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Yahoo is preparing to do for food what it has done for finance, sports, news, pets and a myriad of other subjects: Build it a Web-based portal. The food category has been underserved by Yahoo thus far, Deanna Brown, general manager of Yahoo Lifestyles, told the E-Commerce Times. "We are targeting a ...

Online retail innovation and a cutting-edge customer experience are no longer the sole domain of a few retail pure-plays and multi-channel pioneers with hundreds of millions of dollars to invest. With recent forecasts from Forrester Research predicting that U.S. online retail revenues will top the ...

In a bid to spread its influence to the offline world, Google this week will launch a test of a print-based advertising program. Some 100 of its existing advertisers have been invited to participate in the test, which Google bills as an "alpha version" of Google Print Ads. Google would choose where ...

In the late 1990s, companies such as IBM and Ariba began rolling out the first global B2B networks. Subsequently, online supply chain technology expanded to meet the needs of companies that sell to the average consumer, and B2C was born. Recently, some market leaders coined the term "B2E," or busine...

Google is reportedly offering media companies millions of dollars in upfront payments if those outlets allow their content to be shared on the YouTube video sharing site that Google has agreed to buy. Reports say Google CEO Eric Schmidt is leading an effort to convince media companies such as NBC Un...

For the second time in less than a month, the Federal Communications Commission has delayed a vote on approval of the AT&T acquisition of BellSouth, sparking a new round of speculation that the final go-ahead will come with significant conditions. The FCC was to take up the merger at its open me...

For the second time in less than a month, the Federal Communications Commission has delayed a vote on approval of the AT&T acquisition of BellSouth, sparking a new round of speculation that the final go-ahead will come with significant conditions. The FCC was to take up the merger at its open me...

For the second time in less than a month, the Federal Communications Commission has delayed a vote on approval of the AT&T acquisition of BellSouth, sparking a new round of speculation that the final go-ahead will come with significant conditions. The FCC was to take up the merger at its open me...

For decades, Apple Computer has counted on the loyalty of its customers to fuel the company's success, but in one of its most important markets there may be signs that that loyalty is flagging. According to a survey released Wednesday by ABI Research, 58 percent of iPod owners who plan to buy a new ...

Microsoft said Wednesday that Vista for Enterprises, the business version of its Windows Vista operating system, will ship on Nov. 30, starting the countdown to one of the most hyped, analyzed and anticipated product launches in recent history. In addition, the software giant said it would launch O...

An industrial equipment maker whose domain name is Utube.com is suing video-sharing site YouTube, saying user confusion has cost it business and forced it to invest in more robust servers for its Web site. Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment said it has been forced to move its Web servers multip...

Auction site eBay has always considered itself a community, making it an early adopter of some of the aspects of social networking, which is presently red hot. Today, its sellers and buyers are able to reach beyond the virtual walls of eBay to tap into existing social networks, something more e-comm...

Bidding to stake a claim in the converged world of Internet and entertainment, AT&T Wednesday unveiled an expanded Homezone service. The product integrates high-speed Internet service with satellite TV and home networking functionality to create a digital living room where a single device contr...

Bidding to stake a claim in the converged world of Internet and entertainment, AT&T Wednesday unveiled an expanded Homezone service. The product integrates high-speed Internet service with satellite TV and home networking functionality to create a digital living room where a single device contr...

Bidding to stake a claim in the converged world of Internet and entertainment, AT&T Wednesday unveiled an expanded Homezone service. The product integrates high-speed Internet service with satellite TV and home networking functionality to create a digital living room where a single device contr...