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Online computer and peripheral retailer TigerDirect.com, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer yesterday alleging the computer giant's new Mac OS X 10.4 operating system, know as "Tiger," is infringing on its trademarked name. The suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for ...

Seeking to put to rest a chapter from the dot-com heyday when insider access to Internet companies staging IPOs was as good as gold, eBay executives have offered to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they benefited personally from investments that should have helped eBay as a whole. CEO Meg Whitm...

As most of us are aware, the textile genie is out of the bottle. Global quotas have now been lifted on China's textile exports. Is this a bad thing? Here's what Cass Johnson, the president of the National Counsel of Textile Organizations, recently said about this situation: "The wolf is at the door ...

In a move that could send legal shockwaves through the Internet and e-commerce industries, New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit accusing a major Web marketing firm of distributing spyware and adware to unsuspecting users. Spitzer, who has built a reputation as a fierce watchd...

One of the fastest growing online businesses is online gambling. The scope of this business is so enormous that some have even claimed it is the single most important factor in the growth of e-commerce. Despite this, there is much controversy and uncertainty surrounding the legality of online gaming...

Quickly following on the heels of Google's My Search History, Yahoo today released My Web, a feature that lets users create a personalized record of online Web search information. The beta version of My Web is available for download on the Yahoo site or through its toolbar. My Web saves a copy of th...

Search engine and portal Yahoo has struck a deal to have a ready-to-use version of its Web tools loaded into Nokia smartphones, securing some key real estate for its expansion into the world of the mobile Internet. Under the deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, certain Nokia phones wil...

Every hour there are new changes to our old ways of thinking about traditional marketing rules. While we are all very deep into e-commerce, we must be aware of whether we are either very successful or still learning the processes. Businesses, irrespective of size or any other component, must embrace...

Underscoring the rapid maturation of the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) market, two tech and telecom heavyweights moved further into the market today, with Cisco Systems buying a small firm that could help turn its home-networking unit into a VoIP player and Verizon announcing a solution to the...

Bidding to grab market share from both iTunes and Napster, RealNetworks today said it would launch an upgrade of its Rhapsody subscription music service that allows users to listen to songs they download on portable MP3 players. The new version of Rhapsody is just the second subscription-style servi...

Has India's information technology (IT) outsourcing boom peaked? There have been predictions that India will lose most of its outsourcing firms in the next two years. IT industry wages in India reportedly rose an average of 12 percent in 2004 and are projected to increase by another 15 percent in 20...

Fresh from its latest blockbuster earnings report, Google Inc. has set its sights on expanding its reach in the online advertising realm by going after a potentially massive revenue opportunity -- companies that are more interested in using the Web to create brand awareness than in getting users to ...

Tenebril, Inc., a security and privacy solutions company founded in 1998, announced today an award of US$6.5 million in Series A funding and the hiring of industry veteran Irfan Salim as the company's new CEO. The new funding and management change are part of Tenebril's plan to expand its foothold i...

Less than six months after hanging out a for-sale sign, DoubleClick has agreed to be sold and taken private by a buyout firm that hopes to be able to squeeze more value out of one of the leading online advertising firms. San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman agreed to pay US$8.50 per share, or ...

When Richard Humphrey, chief executive officer of Arts4All, began searching for his nitch on the Internet, he started Master Vision, delivering video conferencing services over the Internet. Now he is forging Arts4All as a vehicle for bridging the gap between content online and technology. Based in ...