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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. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15620.html
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NEWS - Computer Associates Intros
Palm PDA Antivirus Software
- Palm
to Support Bluetooth, USB and Voice
- Ericsson
Unveils First Embedded WAP Bluetooth Technology
- Intel
Plans 1.3-GHz Pentium 4 for 2001
- Multiprotocol
Wireless PC Modem Cards Expected
- Web
Standards Advocates Praise New Netscape Browser
- IBM
adds Linux-ready database and Web server packages
- Dell
Launches Server Initiative
- Making
Mainframe Time Machines
- IBM
Brings Magnetic Memory to Market
- Web
Development Tools
- Microsoft
Tahoe Server beta 2
- Sun Scales
Servers
- Windows developers
weigh Java's worthiness
- Linux
Cluster Used In Genome Project
- Prism
Brightens Handheld Market
- VelociRaptor:
A simple but tough network security guard
- Sun's
Forte for Java delivers solid tools
- Instant
online backup
- Security Patch
Released for Windows Media Server
- Cytura
brings 'extreme personalization' to content
- Storage
standard shakeout shaping up
- App
server players ending year with a bang
Computer
Associates Intros Palm PDA Antivirus Software
Computer Associates claims
to be the first antivirus developer to deliver a working antivirus package for
the Palm series of personal digital assistants (PDAs). Palm
to Support Blue Tooth, USB and Voice
Palm demonstrated the next release
of PalmOS at the opening of its developers' conference in California. Version
4.0 is expected to support 16bit color, Blue Tooth wireless local area networks
and the universal serial bus standard. Ericsson
Unveils First Embedded WAP Blue Tooth Technology
Ericsson has taken the
wraps off an embedded Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) server that has Blue
Tooth personal area network (PAN) technology featured as standard. Intel
Plans 1.3-GHz Pentium 4 for 2001
Intel plans to ring in the new year with
a variety of new chips, including a more budget-minded version of the Pentium
4. Multiprotocol
Wireless PC Modem Cards Expected
Sierra Wireless Of Richmond, British
Columbia, a provider of wireless data communications hardware and software products,
has licensed wireless protocol stacks from Bangalore, India-based Sasken Communication
Technologies. Web
Standards Advocates Praise New Netscape Browser
A bevy of Web developers
behind an organization known as the Web Standards Project (WSP) -- a group best
known for its criticism of browser software makers -- has offered an enthusiastic
thumbs-up for the latest release from Netscape. IBM
adds Linux-ready database and Web server packages
IBM today announced
Linux DB2 database and WebSphere server applications to run on Linux mainframes.
Dell
Launches Server Initiative
America's largest PC vendor aims toward the
enterprise market with new servers and server services Making
Mainframe Time Machines
Colleges, with IBM, use Linux to lure students
back to the future IBM
Brings Magnetic Memory to Market
IBM and German chipmaker Infineon Technologies
plan to start selling by 2004 a new memory system for laptop computers that uses
magnetism to store data. Web
Development Tools
The pressure is on for Web developers to create flexible,
secure, data-driven sites that respond instantly to visitors' changing needs.
Microsoft
Tahoe Server beta 2
Harnessing the information important to your company
and making it centrally available is the idea behind Microsoft's newest server,
code-named Tahoe. PC Magazine takes a look. Sun
Scales Servers
Sun last week introduced software designed to make it easier
to reassign server resources to different tasks on the fly. Windows
developers weigh Java's worthiness
As the legal battle between Microsoft
and Sun Microsystems over Java drags into a third year, Windows developers are
wondering: Who needs Java anyway? Linux
Cluster Used In Genome Project
The Berkeley National Laboratory is implementing
a 40-node Linux cluster to pursue its Drosophila Genome Project. Prism
Brightens Handheld Market
In many ways, reading on the Prism's bright
and shiny color screen is easier on your eyes and RSI-prone wrists than reading
on a computer monitor. VelociRaptor:
A simple but tough network security guard
eWEEK Labs believes VelociRaptor
is best suited for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, and ISPs that
require strong network security and desire the easy setup and manageability of
an appliance. Sun's
Forte for Java delivers solid tools
Organizations developing Java-based
Web applications will find Sun's Forte for Java an effective programming tool.
Instant
online backup
Low-cost online services make keeping an emergency copy
of mission-critical company data quick and easy. Smart Business walks you through
the process. Security
Patch Released for Windows Media Server
Microsoft has released a patch
for a particular Denial of Service attack that could cripple servers running Windows
Media Server. Cytura
brings 'extreme personalization' to content
Cytura has launched a new
version of its content management platform that allows personalization of content
down to the word without requiring users to have knowledge of HTML. Storage
standard shakeout shaping up
With more than a half dozen storage standards
in the works, a February Tape-over-IP forum will be held to bring together leaders
of the various protocol standards. App
server players ending year with a bang
BEA Systems, Inprise, and IBM all
end 2000 with new releases of their respective application servers. ---
E-SERVICES - Personalization:
Is it worth it?
