E-Commerce

Internet service provider Panix had plenty to panic about over the weekend when its domain name was hijacked by unknown parties. The mystery has since been solved, but the aftermath has some pointing the finger at a new policy the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently ...

A hacker broke into wireless carrier T-Mobile's server systems network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of the U.S. Secret Service, along with hundreds of other customers, the government has announced. Security experts said this is the first of what is expected...

Looking to accelerate the development of mobile technology devices in ways seen previously mainly in spy movies, Motorola said today it would work with sunglass maker Oakley on technology to make wearable communications devices. Motorola said it had formed a joint venture with Oakley, which makes a ...

EBay sellers are up in arms over the online auction giant's plan to raise the monthly fee it charges sellers by 60 percent. EBay notified sellers about the pending increase via e-mail on Wednesday. Effective midnight on February 18, the fee for the basic eBay Store subscription will be raised from U...

Google remains the top search engine in terms of user experience and satisfaction, but Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN have gained ground in the past year, according to a new report. Keynote Systems said its Customer Experience Rankings for the search industry is based both on survey questions and measure...

On Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts, the team with one of the most potent offenses in the history of the National Football League, will face off against defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, ending a week's worth of hype and predictions. As the game unfolds on the field, the owners of bo...

On December 27, 2004, President Bush did something that made Microsoft -- and probably every other software maker in the world -- very happy. Bush signed into law the Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 2003, also known as H.R. 3632. The new law criminalizes the distribution of genuine authenticat...

Napster today said its bid to turn what was a legendary brand in the underground music world into a contender in the legitimate online music space gained ground last year, fueled by a year-end spurt of new subscribers. Napster said its subscriber base was up 50 percent in the quarter that ended in D...

Like thousands of other online retailers, 2004 was a banner year for PearlParadise.com. And, like thousands of other online retailers, much of the company's success came during the holiday shopping season that many are calling a turning point for e-commerce. Numbers don't lie. The online pearl purve...

In their search for ways around anti-spam legislation, some spammers are using unregistered domains to distribute unwanted messages, a tactic experts say is putting additional strain on servers at Internet service providers and on corporate networks. Illegal commercial spammers, wary of being tracke...

Analysts predicted that online shopping would increase 20 percent over the last holiday season. Don't they know that you should never underestimate the (spending) power of a woman? There is no denying that female shoppers are flexing a lot more monetary muscle on the Internet these days. E-commerce ...

Bidding to capitalize on the mobile services trend by extending its powerful brand beyond the bounds of the Internet, MapQuest has launched a service that enables users to send the company's maps to cell phones. The Send to Phone service will be offered as part of the monthly subscription plan to Ma...

EBay has launched a major initiative that brings together leading technology companies, government agencies, environmental groups and millions of eBay users to confront the problem of "e-waste" -- unused or obsolete computers that might pose environmental hazards when disposed of in landfills. The c...

Not too many years ago, the acronym VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) was virtually unheard of. Today, it is becoming an everyday term. In fact, the major phone companies ignore this technology at their peril. A while back, I remember trying to set up my computer to receive and send phone calls vi...

Six Apart, which develops and provides blogging software and service, announced today that it has acquired Danga Interactive, operator of LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals, for an undisclosed amount. The merger of the two blogging pioneers makes the new company a bl...