Archive

Part 1 of this two-part series on five of the boldest decisions made by technology companies this year explores the launch of Hulu and Amazon.com's decision to go DRM-free with its Amazon MP3 store. Now, for the three remaining genius strokes in the E-Commerce Times' lineup of bold decisions that ch...

With the economy in a downward spiral, many e-tailers plan to offer deep discounts and special shipping deals on the Monday following Thanksgiving, aka Cyber Monday, which has become a big spending day for online shoppers in the past several years. Eighty-four percent of online retailers plan to hav...

It's been said that the meek shall inherit the Earth, but in the cutthroat world of technology, only the bold survive. Some of the biggest names in the high-tech and media sectors launched initiatives in the last year that have changed the landscape -- perhaps permanently. All of their innovations -...

Marketers often ignore a critical measurement -- customer attitudes and emotions -- when examining customer behavior. This critical measurement can hold the key to insights that can drive the best kind of marketing -- presenting the right message and offer to the right people at the right time. Atti...

Computer and server maker Dell surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected profits Thursday. The company reported $727 million in earnings in the third quarter, down 5 percent from the $766 million it reported during the same period in 2007. Third-quarter revenue came in at $15.16 billion, a 3 p...

President-elect Barack Obama may not find it that hard to give up his BlackBerry after all. Verizon Wireless has announced that some of its employees accessed his personal cell phone account records. The wireless provider apologized to the president-elect and said it would discipline the employees i...

Now that both the country and the world are in dire economic straits, attention has recently been drawn to the -- in some cases -- outsized amount of CEO compensation, especially in the cases of companies that have benefited from a U.S. government bailout. The current economic morass notwithstanding...

The rest of the economy may be tanking, but online advertising in the U.S. posted big year-over-year gains, according to the New York City-based Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Internet advertising revenue reached nearly $5.9 billion in the third quarter, an 11 percent inc...

Yahoo and T-Mobile jointly announced that Yahoo oneSearch will be the default mobile engine to power Internet search made through T-Mobile's new Web2go service. The new Web2go service is basically a customizable home page on a mobile phone that makes it easier to view and navigate the Internet on th...

Nokia and IBM are teaming up to bring corporate e-mail, calendar, address book and messaging functions to mobile workers. Nokia's move is its latest attempt to compete with Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device. The Finland-based phonemaker signed a similar deal with Microsoft in...

What's left to do after you've earned your first billion in the technology business? For some, it's legacy building -- finding a way to make a mark of a different sort in the world. Philanthropy calls. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is perhaps the archetype with its multipronged worldwide o...

Nearly 10 months after making an aggressive move to acquire struggling Internet portal Yahoo, Microsoft no longer has any interest in buying the company. At the software giant's annual meeting on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft is "done with all acquisition discussions" with...

In a move that could threaten the livelihoods of security software makers Symantec and McAfee, Microsoft has announced it will offer free antivirus software some time in the second half of 2009. The free software, codenamed "Morro," will replace Microsoft's current security offering, Windows Live On...

Just weeks after being linked to a scandal over tainted milk that killed four infants and sickened thousands in China, Chinese search engine giant Baidu has been hit with more bad news. Shares of Baidu plummeted after China's state-run television network reported that the company had sold links to u...

Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang is stepping down as leader of the beleaguered Internet portal after a tumultuous 18-month tenure. Yang will resume his previous role as "chief Yahoo" and maintain his seat on the company's board. He will also participate in the process of finding a new CEO. Yahoo ...