- Sprint Hoping
Customers Will Pocket Net Access
- Microsoft
roils waters with license changes
- Airfare
search race shifts into overdrive
- Putting
the Web on the map
- E-Banking,
Where Art Thou?
- Sitel's CRM
Compass Shifts North
- Priceline
Gives Up Down Under
- Microsoft
supports Windows Media services on Linux
- Personal
Firewalls Fail the Leak Test
- Race
to Put Web in the cars
- Record
company prepares to sell copy-protected CDs
- The
Battle for Instant Messaging
- Verizon
Battles Backlog Of Spam
- Japanese
Govt Begins Tests On IPv6 Network
- Solution
Integrators Muddy the Waters by Referring to them selves as eBusiness Solutions
Providers
- Real Networks Unveils
New Streaming-Media Technology
- This
Is Not My Father's Internet
- Nordstrom.com
Tops Forrester Power Rankings
- What
will Cisco Turn To Gold in 2001?
- Wireless
Web Security: Enter Data at Your Own Risk
Personalization:
Is it worth it?
Right now, probably not -- unless you're really serious
about it and willing to spend the money on the technology to prove that you are.
Web sites that have jumped in say that quantifying ROI is difficult. Sprint
Hoping Customers Will Pocket Net Access
The company unveils a prepaid
Internet access card that will allow people to buy a set amount of minutes and
use them from any computer. Microsoft
roils waters with license changes
The software giant has angered some
clients by abolishing volume licensing agreements next year for the consumer versions
of its Windows software. Airfare
search race shifts into overdrive
The two largest travel Web sites recently
made significant changes to their fare search engines, prompting many industry
watchers to conclude they are reacting to the threat posed by the expected debut
this summer of airline-owned Orbitz. Putting
the Web on the map
Antarcti.ca Systems is offering a new visual way to
navigate the Web with two- and three-dimensional maps of Web sites. E-Banking,
Where Art Thou?
Weren't we all supposed to be paying our bills with a
simple point and click by now? Weren't the bricks and mortar of the traditional
banking world supposed to fade away, like the rotary phone and the television
knob? Sitel's
CRM Compass Shifts North
Baltimore, Maryland-based Sitel Corporation announced
that it intends to open 600-seat contact centers in Montreal, Quebec and St. Catharine's,
Ontario by the beginning of the new year, bringing to 76 the total of contact
centers it operates around the world. Priceline
Gives Up Down Under
Struggling online discounter Priceline.com said a
venture set up earlier this year to launch a version of its name-your-own-price
Web site in Australia and New Zealand is dropping those plans. Microsoft
supports Windows Media services on Linux
A new licensing deal with StarBak
heralds the first time Microsoft officially gives its blessing to Windows server
functionality delivered from a Linux platform. Personal
Firewalls Fail the Leak Test
In an attempt to show that personal firewalls
may afford their users little protection against serious threats, a respected
PC security expert has released a new software tool that pokes holes in many of
the leading desktop security packages Race
to Put Web in the cars
Palm, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems are all pushing
their own visions for Web services delivered to your car's dashboard. Why the
rush to this competition? The emerging field promises $5 billion in revenues by
2005. Record
company prepares to sell copy-protected CDs
Country music record company
Fahrenheit Entertainment said it will begin selling copy-protected CDs by early
next year using encryption technology from SunnComm, a little-known company based
in Phoenix. The
Battle for Instant Messaging
Instant messages don't take up much virtual
real estate, just a few square inches of screen space when they pop up. But size
can be deceiving. Verizon
Battles Backlog Of Spam
Verizon Communications worked to clear a backlog
of millions of junk messages that slowed email for as many as 200,000 of its Internet
customers on the East Coast. Japanese
Govt Begins Tests On IPv6 Network
Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
has finished building a next-generation Internet protocol (IP) network that it
will this week begin using to test high-speed multimedia data transfer applications.
Solution
Integrators Muddy the Waters by Referring to Them selves as eBusiness Solutions
Providers
IDC's New Report Analyzes 35 Companies to Keep an Eye on in
the Dynamic Solutions Integration Market Real
Networks Unveils New Streaming-Media Technology
Streaming-media technology
company Real Networks Inc. has unwrapped what it says is technology that will
improve the reliability of Internet audio and video broadcasts. This
Is Not My Father's Internet
Note to e-tailers: Many seniors have sizeable
incomes or nest eggs and like to travel, buy clothes, exercise, dine out, connect
with other seniors who have similar interests, and even date... Nordstrom.com
Tops Forrester Power Rankings
Clothing retailer Nordstrom.com won the
top customer experience ranking in a review of online apparel companies by Forrester
Research, Inc. What
will Cisco Turn To Gold in 2001?
If you follow the bread crumbs laid by
Cisco's venture investments, which have increased 45 percent to $256 million as
of September 30, 2000, from $176.8 million last year, according to Venture Economics
Wireless
Web Security: Enter Data at Your Own Risk
Word has it that wholesale wireless
Internet access is a potential silver lining in the flagging New Economy, but
is it secure? ...
