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The Internet is now in everything from cars and taxis to airports and malls. It's crammed into cell phones and personal digital assistants. The Japanese wear the Net on their wrists, and the Koreans are putting it in refrigerators, washing machines and soon, microwaves. Yawn Okay, maybe my whites will come out whiter, but I don't think the Net-enab...
The planned acquisition of Lycos, Inc. by Spain's Terra Networks (Nasdaq: TRRA) is set to close this month with Lycos shares valued at $65 (US$) apiece, the companies said Tuesday After a strong start, Lycos shares ended up falling $1 for the day to 38 5/8. The shares are trading below the mid-70 range seen when word of the proposed merger surfaced...
A Florida appeals court ruled Monday that Internet service providers (ISPs) must reveal the identities of eight people who anonymously posted allegedly defamatory messages in a Web chat room Although privacy advocates from the ACLU had argued that the identities of the eight "John Doe" defendants should not be disclosed, the Third District Court of...
Signaling a possible narrowing of the digital divide, more Americans can readily access the Internet than ever before, according to a new report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) The report, "Falling Through the Net: Toward Digital Inclusion," found that there has been an upsurge in the use of information technologies among m...
According to a report released Monday by research firm Gartner, high-speed Internet and network connections will spur the average American family to spend 20 times as much money online within six years as they do presently Gartner said that by 2006, one in four American households will spend $10,000 (US$) per year online and that nearly three-fourt...
Officials from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and other government groups said Monday that they need to take more of a role in protecting cyberspace from outside attacks -- even though huge portions of the American economy are now operating on secure information networks held by the private sector Speaking at the National Information Syste...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced Monday it has ruled in favor of entertainer Madonna, ordering businessman Dan Parisi to hand over the reins of www.madonna.com to the Material Girl The three-member arbitration panel, part of a United Nations agency charged with copyright and intellectual property protection, determined ...
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), the third largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S., said Monday that it has filed suit in a Manhattan federal court to overturn a New York state law banning the sale of cigarettes on the Internet The suit alleges that the law -- which makes it a crime to ship or transport cigarettes sold via mail orde...
Online businesses unmistakably want to augment their customer relations with everything from instant messaging to real-time online voice conversations, as studies, analysts and experience have convinced the industry that high-tech customer service is key for retaining customers However, poorly instituted live interaction has the potential of aliena...
E-tailers stand to lose up to $14.7 billion (US$) in sales this holiday season unless improvements are made in the overall online shopping experience, according to a new report by consulting firm Creative Good Based on testing at eight major e-tailers, "The Holiday 2000 Online Shopping Report" concluded that nearly half of all e-commerce customers ...
Two new software products for connecting cars to the Internet are expected to help drivers navigate congested roads Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) unveiled software Sunday that will control a variety of Internet devices in cars, while Clarion Corporation of America has unveiled software that can alert drivers to accidents and obstructions on freewa...
Federal policymakers risk weakening their regulatory abilities if they fail to limit the role they play in overseeing the exploding e-finance industry, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday The rapid evolution of the Internet and the information technology sector has triggered fundamental changes in the execution of stock trade...
I used to be one of Amazon.com's staunchest supporters, standing firmly behind the Internet bellwether come what may But no more. Amazon has flung its virtual doors wide open not only to customers, but also to all products under the sun. And it's a foolhardy strategy, one that waters down the Amazon brand name and makes turning that proverbial corn...
E-commerce in Latin America is expected to rocket to $580 million (US$) in sales by the end of 2000, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Yet the report, which was sponsored by Visa International, found that the growth of e-commerce in Latin America has come at a price for online retailers. With sales increasin...
Giving the green light for Nevada residents to bet on football games and horse races using the Internet, the Nevada Gaming Board has set the stage for the first online betting sites to operate legally in the United States Under the terms of the approved proposal, San Diego, California-based Virtgame.com will supply the technology to power betting W...
With more Americans going online each day, the typical online consumer is no longer the "Internet geek" of lore, according to a report released Monday by Yankee Group, a Boston, Massachusetts-based research and analysis firm "The Web is no longer the virtual playground of well-educated males and technology aficionados," Yankee said. "The online con...
eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and the Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE: DIG) launched a co-branded auction site Monday called Disney Auctions, as part of an agreement between the two companies that will see the mammoth auction site offer ESPN and ABC merchandise in the future The Disney site will feature memorabilia and new products from its theme parks, tel...
Recent U.S. government security lapses have made Americans less confident in the security of their personal data online and may have weakened trust in new e-commerce authentication devices like digital signatures, according to a study released Monday by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) Perhaps most worrisome for those involv...
Several high-tech companies, including WebMD, Motorola (Nasdaq: MOT), Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) and Compaq Computer (Nasdaq: CPQ), saw changes at the top of the executive ladder on Thursday amid a barrage of resignations and retirements Jeff Arnold, WebMD's 30 year-old founder, announced his resignation just hours before the company met with financ...
Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL), which recalled 400,000 notebooks with defective memory chips earlier this year, on Friday began recalling nearly 27,000 notebook batteries that the company says have the potential to cause fires "These batteries can short-circuit, even when the battery is not in use, potentially causing them to become very hot, release...
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