E-Commerce

Now that media companies are exploring Web distribution models and using new technologies, a great deal is being discussed about who controls what when it comes to content. Digital rights management has its advocates and detractors, but some type of gateway for the management and monetization of con...

It's taken decades of international cooperation among governments, agencies in the private sector, and a variety of multinational and local organizations, but a multibillion dollar global market has grown up around the issuance, verification and trading of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions...

There are pundits who say loyalty was stillborn on the Internet, but Keynote Systems isn't one of them. The San Mateo, Calif., provider of on-demand test and measurement products for gauging mobile and online performance reports that loyalty to big Net brands solidified last year, as did those brand...

With sales up more than 20 percent, more e-commerce outlets than ever before and relatively few high-profile snafus compared to previous years, the holiday season of 2006 might be seen as an unqualified success. A closer look, however, reveals both winners and losers in what was a blockbuster holida...

RealNetworks Monday unveiled a slew of partnerships aimed at competing with the likes of Apple and Microsoft to deliver digital content to multiple devices. The announcements came amid a frenzy of product releases from technology giants as the annual Consumer Electronics Show got under way in Las V...

XM Satellite Radio said Friday it added 1.7 million new subscribers during 2006, giving it some 7.6 million subscribers as it continues to lead rival Sirius in terms of total customers. The company said it added approximately 442,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter, a key time of the year for ...

Within five years, cable and satellite television providers will be facing a formidable competitor in their market: the Internet. By 2011, TV programming delivered over consumer broadband connections will be a "viable alternative to cable," according to a report released Wednesday by Forrester Resea...

E-tailers rode a strong holiday season to record-smashing sales for 2006, with revenue topping US$100 billion for the first time, according to the latest data from comScore Networks. The report said retail spending reached $102.1 billion for all of 2006, a 24 percent increase over 2005 Web spending ...

In a bid to further broaden its product offerings beyond core Internet gear, Cisco Systems said Thursday it would buy security software marker IronPort in a deal valued at $830 million. Cisco said the cash-and-stock purchase would enable it to extend its "self-defending network" approach to include ...

An online movie distributor on Friday filed suit against Apple, Google and Napster for alleged patent infringement. The plaintiff, Intertainer, claims the companies are treading on its intellectual property by infringing on a patented method for distributing digital entertainment over the Internet.

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

When many consumers are asked about receiving advertising on their cell phones, they react as if they've bitten into a sour apple. Nevertheless, the mobile universe has begun ripening nicely for marketers, according to a report released last week. The report by Forrester Research noted: "In 2003, Fo...

Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook provide a means for many people to share their lives with others, but are they and other Webposts that are turning the free content of their subscribers into economic gain, a new form of sharecropping? It certainly seems that way, according to Nic...