E-MARKETING NEWS Dell
cuts prices on corporate notebooks
Dell Computer said it's cutting prices
by up to 20% on most of its Latitude notebook PCs for corporate users, a move
it attributed to lower costs for components used in the machines. Straight
From The Showroom
Faced with an industry-wide slump in PC sales, Gateway
announced that it will carry some inventory in its 320 showrooms, temporarily
altering its build-to-order business model. Bell
South To Block More Telemarketers
BellSouth received regulatory approval
Wednesday from the North Carolina Utilities Regulatory Commission to offer telephone
screening services that can block telemarketing calls in that state. PC
Industry's Holiday Fears Confirmed
Personal computer makers and retailers
worrying that a weaker-than-expected holiday response to their products would
not be enough to pull PC sales out of the doldrums had their fears confirmed by
the numbers. Time
Warner Wins Potter Domains
A total of 107 dot-coms related to Harry Potter
- many of them already registered to another company - are awarded to Time Warner,
which already owns the series' marketing rights. Amazon
getting into outlet biz -- online
The e-tailing giant is testing an online
outlet store, betting that it will be as popular as bricks-and-mortar, bargain-basement
counterparts. Reports
Show E-Holiday Peaked Early
Two new studies indicate that consumers remain
wary of making last-minute holiday purchases online, although the reports disagree
about exactly when this year's holiday shopping reached its zenith. What
is AMD's Marketing Strategy?
Is it a coincidence that Intel is executing
poorly just as AMD seems to have hit its stride... ? Microsoft
CEO Sets Business Priorities, Details Plans To Cut Costs
Microsoft CEO
Steve Ballmer held a virtual company meeting today after issuing a memo that outlined
the software vendor's business priorities and detailed plans to "eliminate unnecessary
expenses." AMD,
Intel: Full speed ahead in 2001
Coming off its best year ever, AMD will
be going after the big-money corporate market. Meanwhile, Intel sees its future
largely in the Internet. Telecoms
Facing Bumpy Road
Successful applications for long-distance authority
by Verizon Communications in New York, and SBC Communications in Texas, may have
created a regulatory roadmap for other regional Bells, but a roadside warning
is still in order. IBM
Set To Market Sedona's Intarsia
Sedona Corporation, a CRM provider to
community banks and credit unions, said that IT giant IBM has agreed to market
its product to its community financial services customers as an affordable customer
retention tool. Net
Pharmacy Race Remains Tight
Online pharmacy Drugstore.com continues to
narrowly outpace niche competitor PlanetRX.com and retains the No.1 spot among
Internet health retailers, according to new rankings released by Forrester Research.
Small
Firms use Web for Promotion, not Ecommerce
Small businesses are setting
up websites primarily to advertise and promote their business Profitable
Websites Invest in Infrastructure & Promotion
ActivMedia's research
shows that companies online for three or more years are far more likely to have
become profitable than companies in the early stages of website development.
Attention
on the Appliance Server Market Mounts
Intel Gathers Momentum for Appliance
Servers and Then Changes Gears Careful
Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotions
Consumers are willing to
participate in online promotional programs even it means giving up some personal
information Online
'Window Shoppers' to Boost Offline Sales
Traditional high street stores
in Europe will benefit this holiday season from Internet 'window shopping'
Free-ISP
closures stranding millions
With the erosion of online ad spending and
growing concerns about just how many people notice banner ads anyway, free ISPs
are fading fast. E-Holiday
Bells Ring : Cha-Ching
Holiday shoppers reportedly expect to spend 38
percent of their holiday budget online this year. Also, online advertising in
France, and the No. 1 myth in online marketing. Oracle
Aims to be the Microsoft of e-biz
Larry Ellison built Oracle Corp. into
the world's No. 2 software maker by dominating the database business. Now, he
wants to own the e-business market -- all of it. Napster,
Click Rates Rising
Click rates for top banner ads jumped in October, and,
despite its legal difficulties, Napster rose to 22nd in terms of unique visitors
for the month At
Least Online Campaign News Stats Are Official
Eighteen percent of Americans
went online for election information during the 2000 campaign. Also, increasing
the banner ad response rate, and the use of online banking by U.S. households
grew by 60 percent in 2000. ---
SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS
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- Auto Parts Portal War Heats Up
- DSL
Carriers To Take Over For Failing ISPs
- Innotrac
Makes CRM Inroads in Western U.S.
- Qwest
Asks for Access to AT&T's Network
- Sun,
PwC Launch Online CRM Community
- McAfee
Virus Update Damages NT 4.0 Files
- Symbol
To Provide Handheld Devices to Wal-Mart
- Eazel's
Linux software shines on Solaris
- Microsoft
Buys Into ERP Space
- Intel Licenses
Internet Gear To HP
- Invensys
moves to reassure users of Baan CRM software
- J.D.
Edwards fights back with supply-chain management suite
- Optical
Networking Offers Bright Spot In Dotcom Darkness
- Daimler
Chrysler Bids Online To Cut Supply Costs
- B2B:
Silver lining amid the clouds?
