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Subject: Jan2001 ECMgt.com: Year 2001 E-Commerce Predictions
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  • Most Nations Lack Cyber Crime Laws
  • Women Top Men as Net Buyers
  • Viant layoffs the latest amid consulting crunch
  • Signs of Life on the Horizon
  • Amazon Tops November Net Sales
  • China's Telecom Catch-Up
  • Healthy Worldwide PC Market Despite Lowering Expectations for the U.S. and Europe
  • Twelve IT innovations to watch in 2001
  • The Great Online Purchasing Migration
  • Newbies Make E-Holiday Splash
  • The Current Face of US eRetail
  • Online Privacy in Japan
  • Employees' new Coffee Break: E-shopping
  • Asian-Pacific Region To Comprise Half Of Telecom Market By 2010
  • DSL Growth Slows, Cable Modems Get Help from Standards
  • Study Finds DB2 Customers Plan to Migrate to Oracle
  • New PC Data Study Shows That Women are New Majority in Online Gaming
  • Youth Vote Influenced By Online Information
  • One Year Ago: Trends and Predictions for 2000
  • Online ad spending drops 6.5 percent in third quarter
  • Stealth Plan Puts Copy Protection Into Every Hard Drive

Most Nations Lack Cyber Crime Laws
International cyber crimes may be impossible to prosecute, as most countries have yet to update their laws to deal with computer-related offenses.

Women Top Men as Net Buyers
Women have made a higher percentage of online purchases than men for two quarters running, according to a survey released Thursday by Greenfield Online.

Viant layoffs the latest amid consulting crunch
And the piles of pink slips are growing by the week. Internet consulting companies were hit particularly hard this week, with some of the leading companies shedding workers.

Signs of Life on the Horizon
With telecom stocks suffering, analysts say the entire industry is headed for a prolonged slump. Here's why they're wrong.

Amazon Tops November Net Sales
E-tail giant Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) won top sales honors for November, when 3 million buyers passed through its virtual doors, according to figures released by PC Data Online...

China's Telecom Catch-Up
Hong Kong is doing great when it comes to telecom and IT infrastructure, and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region is not far behind.

Healthy Worldwide PC Market Despite Lowering Expectations for the U.S. and Europe
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to reach 40.15 million units in the fourth quarter, according to recently released forecasts from IDC.

Twelve IT innovations to watch in 2001
eWEEK Labs directs IT's attention to 12 technologies and standards that will be worth watching in the coming year.

The Great Online Purchasing Migration
Online shopping projections for the six strongest European Internet markets. Also, Americans spent 1.7 million minutes online making long distance phone calls last year, and online sales for the B-to-C market are expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2010.

Newbies Make E-Holiday Splash
Forty-five percent of this holiday season's online shoppers are making their first purchases ever over the Internet, according to a survey released by Active Research...

The Current Face of US eRetail
According to Greenfield Online, more than 80% of wired Americans made an online purchase in Q3 2000.

Online Privacy in Japan
Sixty-seven percent of Japanese consumers reportedly believe they have lost control over how their personal information is collected and used by companies.

Employees' new Coffee Break: E-shopping
Nearly half of 46% of online holiday shopping occurs in the office, reports an Internet usage study by Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings.

Asian-Pacific Region To Comprise Half Of Telecom Market By 2010
By the year 2010, nations in the Asian-Pacific region will drive nearly half of the world market for telecommunications services and products, according to the latest report from the International Telecommunications Union

DSL Growth Slows, Cable Modems Get Help from Standards
Deployment issues hindered the growth in shipments of ADSL modems in Q3 2000, while growth in shipments of cable modems, aided by the move towards DOCSIS-certified modems, increased, according to Cahners In-Stat Group.

Study Finds DB2 Customers Plan to Migrate to Oracle
With the pending release of Oracle9i(TM) Database, IT departments that have traditionally turned to IBM plan to turn to Oracle to provide the highest levels of reliability, scalability and security.

New PC Data Study Shows That Women are New Majority in Online Gaming
PC and console gaming is no longer just a man's folly, according to a new report available through PC Data.

Youth Vote Influenced By Online Information
Campaign 2000 firmly established the Internet as a major source of election news and information. But as the audience for online campaign news has expanded - increasing fourfold over the past four years - it has gone more mainstream in its preferences and pursuits.

One Year Ago: Trends and Predictions for 2000
With less than two weeks left until the next century, it seems like a good time to speculate about some e-commerce trends and offer some predictions.

Online ad spending drops 6.5 percent in third quarter
Internet ad spending softened in the last three months, marking the first time Web ad sales fell quarter to quarter, according to a new study.

Stealth Plan Puts Copy Protection Into Every Hard Drive
Hastening a rapid demise for the free copying of digital media, the next generation of hard disks is likely to come with copyright protection countermeasures built in.

 

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