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Interactive marketing firm DoubleClick said it has hired an investment banking firm to help it examine strategic options, including a possible sale of all or part of the company. In a brief statement, DoubleClick said it had tapped Lazard Freres & Co. to "explore strategic options for the busine...

Dell has declared war on spyware writers. The company announced on October 20 that all of its computers starting November 1 will ship with a free security software package. Dell's announcement to provide its customers with pre-installed antispyware and antivirus software follows industry assertions ...

Among the many questions that might be answered by the presidential election on Tuesday is whether electronic voting can silence its critics by turning in a seamless performance or, instead, will fall prey to any of the number of concerns that have been raised. This week, a number of major e-voting ...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revived its long-running campaign to stem file-swapping through legal action, suing 750 alleged file sharers across the U.S. for copyright infringement. The latest batch of suits included 25 users on 13 university campuses around the country a...

Most businesspeople get a knot in their stomachs when they think of bankruptcy. The reasons for this, I believe, are twofold: They don't have the basic knowledge about the implications of bankruptcy; and they feel a loss of control whenever they think about it. This article attempts to dispel the my...

A barrage of lawsuits against several dozen defendants have been filed in federal courts by an antispam alliance of the nation's leading Internet service providers in the latest crackdown on e-mail spam. The lawsuits were filed by Earthlink, America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo. They represent the se...

To make amends for a disruption in its service earlier this month, PayPal is waiving transaction fees for payment recipients in the United States and some other countries. Sellers will be credited for any transaction fee -- normally 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent -- charged on payments made today from 1...

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has given preliminary approval to two new Internet domain names, ".travel" and ".post." The two suffixes have been under evaluation by ICANN, a public-private partnership that oversees the Internet's addressing system, and the approval ...

In a possible reaction to hacker concerns, the Bush Administration has blocked at least some foreign visitor access to its official re-election site. The British Internet traffic analysis company Netcraft reported several locations have not had access to the site since Monday. A message that reads "...

Yahoo has launched a mobile version of its Web, image and local search offerings, a move that opens up a new and wireless battlefield in the search engine wars. At least initially, Yahoo's mobile search will be stripped of content-relevant ads from its Overture paid listings business, a sign that an...

Online and offline, consumers are at a disadvantage when entering into a contract for services or the purchase of goods because, in most cases, a customer is not in a position to negotiate the terms of the item being purchased or the service being provided. Moreover, in the event of a dispute, the u...

Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator, today posted a third-quarter profit on better-than-expected gains in high-speed Internet customers and raised its full-year outlook for subscriber growth. The Philadelphia-based company added 549,100 new high-speed Internet customers in the third quarter, we...

Despite strong shipments from top-five vendors Hewlett-Packard and Dell, the worldwide market for hand-held devices has experienced its third successive quarter of year-over-year decline. Device shipments totaled 2.1 million units in the third quarter, an 8.7 percent year-over-year decrease, accordi...

Advertising slogans or taglines pushing sales are great for getting a customer's attention as they often tangle and hold them hostage for a second or two. Some taglines catch the user's attention, but most are simply confusing, causing them to "escape the trap" and run away. The combined yearly budg...

Broadcom today announced that its Board of Directors has named Scott A. McGregor as president and chief executive officer, effective January 3, 2005. McGregor, 48, will succeed current President and CEO Alan E. "Lanny" Ross, who will retire upon McGregor's arrival. Last month, McGregor announced his...