- Commerce
One Suffers a Loss
- Bank of
Montreal to host B-to-B app
- Alltel
Connects with ATMs
- Networking
Remains Hot Spot For Integrators
- Commerce
One, Covisint sign tech, equity deal
- Haht
B-to-B suite gains ERP connectivity, customer support
Auto Parts Portal War Heats Up
The
Big Three U.S. automakers announced detailed developments of their much anticipated
supply chain portal, only to have competitor Parts.com which recently lost the
contract bidding to the Big Three's current partner Bell & Howell -- launch
its own dealer-based parts portal. DSL
Carriers To Take Over For Failing ISPs
Covad Communications, a competitive
data services carrier, will announce plans next week to begin calming the commotion
that has enveloped the digital subscriber line community in the last few months
Innotrac
Makes CRM Inroads in Western U.S.
Atlanta, Georgia-based Innotrac Corporation
has announced it is acquiring order fulfillment services company Universal Distribution
Services Qwest
Asks for Access to AT&T's Network
QWest Communications International
Inc. said it had asked AT&T Corp. to let it connect to AT&T's cable networks
in Colorado and Washington as it readies to launch high-speed internet access
cable modem services in those areas. Sun,
PwC Launch Online CRM Community
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Sun Microsystems,
Inc. and BMC Software, Inc. have joined forces to establish a new Web site designed
to aid businesses in improving customer loyalty... McAfee
Virus Update Damages NT 4.0 Files
An update to Network Associates' McAfee
Virus Scan anti-virus software has been found to damage the master boot record
of Windows NT 4.0 computers, forcing customers to reinstall their operating systems
Symbol
To Provide Handheld Devices to Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has selected
Symbol Technologies, Inc. to provide employees of its stores and clubs worldwide
with wireless handheld computers and accessories. The agreement includes support
and maintenance services. Eazel's
Linux software shines on Solaris
Sun Micro will use new software that
lets Linux users manage computer files, view documents, browse the Web and tap
into Eazel's online services. Microsoft
Buys Into ERP Space
Microsoft Corp. entered the enterprise resource planning
(ERP) arena with the announcement that it will acquire ERP systems provider Great
Plains Software, Inc. in a stock swap valued at approximately US$1.1 billion.
Intel
Licenses Internet Gear To HP
Marking the end of one of Intel's most ambitious
efforts to sell systems to service providers, Intel and Hewlett-Packard said they
will work together to sell and support products based on Intel's NetStructure
network appliances. Invensys
moves to reassure users of Baan CRM software
The London-based vendor next
year plans to add Web support and other new features to the customer relationship
management software it bought as part of an acquisition of Baan - development
plans that were greeted with sighs of relief by some users. J.D.
Edwards fights back with supply-chain management suite
In a do-or-die
comeback bid, J.D. Edwards & Sons Inc. released Web-based, supply-chain collaboration
software called OneWorld Xe for online purchasing and data sharing between trading
partners. Optical
Networking Offers Bright Spot In Dotcom Darkness
Despite the recent dotcom
doldrums, there's been no let-up in the rush of blueprints coming from prospective
suppliers of optical networking equipment. Daimler
Chrysler Bids Online To Cut Supply Costs
The seven-month Daimler Chrysler
experiment with online bidding to procure parts seems to be paying dividends in
the form of significantly lowered procurement costs and improved supply chain
management. B2B:
Silver lining amid the clouds?
Stocks may be tanking, but the market's
leading players and analysts say there's still lots of life left in the B2B space.
Commerce
One Suffers a Loss
The ecommerce solution provider was dealt a devastating
blow when Vertical Net Solutions and Converge formed a trading operations alliance.
Bank
of Montreal to host B-to-B app
The Bank of Montreal next month will launch
a hosted b2b application that will let its North American corporate customers
purchase goods from suppliers and pay for them online using the MasterCard International
Inc. procurement card. Alltel
Connects with ATMs
An innovative banking software application that allows
consumers with wireless access to view their accounts through automated teller
machine (ATM) networks is under development by Alltell Communications and Euronet
Worldwide. Networking
Remains Hot Spot For Integrators
While networking equipment vendors sweat
the possibility of a slowing economy and an industry-wide slowdown in service
provider spending, 2001 is ripe with opportunities for network integrators focusing
on enterprise clients, industry observers say. Commerce
One, Covisint sign tech, equity deal
Commerce One will provide the core
infrastructure for automotive online marketplace Covisint. Haht
B-to-B suite gains ERP connectivity, customer support
Haht Commerce Inc.
this week will debut the latest version of its business-to-business application
for selling on the Web, adding service-management features such as returns authorizations
and order tracking. CONTENT,
PORTALS & COMMUNITY - Dot-commers
going from laid off to lounge lizard
- Cannes
suffers a sea of dot-commers
- Neglected
Corporate Employment Web Sites Create Opportunities for eRecruiting and Hosting
Service Providers
- The sorry
state of digital Hollywood
- It's
An E-Date
- Authors Seek Control
of Their Names
- Tracking the
Internet Union Movement
- ICC
Unit Warns Web Firms Over 'Page-Jackers'
- Outbreak
Of Viruses Disguised As Vaccines
- Take
a Walk on the Wyeth Side
- Techs
Can't Mess With Texas
- Seti:
Is Anybody Out There?
