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Online retail sales grew by nearly 24 percent in 2004 and will grow another 22 percent in 2005 as consumers continue to be drawn in droves to the convenience of e-commerce and as retailers become better at converting online shoppers into buyers, according to a new report The State of Retailing Online 8.0, the annual report produced by Shop.org -- t...
European Union regulators say they want an agreement in place by the end of the month on how Microsoft will comply with the sanctions imposed on the software giant last year, raising the possibility of additional monetary penalties if no deal can be reached European Competition Commission member Neelie Kroes told reporters in Brussels that Microsof...
A host of gaming developers are using the Electronic Entertainment Expo to herald the widespread availability of direct-download games for mobile phones, a sign that gaming could join digital music and other services at the forefront of the mobile commerce trend Electronic Arts, which is touting eight new game titles at E3, as the gaming show is kn...
In the clearest sign yet that it wants to compete with rivals such as Yahoo and MSN in the portal business as well as pure search, Google has given users the ability to customize their Google home pages The Google personalization feature enables users to fold a dozen different types of content into the search engine's home page, long known for its ...
In a move that could at once spur the emergence of a fast-rising technology and possibly give an upper hand to traditional telecommunications companies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to require most providers of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service to offer enhanced 911 emergency calling E911, as the technology is k...
Wal-Mart and Netflix have struck an agreement that calls for the retail giant to bow out of the online DVD rental business, a potentially huge victory for Netflix, but one that might only forestall the inevitable decline of the rental business amid the rise of video-on-demand Under the agreement, Netflix will promote DVD sales at Wal-Mart. In excha...
In a bid to beef up its instant messaging product and provide users with another reason to make it their Web portal of choice, Yahoo has rolled out an upgraded version of its Yahoo Messenger tool that features enhanced PC calling services Yahoo launched what it's calling a "public beta" of its upgraded messaging platform, citing a number of enhance...
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some states' regulations limiting out-of-state shipments of wine. The ruling could help spur some e-commerce sales of wine, at least among individual vineyards, which might gain the right to sell directly to individuals However, such sales are a small fraction of the overall market for wine, by ...
Google rolled out yet another search product today, turning its focus back to corporate users again as it unveiled an enterprise version of its desktop search tool, one that features enhanced security and other features Google Desktop Search for Enterprise creates a single interface from which a business user can search the Web with Google, as well...
Pushing the boundaries of Internet video, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), has announced plans to test a program that would make full-length versions of its television shows available for download The TV programs, which would be available free of charge, would be protected with digital rights management (DRM) software that enables a user to ...
Hoping to spur wider use of mobile data services, especially among its key business customers, Verizon has rolled out support for a new high-end smartphone model and lowered the fees it charges enterprises to use hand-held devices to retrieve e-mail and perform other remote tasks Verizon said it would offer its NationalAccess plan for US$59.99 per ...
Vonage, one of the early leaders among independent providers of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, is reportedly working out the final bugs in a WiFi-compatible service that could launch at any time A Vonage spokesman did not return calls seeking comment, but several published reports say Vonage has begun asking customers to test-drive bo...
In what could be a huge boost for some e-commerce players, the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down state laws barring consumers from buying wine and having the seller ship it across state borders The 5-4 decision, handed down early today, dealt directly with state laws in Michigan and New York but it also clears the way for direct-to-consumer, cro...
The Firefox juggernaut, which had been slowed recently by a spate of security concerns, has picked up steam again on the strength of a decision by IBM to endorse the alternative to Internet Explorer for its massive employee base Firefox, now the second most popular browser and by far the biggest threat to Microsoft's IE to materialize since the dem...
Google has purchased upstart social networking site Dodgeball.com, a move that could bring together its own social networking efforts, its bid to gain more control over communications tools -- including in the mobile world -- and its ambitions to be more of a Web portal than a search firm, all at once Google did not disclose what it paid for Dodgeb...
Eyeing enhancements to its instant messaging (IM) platform as it vies for users with AOL and Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN unit has purchased a firm that provides alerts through IM Microsoft did not disclose the purchase price for MessageCast, a privately held firm whose broadcast messaging system works with really simple syndication (RSS) to provide cont...
Hoping to elevate mobile Web browsing from its current status as a "second class experience," a massive technology consortium has promised to turn its focus to making Internet browsing from a hand-held device more convenient The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a group of some 350 technologies companies around the world, launched the Mobile Web Ini...
Yahoo has added a subscription service to its digital music offerings as the portal bids to use its vast resources, name recognition and experience in e-commerce to shake up what is rapidly becoming one of the most crowded niches in online business Yahoo Music Unlimited, as the service is known, opened in beta form with a basic price of US$6.99 a m...
Bidding to boost its standing among security companies by acquiring one of the fastest growing forms of computer menace, Trend Micro said today it would buy a privately held anti-spyware firm in a deal worth about US$15 million Trend Micro, which is based in Tokyo, Japan, said it would buy InterMute of Braintree, Mass., and would have a product to...
Coming off its best year ever in terms of sales growth, the mobile handset industry is set to see slowing rates of expansion going forward as established markets become saturated with cell phone users, according to a new report Research firm IDC said mobile phone shipments grew 34 percent in 2004 to a record level of 692 million units, as buyers go...
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