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Capitulating to pressure from some shareholders, MCI today said it would hold face-to-face talks with would-be buyer Qwest Communications International, which has offered to pay US$8 billion in cash and stock for the long-distance firm. MCI, whose board has already given the nod to a bid from Verizo...

Contrary to branding beliefs, customers are completely oblivious to a corporation's image being tied to a specific color. In fact, trying to use a color for corporate identity can actually lead to trouble. For example, Orange Mobility, a British mobile phone company of France Telecom, is one of the ...

Revisiting a time-tested strategy of growing through acquisition and working to diversify its holdings, IAC/InterActiveCorp. said it would buy catalog and e-commerce concern Cornerstone Brands in a deal worth around US$720 million. Cornerstone publishes a host of consumer products specialty catalogs...

The Firefox browser from the Mozilla Foundation has continued to gain market share and erode the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but there are signs the juggernaut might be losing steam. WebSideStory said Firefox now holds about 5.7 percent of the browser market. IE's share fell below 90...

As the Search Engine Strategies Conference gets rolling in New York this week, Yahoo announced this morning a pair of significant moves: The company is launching a developer network for programmers and has plans for a rebranding strategy for its Overture unit. The Yahoo Search Developer Network is ...

Can you describe the three principal business models used by software firms? Before you invest in a software firm, buy products from one, or decide to work for one, look at their business model. In this industry overview, we adopt a case study approach to incorporate data from NetSol Technologies. T...

America Online has launched a new feature enabling users of its wildly popular AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) platform to use the contact list feature of the service in the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program. The feature will enable Outlook users to cross-reference addresses and names in their e-mail add...

Amid internal turmoil and with a takeover bid looming, No. 2 electronics retailer Circuit City said it would end its four-year-old partnership with Amazon.com and handle its e-commerce itself. Circuit City hinted that the Amazon partnership, under which Circuit City items were listed for sale throug...

E-commerce continues to grow dramatically in spite of security threats, recent research indicates. E-commerce dollar volume in 2004 rose 88 percent and transaction volume grew by 39 percent over the previous year, according to VeriSign's latest Internet Security Intelligence Briefing. The VeriSign r...

It plays in two of the most competitive markets -- technology and online merchandising -- but HPshopping.com continues to garner accolades from industry groups. Most recently, the e-commerce site was the sole computer manufacturer and marketer to place in the top 10 of the seventh annual Mystery Sho...

The would-be bidding war for MCI Communications took several dramatic turns in the last 24 hours. Qwest formally introduced a revised offer promising investors faster payouts, MCI posted earnings results that showed continued financial struggles at the long-distance company and the company's CEO rei...

Customers frequently ask us, "What tools do I need for effective application performance management?" The right set of tools can be a catalyst to increase your staff's productivity and to reduce the time required for problem identification and resolution. The wrong tools can waste your time and mone...

Leading mobile phone maker Nokia said it expects China to surpass the United States as the largest market for wireless phones and mobile subscriptions within three years, just the latest evidence that the rise of the Chinese economy is tilting the worldwide balance of power. As it marked its 20th an...

In a move that underscores the rise of the smartphone and the shrinking relevance of the personal digital assistant (PDA), Sony has said it will stop making its Clie line of portable organizers for sale in Japan later this year, a move that will mark the end of the electronics maker's five-year run ...

CNET Networks plans to announce a partnership between its Download.com property and e-commerce solutions provider Protexis in the coming days that will launch Upload.com Merchant services, a self-trial product promotion and e-commerce solution for software publishers. Upload.com will complement Down...