- Employers
OK With E-surfing
- Startup Leftovers
Piling Up
- Hackers caught in
security 'honeypot'
- Health
Care Industry Grapples With Security
- New
Tools Confront Shifting Challenges
- Banner
Views Boost Conversions More than Clicks
- B2B
needs to score a goal
- Insurance
agents seek bright online future
- HP
delays raises, cuts temp workers
Dot-commers
going from laid off to lounge lizard
The latest high-tech schmooze fest
to hit San Francisco and New York showed how the dot-com economy can have fun
even when it's showered in pink slips. Cannes
suffers a sea of dot-commers
Along the glitzy docks in the shadow of the
Grand Palais, a luxury yacht rented by business-to-business film exchange Internetstudios
floats quietly apart from the chaos of the 53rd annual Cannes Film Festival
Neglected
Corporate Employment Web Sites Create Opportunities for eRecruiting and Hosting
Service Providers
Aiming to take advantage of many companies' urgent need
to post job openings on their own Web sites, erecruiting vendors are now offering
Web hosting services The
sorry state of digital Hollywood
After years of promise, technology is
finally transforming show business It's
An E-Date
The overarching strategy of Internet dating services is so simple,
it's scary: Provide compelling content--almost all from end-users--and require
those clients to respond with an e-mail. Authors
Seek Control of Their Names
R.L. Stine has told some scary stories over
the years, but this one is a little odd: The author who has sold millions of children's
books does not entirely possess his own name. Tracking
the Internet Union Movement
While Internet managers should pay close to
attention to the unionization efforts at Amazon and Etown.com, they are not necessarily
a sign of sweeping changes to come. ICC
Unit Warns Web Firms Over 'Page-Jackers'
The International Chamber of
Commerce's Cybercrime Unit has warned Internet businesses to check that their
sites are not being exploited by the growing number of so-called page-jackers,
who redirect their Web users to other sites Outbreak
Of Viruses Disguised As Vaccines
Computer virus writers are disguising
viruses as anti-virus updates in an attempt to trick users into running malicious
code. Take
a Walk on the Wyeth Side
MuseumShop.com launches its Print Gallery, which
enables visitors to 'walk' through a virtual museum using RichFX technology. It's
the latest way for museums to market goods from their stores. Techs
Can't Mess With Texas
Software company Vignette wanted to expand its operations
in Austin, but officials in the Texas state capital came up with a few environmental
conditions first. Seti:
Is Anybody Out There?
The Seti@Home project, which harnesses the spare
computing cycles of millions of PCs, has clocked an astonishing 500,000 years
in computing time. Now it's time to start looking at what they've got so far.
Employers
OK With E-surfing
Companies surveyed and interviewed by Computer world
said they aren't too concerned about lost productivity from employees surfing
the Net for personal reasons. Startup
Leftovers Piling Up
The dot-com downturn has had some positive repercussions
for charities, which are often the recipients of the slightly used office furniture
and computer equipment burned-out startups leave behind. Hackers
caught in security 'honeypot'
Security pros use HoneyNet Project to learn
tricks of the hacking trade and raise corporate awareness: '95 percent of a security
practitioner's job is convincing people to take seriously.' Virtual
Home For the Holidays
SpotLife has announced the launch of an exclusive
partnership with the USO (United Service Organizations) and Logitech entitled
Operation Deliver America. Health
Care Industry Grapples With Security
Many hospitals are researching new
uses for information technology, such as smart cards and public-key infrastructure
security devices, to build a chain of trust into the entire health care process,
experts say. New
Tools Confront Shifting Challenges
Evolving technologies will help IT
managers cope with rapid change in and beyond the enterprise Banner
Views Boost Conversions More than Clicks
In another study in favor of
CPM-based online advertising, Seattle-based Avenue A said Monday that it has concluded
that banner ads increase conversions, even when users don't click on them
B2B
needs to score a goal
VCs are still bullish on the future of B2B -- just
not on exchanges. Scot Petersen tells where some investors are now focusing their
attention. Insurance
agents seek bright online future
Brokers and agents find they must move
toward the Web or risk becoming irrelevant HP
delays raises, cuts temp workers
In an effort to cut costs and meet earnings
estimates, Hewlett-Packard is asking managers to delay salary increases, cut back
on using temporary workers, and encourage employees to take vacation time, sources
close to the company said. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4237790.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni
... GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL
- States seek sales-tax simplification
- Privacy
policies, tools fluster gathering of info-sec specialists
- Pentagon
seeks IT reservists for new tech centers
- German
Landmark Nazi Ruling
- Cyber
crime Pact Steps On Privacy, Groups Say
- U.S.
