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- Are you ready for wireless data explosion
- Net
Rivals Papers, Tops TV, As Key Info Source
- 61%
of Large U.S. Sites Have Multimedia Content
- Car
dealerships with Web sites
- Online
Training 'Boring'
- Internet Jobs out
There, Workers Are Missing
- Layoffs
show B2B not immune to rocky times
- Home
Computers Move In and Stay
- IDC Predicts
Strong PC Demand
- Analysis to Publish
Major New Report on Mobile Portals and Wireless ASPs
- New
Devices too limiting for Online Retail
- Study
Shows Huge Surge in DSL Wave
- Kid's
Place Still Is At the Mall - Study
- IDC
Expects the Market for Next-Generation Operational Support Systems to Double by
2004
- Internet Figures Positive for
US And Europe
- The Forsaken Dot-Coms
- Asian
Internet Tigers
- Net Drives Me-Commerce,
Free Agent Growth
- Strong Growth in
the LAN Switching Market
- Domain Hosts
reach 72 million
- European E-Shoppers
Choose Price Over Security
- Fraud No
Threat to E-Commerce
- Web Safari for
surfing seniors
- Tracking the elusive
business user
- Online Bill Pay Set
for Boom
Are you ready
for wireless data explosion
This red-hot technology is poised to reach
1.3 billion subscribers by 2004, according to the experts at Cahners In-Stat Group.
Net Rivals Papers, Tops
TV, As Key Info Source
Broadband's value will come from building enriched
data, presentation, and function into Web browsers, but users will be impatient
with animation, audio, and video that don't support their goals.
61% of Large U.S. Sites Have Multimedia Content
The online industry's pay practices are maturing and are starting to
mirror those of traditional offline firms. Car
dealerships with Web sites
Car dealerships with Web sites since 1995 generate
13 new-vehicle sales a month, while those that launched Web sites in 1999 or 2000
generate only five new-vehicle sales a month from Internet leads, according to
a survey from the National Automobile Dealers Association. Online
Training 'Boring'
Businesses are enthusiastic about online learning,
but whether many are actually seeing any real benefits from their Net-based education
programs is unclear, according to a recent study. Internet
Jobs Out There, Workers Are Missing
The Internet continues to create
new jobs both directly and across other industries, according to a study by Andersen
Consulting, which found the US continues to have the world's most advanced digital
economy, with Europe starting to close the gap. Web
Sites aid Test Marketing
Retailers are using the Internet to push product
lines too extensive or odd for stores, as well as to revive popular brands.
Home
Computers Move In and Stay
Half of the U.S. households with home PCs
have owned a computer for more than five years IDC
Predicts Strong PC Demand
Computer-related stocks shot forward encouraged
by words from research firm IDC. Analysis
to Publish Major New Report on Mobile Portals and Wireless ASPs
A major
new report focusing on mobile portals and wireless application service providers
(ASPs) will be published next month by Analysis. New
Devices too Limiting for Online Retail
European retailers' ambitions to
sell goods through mobile phones, interactive television sets, and PDAs will not
meet expectations, according to Forrester Research Study
Shows Huge Surge In DSL Wave The latest
TeleChoice digital subscriber line study dramatically underscores how popular
DSL has become. Kid's Place Still Is At
The Mall - Study Online shopping is
growing more popular with young people, but the mall is not dead yet, according
to a new study released today. IDC Expects the Market
for Next-Generation Operational Support Systems to Double by 2004
NextGen
OSS Critical to Service Providers' Success. Internet
Figures Positive For US And Europe
The US is still ahead in terms of Internet
penetration, with over 51 million households connected, while the UK leads the
way in terms of home PC Internet access in Europe. The
Forsaken Dot-Coms
As many dot-coms are losing the name as there are people
racing to claim it. Asian
Internet Tigers
According to the French research firm NetValue, many Asian
countries refuse to be stuck on the wrong side of the global digital divide.
Net
Drives Me-Commerce, Free-Agent Growth
Look for the Internet to spur the
emergence of "me-commerce" and a major exodus of full-time workers from their
corporate jobs into free-agent/free-lance roles Strong
Growth in the LAN Switching Market
IDC Forecasts LAN switching market
is one of the few remaining bright spots in the enterprise hardware market.
Domain
Hosts reach 72 million
The Internet now carries 72 million domain hosts,
according to a new domain survey, a 67 percent rise over last year's count of
42 million. European
E-Shoppers Choose Price Over Security
Despite the popular conception that
Europeans distrust e-commerce, a new survey by Jupiter Communications reveals
that lower prices, not tighter security, would motivate European e-shoppers to
spend more online. Fraud
No Threat to E-Commerce
Despite widespread public concern over Internet
fraud, shopping on the Internet is a secure way for both individuals and businesses
to conduct business Web Safari for surfing
seniors
The number of Americans over the age of 55 will increase from
almost 60 million this year to around 66 million by 2005, according to the Census
Bureau. Tracking
the elusive business user
For a number of reasons, workplace internet
use has long been under reported. Companies were hesitant to have tracking software
installed on their computers and workers weren't eager to tell interviewers how
much they surfed on company time. Online
Bill Pay Set for Boom
A report released by Jupiter Research predicts that
by 2005, more than 40 million U.S. households will pay at least part of their
bills using online bill paying services... | 
