| - Market
slump means great things for Linux
- E-tail
Invades the Real World
- GM Considers
Online Sales Site For All Car Makes
- Catalogers
Are Beating the Odds, Emerging as eCommerce Powerhouses
- eMarketplaces
Are a Booming Business in Europe
- Not-Com
Online Ads Grow, But Dot-Coms Still Dominate
- Beware
Ads in Fun Clothing
- Network
Solutions' parent selling database information
- PeopleSoft
Sharpens 2001 CRM Focus
- PC
rebates no more
- MS Fantasy
World Gets Real Dark
- B2C sales
reached USD28bn in 2000
- VeriSign
Has Been Selling Customer Data For A Year
- Copycats,
Your Number's Up
- Net Anonymity
Firms Seek Their Market
- SIIA
Says Census Data Shows High-Tech Growth
- IBM
tops in worldwide server sales
- Wireless
Access Devices Look Toward 2001
- Follow
the bouncing email
- Buying online
for your Valentine
- Digital
Dilemma of the US Latino Population
- Payphone
business killed itself
- Fry's
accuses site owner of cyber Squatting
Market
slump means great things for Linux
The self-proclaimed open-source evangelist
is ecstatic over the sorry state of technology stocks--more opportunities for
low-cost Linux software E-tail
Invades the Real World
Although the Internet created cyberspace, which
does not exist in a physical sense, the Web is entering the real world in a new
way.
GM Considers Online Sales Site
For All Car Makes
Citing research claiming that car buyers prefer to do
their online comparison shopping at an independent Web site, General Motors said
it's planning to launch one that will offer vehicles through dealers of multiple
makes and models. Catalogers
Are Beating the Odds, Emerging as eCommerce Powerhouses
Catalog mail-order
firms are beating the odds in the direct marketing industry. Despite stiff competition
from top vendors, catalogers have branched out to become successful third-party
Internet telesales resellers of computer products. eMarketplaces
Are a Booming Business in Europe
European business-to-business (B2B) Internet
commerce will increase in value from 61 billion euros in 2000 to over 1.5 trillion
euros in 2005 Not-Com
Online Ads Grow, But Dot-Coms Still Dominate
Even though companies with
quarterly sales of $500 million or more increased their weekly online ad impressions
to 37 million (up 18% from 30 million) during the fourth quarter of 2000
Beware
Ads in Fun Clothing
He's not trying to get you sneezing and coughing,
and he doesn't want to ruin your computer with some errant bit of code. Rather,
Hockin is fixing to get an e-mail to you that will so titillate you, make you
so sick with pleasure, that you'll have no choice but to forward it on to your
friends, who will in turn feel faint with the need to pass it along to others.
Network
Solutions' parent selling database information
The parent company of domain-name
registrar Network Solutions is aggressively selling the data gathered when a company
registers a Web address. A spokeswoman points out that all the information can
be found on the company's Web site. PeopleSoft
Sharpens 2001 CRM Focus
Enterprise software giant PeopleSoft stumbled
in the marketplace recently, and analyst comments in published reports leveled
criticism against the company for failing to take full advantage of its 1999 acquisition
-- to the tune of US$547 million -- of CRM software vendor Vantive. PC
rebates no more
The days of the $400 rebate for PC buyers who also sign
up for three years of Internet access may be numbered, the latest dose of bad
news for PC makers already suffering from sluggish sales. MS
Fantasy World Gets Real Dark
Why did Microsoft suddenly get rid of its
volunteers in the popular Asheron's Call role-playing game? Was it fear of litigation,
or just another sound business decision? B2C
sales reached USD28bn in 2000
Total online retail sales for 2000 in the
US are estimated to have reached USD28 billion, up from USD17.3 billion in 1999,
and USD7.7 billion in 1998, according to the US Census Bureau. VeriSign
Has Been Selling Customer Data For A Year
Officials for VeriSign Inc.,
the oldest and largest seller of Internet domain names, confirmed that the company
is selling parts of its massive customer list to marketers, but contended that
the sale does not violate the company's posted privacy policy. Copycats,
Your Number's Up
Industry giants IBM, Intel, Matsushita and Toshiba are
working together to make the digital copying of audio and video on your PC all
but impossible Net
Anonymity Firms Seek Their Market
As an Internet user and online shopper,
you may have more in common with your friendly neighborhood spook at the CIA than
you think - both you and the agents who look out for your national security are
concerned about remaining anonymous online SIIA
Says Census Data Shows High-Tech Growth
A Census Bureau report on the
information sector shows major spikes in revenue for software and information
technology companies IBM
tops in worldwide server sales
Sun Microsystems may have won round one
in the fight for server market share in the United States, but IBM has come back
with a swift uppercut to take the lead in the worldwide server market.
Wireless
Access Devices Look Toward 2001
Total sales of PDAs reached 6.1 million
units in 2000, a nearly 50 percent increase over 1999, according to a study by
the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Follow
the bouncing email
In a fraction of the time it takes to read this article,
you could register a new e-mail address free of charge. Buying
online for your Valentine
Online sales of Valentine's Day gifts and flowers
in the US are expected to top USD2 billion this year, up 32 percent from 2000.
Digital
Dilemma of the US Latino Population
Latinos in the US are online, but
they are generally visiting websites written in the English language. eMarketer's
Latin America analyst Noah Elkin examines the trends among wired Latinos.
Payphone
business killed itself
The Payphone business is dying. BellSouth is just
the latest big brand name to announce they were exiting the business. Fry's
accuses site owner of cybersquatting
A favorite tech shopping mecca known
for its eclectic collection of goods, Fry's has threatened to sue a man who posted
the company's newspaper advertisements on his Web site, Frysad.com, according
to the site's owner.
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