Official Warns of Cyber Catastrophe
- Malaysia
Takes Action On Anti-Islam Internet Surfers
- FCC
Vote Looms on Lifting Wireless Ownership Cap
- Disclosure
Revisited
- Yahoo! Rejects French
Authority in Nazi Dispute
- FBI
Looking Into Questionable Credit Card Charges
- Feds
Publish Web Access Rules
- Netscape
Arrives in India
- Time Wireless
First in the Race for GPRS
- Bush
Eyes Overhaul Of E-security
- Germany
Moves To Squelch Racism on Napster
- EasyJet
Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals
- Prepaid
Patent Portends Wireless Battle
- Microsoft
invests $50M in ASP to push .Net
- Intel
acquires India consulting group
- U.S.
Court Rules Port Scans Are Legal
- World
Bank Alliance Goes Live
States
seek sales-tax simplification
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project may OK
'model' legislation this month that, if adopted by states around the U.S., could
be a key step in the fight by states and major retailers to tax Internet purchases.
Privacy
policies, tools fluster gathering of info-sec specialists
Microsoft-sponsored
gathering yields little agreement, but two new privacy product announcements.
Pentagon
seeks IT reservists for new tech centers The
Pentagon will soon start staffing five new technology centers with IT specialists
willing to spend a weekend each month helping boost the U.S. military's cyber
defense. German
Landmark Nazi Ruling A complex court
case involving an Australian Holocaust revisionist has resulted in the German
Supreme Court ruling that any Web publisher, no matter what his or her country
of origin, is liable for any pro-Nazi or Holocaust denial information on their
pages. Cyber
crime Pact Steps On Privacy, Groups Say
Civil-liberties groups blasted
a proposed treaty designed to build an international framework for fighting computer
crime, saying it favored law enforcement at the expense of individual privacy.
U.S.
Official Warns of Cyber Catastrophe
National Security Council top cyber-official
Richard Clarke said that the next president of the US has to make Internet security
a top priority if the country is to avoid potentially catastrophic events.
Malaysia
Takes Action On Anti-Islam Internet Surfers
Insulting Islam on the Internet
in Malaysia could prove costly from now on, as the government has warned that
offenders face fines of up to $1,300 and/or three years in prison. FCC
Vote Looms on Lifting Wireless Ownership Cap
The Federal Communications
Commission is expected to vote any day on a proceeding that could lift a cap that
limits the amount of airwaves any one wireless provider is allowed to own in a
given market. Disclosure
Revisited
Over the past six months, Marcus Ranum, a well-respected player
in the security field and CTO of Network Flight Recorder Inc., has become a focal
point in one of the most heated debates in the security community. Yahoo!
Rejects French Authority in Nazi Dispute
Yahoo! Inc. filed documents in
U.S. federal court declaring that the French government has no right to make the
company bar French residents from seeing auctions of Nazi paraphernalia over its
U.S.-based Web site... FBI
Looking Into Questionable Credit Card Charges
Mysterious charges to the
credit card accounts of dozens of online shoppers may be linked to the online
theft of more than 55,000 credit card numbers Feds
Publish Web Access Rules
The government has issued standards for making
the Web and other information technologies accessible to the disabled.
Netscape
Arrives in India
U.S.-based Netscape Communications, best known for its
Netscape Navigator Web browser, announced the launch of its India operations with
an initial investment of $10 million. Time
Wireless First in the Race for GPRS
Time Wireless Sdn Bhd, a unit of Time
dotCom Bhd became the first local operator in Malaysia to offer commercial GPRS
service this week. Bush
Eyes Overhaul Of E-security
The next president is likely to change the
policy detailing how the federal government and the private sector should organize
to defend the nation's critical infrastructure against cyberattacks, according
to Clinton administration officials and other sources. Germany
Moves To Squelch Racism on Napster
Germany's Verfassungsschutz, the agency
responsible for enforcing the country's strict anti-racism laws, has urged German
media giant Bertelsmann A.G. to use its influence with ally Napster to prevent
neo-Nazi and other hate-filled MP3s from being traded over its network...
EasyJet
Gets Tough On Domain-Name Rivals
British airline easyJet is making life
difficult for Web businesses with similar monikers. Prepaid
Patent Portends Wireless Battle
A new wireless technology patent could
set the stage for a battle over low-income subscribers, teenagers and other prepaid
cellular customers. Microsoft
invests $50M in ASP to push .Net
Looking to plant the first seeds of its
.Net initiative in the ASP (application service provider) market, Microsoft Corp.
announced a strategic alliance with US Internetworking Inc. and disclosed plans
to invest $50 million in the hosting services company. Intel
acquires India consulting group
Intel added some extra consulting muscle
to its operations in India U.S.
