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Universal Music Group (UMG) said late Tuesday that it will begin offering digital downloads later this week. The announcement comes less than one week after a U.S. appellate court allowed controversial music swapping site Napster to remain online until a trial in the landmark case is completed. Napster, which allows users to swap digital MP3 files...
Although more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are venturing into the free service market, a new study by International Data Corp. adds further evidence to the belief that the free services may not yet be worth the cost to consumers The IDC findings, released Tuesday, were based largely on the testing of several leading free ISPs, including BlueLi...
The U.S. presidential candidate who would have the most dramatic effect on e-commerce if elected is not hard to identify Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, come on down.
In what the company is calling the "first wave of a new global campaign" against Net piracy, Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has taken action to remove 7,500 Web site postings in 33 countries that were allegedly selling counterfeit and other illegal copies of Microsoft software The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said it will be workin...
Back when the Internet was still known as the "Information Superhighway," many pundits predicted that "interactivity" would soon change the way everyday people live Although nobody believed that what was going to happen between a computer and a person in cyberspace would be more interactive than what happens between human beings, the Information Su...
While investors hold their breath waiting for Amazon to turn the profitability corner, the folks over at Buy.com seem to be holding their street map upside down, searching in vain for the profitability neighborhood Judging from their respective market capitalizations, the $10.5 billion (US$) Amazon and the $500 million Buy.com both deserve to be ca...
Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) and insurer W.R. Berkley Corporation (Nasdaq: BKLY) announced Wednesday a joint venture that will offer name-your-price automobile insurance through Priceline's Web site The new entity, Priceline.com Auto Insurance, represents Priceline.com's latest foray into financial services, and targets the...
April's e-commerce bloodbath had a dragging effect on the amount of money raised by venture capital-backed companies in the second quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by research company VentureOne E-commerce companies saw a 32 percent decline in financing during the quarter, as investors became more selective about pouring money into n...
The leading global Web site in June was Yahoo!, but eBay kept visitors the longest, according to the "Global Internet Index" from the Nielsen//NetRatings audience and measurement analysis service The depth of eBay's site and the sense of community it fosters are credited for keeping people interested longer. The survey found that the average eBay v...
Random House, the largest English language publishing house in the world, announced Monday that it plans to jump on the e-publishing bandwagon with two e-book initiatives. The first, a new imprint called AtRandom, will publish new nonfiction and fiction as e-books. The second will offer digitized versions of the company's Modern Library backlist through online retailers...
Name-your-price Internet service Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Tuesday that it will make use of a large chunk of a $190 million (US$) purchase of its stock by two influential industry leaders to finance the expansion of WebHouse Club, the privately-held grocery and gasoline Internet service Company vice-chairman and founder Jay Walker said...
In a series of moves that could initiate a flood of legal activity, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has filed lawsuits against five individuals who it says have been illegally selling the company's Radio Service Software (RSS) on the eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) online auction site "There was some correspondence, but since there was no action, we're taking the h...
Barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) reported a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter late Monday, as the company spent money on a slew of new ventures amid a general slowdown in e-commerce. Company officials also said the loss for the year may be higher than previously predicted Sales for the quarter rose 77 percent to $67.4 million (US$), ...
Satisfied with the number of readers paying or promising to pay for the first installment of his new serial novel "The Plant," Stephen King announced Monday that he plans to write and publish a third segment on his StephenKing.com Web site King, who requested that readers pay $1 (US$) per installment on the honor system, earlier stated that he woul...
"No one is buying this company's stock for this year or even next year," analyst Joseph Buttarazzi of Adams, Harkness & Hill said. "They're looking at 2002 or beyond." We were talking about a dot-com that is currently going through some serious struggles -- stock currently trading below $10 (US$) a share. But Buttarazzi's remark carries a suitcase ...
If the Internet were a giant classroom, eBay would be the fair-haired child who never gets into trouble and always gets an "A" just because she always has. Never mind that on the playground she's just as likely as the next kid to give someone a sharp kick in the shins Motorola just announced that it is suing to stop the illegal sale of its radio se...
To the chagrin of the recording industry, a U.S. appellate court has allowed controversial music swapping site Napster, Inc. to remain online until its appeal of the landmark shutdown ruling against it is heard Napster, which allows users to swap MP3 files of their favorite artists without paying per use, had been ordered by U.S. District Court Jud...
A handful of Web sites are giving U.S. citizens the opportunity to participate in national political party conventions without having to travel to Philadelphia or Los Angeles This year's presidential campaign is the first election to be heavily covered on the Internet. The shift to Net coverage is being fueled by the likely candidates, Texas Govern...
New data from Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) shows that while the U.S. market for wireless has the potential to reach the heights that other areas of the world are enjoying, most Americans remain uninterested According to Forrester, many Americans have yet to buy into cellular technology. Less than half of U.S. households subscribe to a cellular...
Further fueling the debate over whether cybercriminals should be allowed to benefit from their crimes, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Money told a crowd of cyber-vandals in Las Vegas, Nevada Friday that they should give up their destructive ways and help the U.S. government fend off cyberattacks from foreign governments Money's remarks ...
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