| - New
Security War
- Political Hackers A Growing
Threat
- Need for Broadband speed
- Borders
Now Top Net Bookseller
- Bugs at Internet
speed?
- Web Betting Still on Radar
- Walmart.com
Back Online After Four-Week Overhaul
- Union
Activists Target Amazon Workers
- Voter
Databases In Disarray In Many States
- Midlife
crisis hits young dot-commers
- Net
Fraud Costs Mounting
- Managers can
be freakier than hackers
- Web Voting
System Could Be Built For $250 Million
- Web,
Recent Gadgets Make Video Production Cheaper Than Ever
- Online
Network Pairs Pooches With Prospective Pet Owners
- Developers
embrace first beta of .Net
- Internet
Incubators: Tough to Hatch
- Use of
Asian Characters In Web Addresses Sparks Concern
- U.S.
Moves Toward Net Postage Discount
- Scour.com
to end File-Swapping Service
- Raising
The Roof
- It's a Cinch to Click for
Charity
New Security War
With no cure in sight for software bugs and online security glitches, the
top U.S. computer security group has decided to hold developers more accountable
by disclosing problems publicly. Political
Hackers A Growing Threat
A growing risk for large global companies are
hackers with political agendas, said security firm Control Risks Group, at the
roll out of its annual 'Risk Map 2001' survey. Need
for Broadband speed
Broadband connections in the Unitd States are expected
to double by 2001. Also, the United States Federal Trade Commission reports that
auction fraud is the No. 1 online scam, and Vault.com reports that 61 percent
of employers think online degrees are credible. Borders
Now Top Net Bookseller
Borders.com has passed longtime leader Amazon as
the top online bookseller, according to Forrester Research... Bugs
at Internet speed?
Automatic anti-virus updates are touted as the solution
to lightning-fast virus outbreaks. They could also become a recipe for disaster.
Web
Betting Still on Radar
Supporters of the proposed Internet gambling ban
are concerned that if a bill doesn't get passed this year, the major Las Vegas
casino operators will pull their support and start taking Internet bets themselves.
If you can't beat 'em . . . you know the rest... Walmart.com
Back Online After Four-Week Overhaul
With less than two months to go before
Christmas, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s e-commerce affiliate today reopened its Web
site after a 28-day closure during which the site was given a complete makeover.
Net
Fraud Costs Mounting
The amount of money that American consumers are losing
to fraudulent Internet schemes is growing, according to a report released Thursday
by the National Consumers League (NCL)... Voter
Databases In Disarray In Many States
The databases used to keep track
of who was eligible to vote in last week's still-undecided presidential election
are based on a patchwork quilt of systems, some of which aren't updated in real-time
on a statewide basis. Midlife
crisis hits young dot-commers
Can you have a midlife crisis only a few
years out of college? It seems so. The Internet shakeout is forcing many young
dot-commers to rethink their careers at very early ages. Union
Activists Target Amazon Workers
Hoping to use the frantic and critical
holiday season as leverage, labor organizers said they are making their strongest
push to date to unionize workers at online e-tail giant Amazon.com... Managers
can be freakier than hackers
Corporate management may be a greater threat
to a company's security than hackers, says John Taschek. Web
Voting System Could Be Built For $250 Million
The analysts at Meta Group
[NASDAQ:METG] have calculated what it would cost as much as $250 million
to launch an online voting system Web,
Recent Gadgets Make Video Production Cheaper Than Ever
Proud young couples
are going online to show off clips of their newborn. Seniors are reading stories
via streaming video to grandchildren who live thousands of miles away Online
Network Pairs Pooches With Prospective Pet Owners
It's a good thing the
25 wet noses sharing this western Ohio farmhouse all belong to small dogs, because
another orphaned animal is always on the way Developers
embrace first beta of .Net
Developers welcomed the release last week of
the full beta version of Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net tool suite as the first
real opportunity, despite nagging compatibility questions, to build Web services.
Internet
Incubators: Tough to Hatch
Know a quick way to get a crowd of investors
heading for the exits? Just say the words "Internet" and "incubator."
Use
of Asian Characters In Web Addresses Sparks Concern
Critics of an attempt
to make the Internet more international by introducing domain names that have
non-English characters worry the move could threaten the stability of the global
computer network and raise thorny policy issues U.S.
Moves Toward Net Postage Discount
Just one day after the U.S. Postal Rate
Commission recommended a 1-cent boost in the price of first-class stamps for traditional
mail, Stamps.com said it has the commission's endorsement to create a reduced
rate for first-class mail sent using Internet postage. Scour.com
to end File-Swapping Service
Online file-sharing company Scour said it
will shut down its exchange service within two days in an effort to resolve pending
litigation and expedite the sale of its assets in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Raising
The Roof
Need to build a house? These days, most carpenters simply turn
to The Home Depot for bulk supplies. But there may be a better alternative, thanks
to US Build.com and e-marketplace specialist EC Cubed Inc. It's
a Cinch to Click for Charity
It's holiday time, and that means gift-giving.
The online charity market has seen some changes and consolidation in the past
year, but one thing hasn't changed: The click-here-to-donate-food Hunger Site
wins the popularity contest.
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