Court Rules Port Scans Are Legal
A United States Federal Court has ruled
that port scanning computer networks does not damage or threaten systems, and
is therefore legal. World
Bank Alliance Goes Live
A group of four major banks based in Europe and
the U.S. said they've gone live with a system that will guarantee identity of
the players making large electronic payments on business-to-business exchanges.
http://computerworld.com/cwi/story/0%2C1199%2CNAV65-665_STO55230_NLTbb%2C00.html
... PARTNERS & DEALS NEWS
- MP3.com tunes Tower Records customers into
its service
- Dell sets up SAN
testing lab with storage vendor
- RCG
and Gazelle Team for Data Warehousing
- Carnegie
Mellon, NASA, IT Companies To Form Software Research Consortium
- Cisco
to Buy ExiO Communications
- AT&T,
Wireless/DOCOMO Deal Bodes Well For U.S. Consumers
- PwC
and Better Business Bureaus Forge CRM Pact
- AOL-Time
Warner Merger May Set Rules
- Macromedia
To Fold Atom Films Into Shockwave.com
- Qantas
outsources IT to Amadeus
- Ciena
to buy Cyras for $2.6 billion in stock
- Nortel
Signs Deals For High-Speed Wireless Modems
- UPS,
eBay team to create online shipping center
- M2M
Hosts Hardware Exchange
- RIM
to license Qualcomm's digital wireless technology
- TeleTech
Nails Newgen Acquisition
- IBM
announces partnerships for fulfillment
- IBM,
Seismic Data Provider Building Petabyte-plus SAN
- About
Gets Human Voice with Keen.com's Technology
MP3.com
tunes Tower Records customers into its service
Customers who order a CD
through TowerRecords.com will be able to immediately listen to their purchases
online using a password account via the My.MP3.com service. Dell
sets up SAN testing lab with storage vendor
Dell Computer said it's teaming
up with storage systems vendor Imation to set up a performance and interoperability
testing lab for use by Dell customers who are installing storage-area networks.
RCG
and Gazelle Team for Data Warehousing
With the goal of helping businesses
transform data into value-based knowledge, RCG Information Technology and Gazelle
Consulting have teamed up to offer expanded applications for data warehousing.
Carnegie
Mellon, NASA, IT Companies To Form Software Research Consortium
Carnegie
Mellon University, NASA and 12 IT companies plan to announce Monday the formation
of a computing consortium to promote and conduct research into the development
of highly dependable software systems. Cisco
to Buy ExiO Communications
Cisco Systems Inc. said it would buy ExiO Communications
for $155 million in stock, expanding the Internet equipment leader's position
in the wireless technology market. AT&T,
Wireless/DOCOMO Deal Bodes Well For U.S. Consumers
Behind all the financial
hoopla surrounding this telecom announcement, there's good news for everyday mobile
phone users. PwC
and Better Business Bureaus Forge CRM Pact
Professional services firm
Price waterhouse Coopers and the Council of Better Business Bureaus announced
that they have formed a partnership to help businesses improve relationships with
their online customers. AOL-Time
Warner Merger May Set Rules
For years, the government has taken a hands-off
approach to emerging technologies that promise a new world of Internet services
for consumers. Macromedia
To Fold Atom Films Into Shockwave.com
Macromedia Inc. has said it would
acquire online video distribution outfit Atom Films through its Shockwave.com
operation and bundle the two together to create a new entertainment company.
Qantas
outsources IT to Amadeus
Amadeus Global Travel has signed a 10-year deal
to operate the reservations, inventory and departure control systems for Qantas
Airways. Ciena
to buy Cyras for $2.6 billion in stock
Telecom equipment maker Ciena said
it was buying Cyras Systems, extending Ciena's optical networking portfolio capabilities.
Nortel
Signs Deals For High-Speed Wireless Modems
The company signs separate
deals with Sierra Wireless and Xircom to develop high-speed modems for future
third-generation wireless networks. UPS,
eBay team to create online shipping center
UPS and eBay have signed an
agreement to integrate UPS's online shipping services into eBay's Internet marketplace.
M2M
Hosts Hardware Exchange
M2M Corporation and e-commerce market provider
Omnemart have joined forces to create an online market for large suppliers within
the hardware industry. RIM
to license Qualcomm's digital wireless technology
Research In Motion,
which makes BlackBerry two-way email pagers, said Wednesday it will license Qualcomm's
digital wireless technology to make it easier for its customers to access the
Web on the go. TeleTech
Nails Newgen Acquisition
eCRM provider TeleTech Holdings, Inc. has completed
its acquisition of Newgen Results Corporation, which specializes in business-to-business
management services. IBM
announces partnerships for fulfillment
The four partnerships cover all
IBM server lines, the company's WebSphere application server, and more.
IBM,
Seismic Data Provider Building Petabyte-plus SAN
IBM and Seitel, which
sells seismic data to oil companies for use in exploration activities, are developing
a storage-area network that's supposed to make more than a petabyte of the information
available via the Web. About
Gets Human Voice with Keen.com's Technology
The live answer site will
now be able to take an even more personal approach with users. ---
MOVERS & SHAKERS NEWS - BlueLight.com
rescues failing ISP Spinway
- IBM
Pulls Off Linux Coup with Telia
- Iridium
Signs $72 Million Contract With Defense Department
- Talk
of Nokia bid for Lucent Rubbished
- Troubled
Lucent Loses Another Exec
- N.Y.
