing
  • Expedia Faces Multiple Shareholder Lawsuits
  • Wireless Spam: The Big Clean-up
  • Stormy economy right climate for tech write-downs
  • Putting the Tech in Technicolor
  • Customers Lose in Online Travel War
  • Broadcom unit infringes on two Intel patents
  • Caldera And Red Hat At Loggerheads Over Linux Licensing
  • Major Cybersquatting Decision Headed For Appeal
  • Mistakes Were Made!
  • New variant of Code Red worm found
  • PayPal Gets Itself Into Hot Water
  • MSN Messenger service restored
  • Big Patent on a Molecular Scale
  • IBM Shows Its Age
  • Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
  • Civil Libertarians Alarmed By Surveillance Technology

E*Trade Prescribes a Poison Pill
Online brokerage E*Trade announced that its board of directors has approved a plan, known in Wall Street parlance as a poison pill, aimed at thwarting a hostile takeover attempt.

Movie Studios Attack File-Swapping Service Aimster
Seven major motion picture studios have filed a lawsuit in federal court against three defendants that run peer-to-peer file-swapping service Aimster.

Drugmaker's E-Mail Glitch Exposed Patient Info
A programming error at drugmaker Eli Lilly and Company resulted in the disclosure of 600 to 700 e-mail addresses belonging to participants in the company's Medi-messenger service.

Appeals court gives Napster a break
A federal appeals court ruled that embattled file-sharing service Napster can resume operation

Amazon stops shipping goods for free
Amazon.com has ended its offer of free shipping on books, music and videos, saying the company has learned a lot from the test promotion.

Microsoft alters OEM licensing
In what Microsoft openly admits is a reaction to the recent court ruling, announced that it is changing its OEM licensing practices and will allow desktop hardware manufacturers to slightly alter the software.

Expedia Faces Multiple Shareholder Lawsuits
Online travel company Expedia.com was slapped with another in what has become a series of class action lawsuits against the company alleging violations of federal securities laws.

Wireless Spam: The Big Clean-up
Unsolicited junk mail, or spam, distributed via mobile devices, will become a growing problem as the wireless Internet becomes more widely adopted and as more and more wireless devices capable of running applications come to market

Stormy economy right climate for tech write-downs
High-tech companies which offered lofty profits in good times are offering hefty write-downs in bad times to cleanse themselves of dismal news a practice referred to by some as "the big bath."

Putting the Tech in Technicolor
The 85-year-old Hollywood institution wants to remake itself as the linchpin of digital cinema.

Customers Lose in Online Travel War
No one can be bullied and hope to be around in the long run. So Southwest Airlines is right to stand up for what it sees as its own interests in its ongoing feud with Orbitz, the new bully on the block.

Broadcom unit infringes on two Intel patents
Some communications-chip products designed by a Broadcom Corp. subsidiary infringe on two Intel Corp. patents, an administrative law judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission said.

Caldera And Red Hat At Loggerheads Over Linux Licensing
Red Hat says' no way never' to Caldera's Microsoft-style licensing.

Major Cybersquatting Decision Headed For Appeal
An Argentine company that has been doing business under the name "Harrods" for nearly 90 years wants to contest a court ruling.

Mistakes Were Made!
Not all accidents, we imagine, end in tragedy.

New variant of Code Red worm found
The same company that discovered the original Code Red worm that has been wreaking havoc worldwide this week said late Friday that it has identified a variant of the worm that is harder to track.

PayPal Gets Itself Into Hot Water
Online payment service PayPal is at the center of two controversies, including a new lawsuit filed by NoBidding, the owner of auction site Bidville.com.

MSN Messenger service restored
Microsoft said that its MSN Messenger online chat service is back up and running for all users. The only remaining problem is that about 1 percent of users will have to rebuild their buddy lists for the free instant messaging service.

Big Patent on a Molecular Scale
Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have patented a potential breakthrough in their quest to develop computer circuits made merely of individual molecules.

IBM Shows Its Age
Would the tech giant still be growing without some liberal accounting?

Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
Why and how IBM restored its world-class labs to business relevance.

Civil Libertarians Alarmed By Surveillance Technology
Visitors to Tampa's Ybor City nightlife district are being monitored by cameras that analyze their chins, noses and cheekbones with futuristic law enforcement technology that has evoked cries of "Big Brother."

 

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