E-Commerce

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a copyright infringement case involving textbooks resold on eBay. The outcome could have lasting effects for those who sell products in the U.S. that were made abroad. The case centers around Thai student Supap Kirtsaeng, who partially financed his...

If Pandora had been hoping that the earlier reports of Apple exploring a streaming-radio venture were exaggerated or downright wrong, those hopes have been dashed. Last week, more rumors surfaced that Apple is indeed serious about the advertising-backed venture and has intensified talks with major m...

It is that time of year again -- namely, prediction-making season. Gartner is the first out of the gate with its top 10 strategic tech trends for 2013 and a few years beyond. Among its forecasts: dominance of mobile devices; shift to HTML5; growth of the personal cloud; growth of private enterprise ...

Compete has agreed to settle FTC charges that it used its Web-tracking software to collect personal data without disclosing the extent of its information-gathering activities, and failed to honor promises it made to protect the personal data it collected. Under the settlement, Compete must obtain co...

Yahoo on Monday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations, owing largely to the sale of its Chinese assets and modest growth in some of its core business areas. The quarterly report was the first for new CEO Marissa Mayer. She left Google to lead Yahoo in July after the sudden departure of ...

The Center for Copyright Information and major Internet service providers are preparing to roll out within weeks the Copyright Alert System, designed to cut down on online piracy. AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision volunteered to work with the CCI to develop a system of el...

It is difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and consumers, academics, companies, and the government are all aware of this fact. The Affordable Care Act carries many provisions to promote healthy behaviors, in many cases following initiatives already independently implemented by insurance compan...

eBay will see annual growth rates of 10 percent to 15 percent over the next five years in both revenue and profit, according to projections by Covestor Model Manager Paul Franke.eBay turned in a better-than-expected profit for its third quarter -- bucking the tide of less-than-stellar financial repo...

Google did not have a good day on Thursday: Its stock plunged when its unexpectedly dismal third-quarter earnings became public. Then, there was the matter of how exactly they became public. Google's financial printer, R.R. Donnelley, reportedly posted the earnings report to the Securities and Excha...

The extent of Amazon's product offerings is quite breathtaking. Consider that it is not only a powerhouse in book retailing; it also is selling such things as consumer electronics, retail goods, computer services and digital content. Its computer infrastructure is so substantial that it is currently...

Mojiva has rolled out Mojiva Tab, a new mobile ad network for tablets only, as advertisers flock to this hot piece of digital real estate. In 2011, there were an estimated 3 million tablets on Mojiva's mobile ad network. By January 2012, that number had increased to 25 million. As of June 2012, the ...

Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy the mobile chip division of Texas Instruments in a move that could push the online retailer further into the hardware business. The reports fit in with Texas Instruments' announcement last month that it would shift the focus of its chip business away from mobile ...

Best Buy is attempting to keep sales from walking out the door by offering to match its online competitors in price and shipping deals during the upcoming holiday season. The electronics retailer will give employees discretion to match the price a customer finds on Amazon or other major online sites...

The Federal Trade Commission is poised to launch an antitrust case against Google, according to anonymous sources. The alleged charge is straightforward: Google has been using its search engine dominance to hurt competing firms. The rest of the details are expected to unfold in the coming weeks. The...

In commercial IT, "enterprise systems" have long been defined as the technologies that provide large organizations the highest levels of compute performance and critical attributes such as reliability, availability and scalability. But enterprise IT infrastructures have never been about technology a...