Times Wins Rights to Web Name
- The
Net's Free Ride Is Ending
- Napster
Hires Orrin Hatch Advisor As D.C. Operative
- British
Telecom Taking Prodigy To Court Over Hyperlinks
- Japan
May Break Up NTT
- Microsoft
Joins Others in Warnings Season
- Gateway
Sued Over "Misleading" Financial Results
- Tech
Investors Feel the Pain
- Egghead
Hacked and Cracked
- Pega
Systems Settles Class-Action Lawsuits
- An
Extreme Year for New Stocks
- Belgian
court to investigate alleged fraud at L&H
- VeriSign
Error Releases Customer E-Mail Addresses
- Hospital
Hack Points to Need for Standards
- Ballmer:
Let's Cut Costs, Raise Salaries
- EMC
Challenges Rival With Midrange NAS Device
- Ailing
Dotcoms Try Peddling Data
- Vodafone
in Bidding for Australian Mobile Operator
BlueLight.com
rescues failing ISP Spinway
BlueLight's acquisition of troubled Internet
service provider Spinway as it was about to go out of business signals a bumpy
road ahead for the free Internet provider market. IBM
Pulls Off Linux Coup with Telia
Scandinavia's largest telecom and ISP
replaces 70 Sun servers with a single S/390 G6 running Linux Iridium
Signs $72 Million Contract With Defense Department
The Defense Department
has reached a $72 million, two-year deal with the Iridium Satellite LLC to provide
secure wireless communications for approximately 20,000 government workers.
Talk
of Nokia bid for Lucent Rubbished
European telecoms equipment analysts
are dismissing speculation in the U.S. of a possible takeover bid by Nokia, the
world's biggest mobile phone maker, for the U.S. telecoms equipment group Lucent
Technologies, but some suggest France's Alcatel could be interested Troubled
Lucent Loses Another Exec
John Hughes, a senior executive of the wireless
networks unit of Lucent Technologies Inc, is leaving "to pursue new career opportunities"
a Lucent spokesperson has confirmed. N.Y.
Times Wins Rights to Web Name
The publisher of the New York Times has
been awarded the right to the internet domain name www.newyorktimes.com by a United
Nations arbitrator. The
Net's Free Ride Is Ending
A slew of companies that bet that free Internet
access was the wave of the future are disappearing faster than users can push
their delete buttons. Napster
Hires Orrin Hatch Advisor As D.C. Operative
Litigation-mired Napster Inc.
said that it has hired the chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee as
an advisor on legal issues and as a point man for legislative maneuvering in Washington.
British
Telecom Taking Prodigy To Court Over Hyperlinks
Six months after the story
first broke, British Telecom has finally started legal action for the recovery
of licence fees it says are due under a patent relating to hyperlink technology.
Japan
May Break Up NTT
A government advisory panel said that telecom giant NTT
may need to be broken up if it fails to promote greater competition within the
Japanese market by late 2003. Microsoft
Joins Others in Warnings Season
Microsoft became the latest victim of
the PC industry slowdown, as the company issued a revenue and earnings warning
for its second fiscal quarter. Gateway
Sued Over "Misleading" Financial Results
A class action lawsuit has been
filed against computer maker Gateway Inc., alleging that the company issued a
"false and misleading" third quarter financial report that led thousands of investors
to buy stock at inflated prices. Tech
Investors Feel the Pain
Tech stocks are getting clobbered after several
prominent Wall Street analysts lower their ratings on Cisco, IBM and other big-name
firms. Egghead
Hacked and Cracked
Computer products e-tailer Egghead.com said that a
hacker has breached its computer systems and may have gained access to its customer
database... Pegasystems
Settles Class-Action Lawsuits
Pegasystems announced this week that it
has settled two class-action lawsuits stemming from its restatement of revenues
in 1997 and 1998. An
Extreme Year for New Stocks
The Year 2000 was a time of crazy contrasts
for companies that tried their luck on the public market. Companies raised more
money than ever before in initial stock offerings. Belgian
court to investigate alleged fraud at L&H
In a further blow to Lernout
& Hauspie Speech Products, a court in Belgium ordered an investigation into
alleged fraudulent business practices at the embattled software vendor.
VeriSign
Error Releases Customer E-Mail Addresses
In what it called an "administrative
error," one of the Internet's best-known security and identity companies, VeriSign,
released a list of e-mail addresses of more than 5,000 customers. Hospital
Hack Points to Need for Standards
The recent hacking of 5,000 administrative
patient files from one of the country's top hospitals underscores the lack of
firm, clear, universal standards to ensure the security of online medical records.
Ballmer:
Let's Cut Costs, Raise Salaries
A company-wide memo from Steve Ballmer
asks Microsoft employees to cut costs while raising salaries, according to the
Wall Street Journal. EMC
Challenges Rival With Midrange NAS Device
EMC has introduced a new midrange
network-attached storage product to challenge those produced by Network Appliance.
Ailing
Dotcoms Try Peddling Data
Teetering on the brink of destitution, many
Internet startups are turning to their last saving grace: consumer data.
Vodafone
in Bidding for Australian Mobile Operator
Having spent US $2.19 billion
on Japan Telecom and US $4 billion on Eircell already this week, U.K. mobile operator
Vodafone Group has reportedly bid over US $10 billion for Australian mobile operator
C&W Optus.
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