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October 1, 2001 *4,300 subscribers* Volume 3, Issue 10
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  • Year-end PC selling season doomed
  • IBM To Sell Products, Services Through eBay
  • Handspring returns to the midrange
  • MicroStrategy Looks for Glimmer of Hope in European CRM Market
  • E-Tailers Dangle 3D Imaging To Convert Surfers to Buyers
  • MDU Broadband Providers Seek Profitability
  • Users rip MS license changes
  • Titans of 3-D Tackle New Territory
  • Big Story Costly to Media Firms
  • NEC To Bring PDA To North American Market
  • Wireless Internet Business Models: Global Perspective, Regional Focus
  • Yahoo Needs A Salesman
  • Prices sliding for Pentium III PCs
  • Sears Pulls Ads From TV Show
  • Colleges Promote Role as Incubators
  • Cisco Launches Direct-Sales Web Pilot
  • Online Sales Dwindling - Commerce Dept.
  • Big Firms Fueling Better-Than-Expected Year
  • PC Wholesale To Distribute Acer Systems
  • What, me spam?
  • The 8 Critical Keys to Marketing to IT Pros Online
  • B2B eCommerce Drives Small Businesses to Switch to Broadband
  • Technology Orders Surge in Wake of Attacks

Year-end PC selling season doomed
The financial repercussions of the terrorist attacks will result in a sharp drop in overall IT spending and wipe out the traditional year-end peak selling season for PCs

IBM To Sell Products, Services Through eBay
IBM plans to sell computer hardware and software through eBay to reach consumers and SMBs, said executives at both companies.

Handspring returns to the midrange
The handheld maker is aiming two devices at the midrange market, but analysts wonder if there is still room for significant growth in what once was the meat of the market.

MicroStrategy Looks for Glimmer of Hope in European CRM Market
MicroStrategy has announced a number of new overseas deals lately, despite increasing woes at home.

E-Tailers Dangle 3D Imaging To Convert Surfers to Buyers
There are many potential benefits from using 3D technology to display products, including higher surfer-to-buyer conversion rates

MDU Broadband Providers Seek Profitability
The inability to capture a substantial subscriber base has forced in-building broadband providers to seek additional means by which to achieve profitability.

Users rip MS license changes
On Oct. 1, Microsoft will dramatically change how it licenses software to its largest customers. That change will drive up what they pay for products between 33% and 107%.

Titans of 3-D Tackle New Territory
Nvidia, actively involved in desktop, notebook, and workstation PC graphics and in Microsoft's Xbox gaming console, has been the most visible of the graphics accelerator vendors over the past year.

Big Story Costly to Media Firms
Canceled ads and round-the-clock news coverage after terrorist attacks will cost major media companies hundreds of millions of dollars

NEC To Bring PDA To North American Market
NEC Technology officials at Demo Mobile were quietly discussing plans to bring their first PDA to the North American market.

Wireless Internet Business Models: Global Perspective, Regional Focus
The wireless Internet market needs revenues and realistic business models. The WAP hangover has left a number of sceptics in its wake and lessons to be learned.

Yahoo Needs A Salesman
It's a tough time for Yahoo to be without a worldwide sales chief.

Prices sliding for Pentium III PCs
With Intel beginning to phase out the Pentium III, good deals on desktops with the chip are cropping up.

Sears Pulls Ads From TV Show
In aftermath of terrorist attacks, Sears, Roebuck and Co., has canceled advertising on late night talk show Politically Incorrect, which is hosted by Bill Maher.

Colleges Promote Role as Incubators
The region's top research universities want to send a message to the Washington area's technology community: We're open for business

Cisco Launches Direct-Sales Web Pilot
Cisco Systems Wednesday began selling some of its products direct to end customers via the Web.

Online Sales Dwindling - Commerce Dept.
In the first two fiscal quarters of 2001, business-to-consumer e-commerce sales dwindled, both as a whole and as a percentage of overall U.S. retail figures

Big Firms Fueling Better-Than-Expected Year
Based on promising quarterly reports from some companies, Merrill Lynch is raising its estimates for this year's online ad market

PC Wholesale To Distribute Acer Systems
PC Wholesale has begun distributing PCs, notebooks and servers from Acer America, the companies said.

What, me spam?
The dangers of bad e-mail marketing practices are real from fines to blacklisting to worst of all, angry and alienated customers.

The 8 Critical Keys to Marketing to IT Pros Online
Peter Horan, CEO of DevX, understands how IT pros actually use the Web in real life better than almost any other marketer out there.

B2B eCommerce Drives Small Businesses to Switch to Broadband
More Than 1 Million U.S. Businesses Will Turn To xDSL For Their Broadband Access By 2003

Technology Orders Surge in Wake of Attacks
Computer and software makers are getting large orders from companies looking to replace technology lost in the devastating September 11th terrorist attacks

 

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