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You might say that entrepreneur Alan E. Hall lives in two business worlds. Don't complain to him how challenging it is to grow a business in today's fragile economy. He knows those struggles firsthand as a business owner. He also knows how next-to-impossible it is for startup business owners to find...

You might say that entrepreneur Alan E. Hall lives in two business worlds. Don't complain to him how challenging it is to grow a business in today's fragile economy. He knows those struggles firsthand as a business owner. He also knows how next-to-impossible it is for startup business owners to find...

You might say that entrepreneur Alan E. Hall lives in two business worlds. Don't complain to him how challenging it is to grow a business in today's fragile economy. He knows those struggles firsthand as a business owner. He also knows how next-to-impossible it is for startup business owners to find...

In the U.S., consumers are accustomed to paying for merchandise with checks, credit cards and debit cards. Online shopping and banking transactions are dependent on electronic money transfers between vendors and their customers' financial institutions. That experience, however, is not universal. Con...

Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas has issued an injunction against the sale of Microsoft Word after a jury found that Microsoft had infringed on a patent held by a Toronto-based company. The plantiff, i4i, sued Microsoft in 2007, alleging that Microsoft Word unlawfully...

Nokia and Microsoft on Wednesday announced they are teaming up to create and offer mobile enterprise applications in a bid to tap the fast-growing mobile apps market. Apps could constitute the next gold rush for the mobile industry, and carriers and smartphone vendors are both battling for a share o...

Though it's only mid-summer, retailers are knee-deep in finalizing their holiday plans. This season, they are under extraordinary pressure to generate as much revenue as possible from their online stores, which -- for many -- is their best performing channel. With only a few short months before reta...

VMware is acquiring SpringSource, an enterprise and Web application development and management company, to eventually build out a Platform as a Service offering. Under the terms of the agreement, VMware will pay approximately $362 million in cash and equity, and it will assume approximately $58 mill...

If Toshiba's announcement 18 months ago that it was dropping the HD-DVD format was the anticlimatic thud that ended the DVD format wars, Tuesday's announcement by the Japanese technology company that it would join the Blu-ray Disc Association was little more than a dull echo. However, it did settle ...

While it would be difficult to define a single theme of meetings as diverse and sometimes as contentious as the recent ICANN consultation sessions in July in New York and London, the most broadly based concern was clear. Rights holders, whether they own trademarks and brand names, or whether they ow...

eBay and General Motors announced Monday that 225 of the carmaker's California dealers would begin selling new cars through the e-commerce powerhouse in what appears to be a limited promotion that could nevertheless presage a more permanent, national approach to selling cars online. Sales will begin...

Nambu is shutting down Tr.im -- a Web service that allows users to create a small URL to stand in for a long one, usually to save space in a blog post or tweet. Its reason? It has not found a way to make the service pay -- or a buyer interested enough to gamble on it. The logical partner, according ...

Target is taking control of its e-commerce operations and striking out on its own. The discount retailer plans to build and manage its own platform for Target.com when its current contract with Amazon.com runs out in 2011. Target has outsourced its Web site's platform and fulfillment operations to A...

When you conduct business online -- whether it's selling merchandise through a Web site or simply using email for company communication, there is some level of digital risk. The Web has enabled instant global access to conduct business remotely like never before in history. Personal meetings allow ...

Google will be acquiring video compression technology provider On2 Technologies in a stock deal valued at $106.5 million. The deal, which requires On2 shareholder and regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4. Speculation over Google's plans for the On2 technology is rampant. If nothing else, ...