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Hewlett-Packard posted first-quarter results Tuesday that featured a 26 percent jump in earnings amid strong sales of PCs, enterprise computer gear and printers. Earnings were $1.5 billion for the quarter compared to $1.2 billion in the year-ago period, with sales up 11 percent year-over-year to $25...

As e-commerce continues to thrive, online retailers keep raising the bar higher for each other. Meanwhile, consumers these days don't just want lightning-fast online checkouts -- they expect flawless and customized shopping experiences too. At last week's eTail Palm Desert, Cliff Conneighton, senior...

Coming in on the heels of eTail 2007, it is clear that personalization is a hot topic in e-commerce. According to recent research, 87 percent of retailers want to jump on the bandwagon. And why not -- it was the No. 1 listed strategic action, with 41 percent of retailers surveyed stating that person...

Sony plans to offer a video download service for its PlayStation 3 gaming console, Phil Harrison, president of Sony's worldwide studios division, said in a recently published interview. The media company's long-range vision for the PS3 includes the download, storage and playback of high-definition m...

Sirius and XM -- the two providers of satellite radio service in the United States -- on Monday announced a plan to combine operations in a $4.6 billion merger, but by Tuesday the deal looked to face significant regulatory hurdles. The two companies agreed to a "merger of equals," which would create...

Warner Music Group acknowledged Tuesday it is still interested in purchasing EMI Group, its slumping rival in the troubled music industry, but such a deal is unlikely to solve the long-term problems facing both companies. New York-based Warner Music confirmed it approached EMI on Jan. 24 to discuss ...

If you're responsible for performance-driven online marketing -- particularly for Web-based sales or lead generation -- then your mission is to optimize a funnel. The online marketing funnel is an upside-down pyramid, sort of like a great, big waffle cone. At the top, you start with everyone who is ...

Online shopping has hit the US$211 billion mark, according to Forrester Research. It is no wonder, then, that a plethora of shopping comparison sites have sprung up, all purporting to help people find their way to -- and through -- the hundred of thousands of Web-based stores. Many of these comparis...

The United States is considering taking legal action against China for continued violations of intellectual property rights, as well as the use of subsidies in a broad array of manufactured goods. The U.S. may pursue its case to the World Trade Organization -- an action it has previously threatened ...

As massive snowstorms battered much of the Midwest and Northeast this week, it was 70 degrees and sunny in Palm Desert, Calif., during eTail 2007 Palm Desert, the 16th annual multichannel retail conference. Nevertheless, weather was merely an added bonus for the hundreds of attendees -- top executiv...

CEO Steve Ballmer has cautioned Wall Street that analysts' fiscal year 2008 expectations for Windows Vista sales may be too "optimistic" and "overly aggressive." Vista is more of an opportunity to sustain Windows revenue -- not necessarily grow it, Ballmer reportedly said Thursday during a meeting f...

Most of us are quite aware of a new, brewing scandal -- the stock option scandal. It has been revealed that some companies have "cooked the books" when it came to reporting dates of stock option grants. The purpose of misdating the stock option was to accommodate executives by giving them the possi...

As your business has grown, its office space requirements have changed. New buildings may be bought and sold as divisions are launched and canceled. Existing offices may be heavily renovated to make them more flexible and efficient, and cubicles may be constantly adjusted to support smaller organi...

Recent high-profile data breach incidents have placed in the spotlight for many IT departments and corporate executives the importance of innovative solutions for effective identity and access management solutions. Imprivata, which specializes in identification and access management appliance soluti...

Data centers in the United States are consuming 5 million kilowatts of energy per year, an amount equal to the power consumption of the entire state of Mississippi, according to a report released Thursday. The findings are a warning to decision makers to increase the efficiency of servers and micro...