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Report: Net Ad Spending Surging

Americans are driving online advertising to new heights as a result of their increasing "per-person daily media use," primarily on the Internet, according to investment banking firm Veronis Suhler ...

Notes from the First ‘Internet Age’ Political Convention

The Republican Convention 2000 in Philadelphia was supposed to be the first political convention held wholly in the Internet Age, the first to be subject to the scrutiny of 24-hour Web cams and digital wrist cameras, the first to become instant fodder for chat room debates. It was supposed to be thrilling, injecting new hunt into an old dog ...

FCC: High-Speed Internet Taking Hold in U.S.

High-speed Internet access for Americans jumped dramatically last year, according a government report released Thursday ...

E-Commerce Rewards the Fearless

There is a perception in some quarters, generated and fed by the jittery souls among us, that e-commerce is in its death throes, or at the very least, is not what it was cracked up to be ...

Study: PCs Not Closing Digital Divide

Although a sharp rise in ownership of personal computers (PCs) worldwide is translating into widespread Internet usage, the digital divide is not closing at the same rate, according to a new study from Roper Research ...

Report: Consumers Reject Free ISPs

Although more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are venturing into the free service market, a new study by International Data Corp. adds further evidence to the belief that the free services may not yet be worth the cost to consumers ...

Napster Morally Right, But Legally Wrong

Try as I might, I can't work up much sympathy for Metallica, the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), any or all of the major recording studios, or anyone remotely connected to the music industry in its suit against Napster, Inc ...

Report: Americans Apathetic About Wireless

New data from Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) shows that while the U.S. market for wireless has the potential to reach the heights that other areas of the world are enjoying, most Americans remain uninterested ...

Should the Net Recognize National Boundaries?

The effort by the French government to keep its citizens from viewing Nazi-related material on a U.S. online auction site is intriguing for several reasons, but mainly because of the sensitive questions of national character and consciousness that the controversy raises ...

Study: Internet 500 Times Larger than Believed

The size of the Internet is much more immense than previously believed, and the Web is expanding so fast that even the best search engines can only scratch the surface, according to a new study ...

French Court Delays Yahoo! Sanctions

The judge who in May ordered Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) to block French access to auctions of Nazi memorabilia being sold through its U.S. auction site granted the Santa Clara, California-based Web giant a three week reprieve on Monday ...

Paying Lip Service to the Digital Divide

One of the immutable laws of life, love and electronic commerce is that the haves will seldom give to the have-nots, unless forced to at gunpoint or knife-point -- or coaxed from the far side of a tax loophole. That is why I am constantly amazed by the bewilderment expressed by leaders of underdeveloped countries at the conclusion of an international financial summit...

G8 Announces Digital Divide Task Force

Under increasing fire from critics, the Group of Eight nations said it will appoint a special task force to make recommendations on how to help poor nations bridge the growing global divide in Information Technology (IT) ...

U.S. Seeks Workplace E-Snooping Limits

Members of the U.S. Congress are attempting to make it illegal for employers to electronically snoop on their employees without first telling them about it ...

When Microsoft Becomes ‘The Real Thing’

We are on the edge of a new epoch. The moment that will usher in this brave new world will not be as dramatic as, say, dinosaurs disappearing in a great, cataclysmic convulsion as fireballs pelt the earth. It will be slightly more mundane: Microsoft will overtake Coke as the world's most valuable brand name. That's when we will know for sure the Internet has won the revolution...

Latest Microsoft Security Flaw Exposed

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is scrambling to keep users from being affected by the latest security flaw in its software, an opening that could allow malicious users to take over other computers ...

White House Seeks To Curb Net Spying

The White House and other U.S. government officials say they are working to give Internet users the same level of protection against "wiretapping" that they currently have when talking on the telephone ...

The Internet’s Information Deficit

Do you remember the incredible thrill you felt the first time you hooked up to the World Wide Web? Think back. Can you recall that feeling of -- for lack of a better word -- connection? That sense of being part of something so vast, so global, so post-modern? ...

Capitol Hill Mulls Ban on Net Gambling

Controversy continued to mount Thursday over the issue of Internet gambling, which appeared headed for a U.S. government ban earlier this week. A vote on a pending House of Representatives bill could come as early as next week ...

Microsoft Stirs New Dominance Fears

On the same day that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced a new strategy within the so-called "Wintel" duopoly, the software giant sparked new concerns about its domination of world markets and also faced a direct challenge to its operating systems dominance in Japan ...

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