Articles by Lori Enos

The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) announced Wednesday that 13 computer and video game companies have gone to court to shut down six Web sites that they say are selling pirated versions of their software The complainants joined in filing separate suits in federal court in the Northern District of California against six individuals ...

A new study by international management and information technology (IT) consulting firm Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. shows that while most U.S. distributors acknowledge the impact the Internet will have on their businesses, not all of them are prepared for the changes to come in the digital age According to 59 percent of the distributors surveyed,...

A plan by the British government to monitor business e-mails and obtain data encryption keys could harm the United Kingdom's chances of becoming an e-commerce leader, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) The Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill (RIP), which was introduced in Parliament earlier this year, would give police the go-a...

The Electronic Commerce and Consumer Protection Group, a working group comprised of seven of the world's leading Internet and e-commerce companies, proposed a set of guidelines Tuesday designed to protect online consumers and "inspire global discussions of legal issues related to consumer transactions in the borderless, instantaneous new medium." R...

In yet another high-profile controversy over intellectual property abuse on the Web, the City of Los Angeles is threatening legal action against a Web site that sells apparel emblazoned with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) emblem In a four page letter, City Attorney James Hahn gave the owner of Los Angeles Product Distributions, Wayne Tidw...

American Express (NYSE: AXP), Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) and VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) announced Monday that they have formed a strategic partnership to develop an integrated card payment processing utility for online business-to-business (B2B) transactions "With the dramatic acceleration in the deployment of buy-side, sell-side and marketplace solutions, ...

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Thursday that it has acquired online games company Verant Interactive, Inc. in a bid to expand its Internet gaming business The move represents a coming home of sorts for Verant, which was launched in 1999 as an independent spin-off from Sony Computer Entertainment's 989 Studio. When the deal is complete, Veran...

Palo Alto, California-based computer manufacturer Hewlett- Packard (NYSE: HWP) announced an agreement Wednesday to provide e-tail giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) with 90 percent of its computer hardware and related systems As part of the deal, Amazon will use HP Internet servers and storage technology to power the bookseller's Web site, support its...

Eighty-five percent of Internet users are also Internet shoppers, according to a new survey, "The Interactive Consumer: Charting the Online Shopping Revolution," commissioned by Parade Magazine New data from Forrester Research also shows that Americans are moving from surfing the Web to shopping online at a faster pace than ever before.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed an information technology bill Friday designed to promote the growth of Florida's emerging IT industry "The bill I signed into law today is the most comprehensive, all-encompassing technology reform in Florida's history," Bush said. "It will establish Florida as the state with the most aggressive strategy for transf...

Internet pure-play toy retailers continue to outdo their brick-and-click competitors in performance and value, according to a report issued Friday by Forrester Research Forrester said its second annual "power rankings" -- survey data compiled from online consumers and unbiased shopping tests -- put Web-based toy retailers in the top three spots, wi...

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson dropped a bombshell in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case Wednesday when he revealed that he is leaning toward splitting Microsoft Corp. into three parts, rather than the two proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) The three-way split had been suggested to the court in an amicus brief (fr...

The raging debate over online music moved to Capitol Hill Wednesday, as several music industry insiders testified before the U.S. House Small Business Committee Wednesday's hearing was classified as an information-gathering endeavor to "examine the new market possibilities for small music labels and entrepreneurs created by the Internet." ...

E-commerce business-to-business (B2B) platform provider Ariba and logistics software provider Descartes inked a deal on Tuesday that will connect buyers, suppliers and marketplaces on Ariba's B2B Commerce Platform with transportation carriers and shippers in Descartes' Global Logistics Network Both companies expect to gain new customers from the de...

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE) announced Wednesday that it will collaborate with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to form an online marketplace for intellectual properties The new company will use IBM's Intellectual Property Network (IPN) as the foundation for a marketplace that will enable users to search, analyze, buy, sell, and license patents and o...

A French judge on Monday gave Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) until July 24th to "make it impossible" for residents of France to access auctions of Nazi paraphernalia through the Web giant's U.S. auction site The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) and the Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF) took Yahoo! to court in April, chargin...

Amid reports that a number of dot-coms are on the brink of failure, GartnerGroup and Consumer Reports are recommending improved customer service and privacy statements as key ways to avoid the e-commerce shakeout Recent U.S. e-commerce casualties include privately held e-tailer ToySmart.com, which is struggling and likely to close, despite high-pro...

Bank of America and BroadVisiona provider of personalized e-business applications, announced Monday that they are forming a new company to develop customized business-to-employee (B2E) portals for corporate intranets Through the portals, employees will be able to access internal information -- including workplace communications, benefits informatio...

A new report by research firm Jupiter Communications (Nasdaq: JPTR) predicts that the total dollars (US$) spent by consumers for online and Web-influenced offline purchases will exceed $235 billion this year and top $831 billion in 2005 "Online consumers are a very powerful audience and tend to be channel agnostic," said Ken Cassar, a senior analys...

A Trenton, New Jersey man admitted in federal court this week that he obtained the Social Security numbers of U.S. military officials over the Internet and used them to obtain phony credit cards The Social Security numbers were originally posted by the U.S. government in the online version of the Congressional Record, and were republished on a Web ...