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Google stock soared today after the company posted quarterly earnings that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, with growth doubled over a year ago and revenue skyrocketing to US$1.03 billion from $512 million a year earlier The report said net income came in at $204.1 million, or 71 cents per share, in the fourth quarter that ended December 31.
A clear demand for mobile multimedia services is emerging, according to new consumer studies conducted for cell phone maker Nokia, and analysts said adoption of the services is set to take off in the coming years and will drive new form factors According to the studies by MORI, a UK-based market researcher, services like push-to-talk, also known as...
Ninety-one percent of American consumers will walk out of a store and shop elsewhere if they cannot find the particular gift they want, according to a recent Sun Microsystems survey on consumer shopping patterns Adults who shop online are equally unforgiving of online retailers that do not have the product they want when they want it: Only 4 percen...
As part of a shift toward more popular community features, America Online will stop providing direct access to Usenet newsgroups in February Usenet is a worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet or through online services. The Usenet contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups, that cover just about every ima...
A week after Cisco posted a notice on its Web site warning users that routers connected to its IP telephony gear could be vulnerable to denial of dervice (DoS) attacks, the company has issued a patch to solve a DoS vulnerability that could be exploited to crash a company's phone network Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software is vulnerab...
In a move to compete in the growing market for local search services, Amazon.com today launched "A9.com Yellow Pages," a new local business search directory complete with photos and user reviews. Analysts said if the concept takes off, it could expand the world of e-commerce Amazon's "Block View" technology aims to bring Yellow Pages to life by sho...
Internet service provider EarthLink and South Korean mobile communications company SK Telecom today announced a joint venture to market wireless voice and data services in the U.S The company will be called SK-EarthLink, and EarthLink founder and director Sky Dayton will serve its chief executive. The US$440 million, 50-50 joint venture will offer ...
Microsoft announced today that it will combat piracy of its flagship product by requiring Windows users to verify that their copy of the operating system is genuine in order to receive timely updates and security fixes. The new initiative, called Windows Genuine Advantage, will phase in beginning in February Microsoft believes the best way to fight...
As part of a search industry move toward multi-media, Google today launched a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs Google will let people search for text in closed-captioning of television shows on PBS, the NBA, Fox News and C-SPAN, among others. The news comes a day after Yahoo said it would make the video se...
If ignorance is bliss, then that would explain why so many Internet users are happy with the online search experience. A new survey by Pew Internet & American Life shows that while users are extremely satisfied with search engines, they are also strikingly unaware of which results are paid listings Analysts said search engines will be forced to mak...
Microsoft today said it will not appeal a European Union court order to immediately implement antitrust sanctions. The defeat forces the company to remove its Media Player and video software from its Windows platform in the 25-nation block and to give interoperability information to rivals Microsoft lost a bid to delay sanctions imposed by the Euro...
Amazon.com is giving Web developers free access to data and technology to help them build applications for the online retailer's customers and sellers on its six global Web sites, the company said today "This release is a direct response to feedback from our growing developer community," Andy Jassy, Amazon vice president of Web Services, said....
Overstock.com was preparing for its biggest sales day ever. It was just days before the notorious Black Friday, traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, and the discount online retailer was all set to break its previous year's sales record And then it happened -- its information technology infrastructure buckled under i...
Multi-channel retailers were leaders in e-commerce growth in the latest holiday season, but a new study reveals significant opportunity gaps remain for these merchants The first Evolution of the Multi-Channel Consumer (EMC2) study released yesterday was conducted by Inc., the e-tailing group, Fry and ComScore. It demonstrates the importance of deli...
Microsoft continues to lose browser market share to open-source competitors, according to market researcher WebSideStory. Firefox, Opera and Apple's Mac-only Safari are vying for second place in a space that Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates IE's market share dropped 1.5 percent to 90.3 percent between the beginning of December and mid-...
In a move to one-up rivals MSN and Yahoo in the online search wars, America Online today announced search innovations designed to let consumers find news, information, audio and video files, and products all in one place Several new partnerships are also part of AOL's plan to expand its capabilities and offer new opportunities for businesses and ad...
One day you are hot, the next you're not. Such is the music business. A day after the International Federation of Phonographic Industries released data demonstrating that the market for digital music is becoming mainstream, another international study reveals consumer dissatisfaction with the channel London-based market research firm Shelley Taylor...
In a brewing battle of online auctioneers, discount e-tailer Overstock.com is taking full advantage of eBay's new, higher pricing. Just days after eBay announced a 60 percent price increase that enraged its Store subscribers, Overstock has reduced its listing fees 52 percent Analysts said eBay could lose market share as a result of its recent prici...
The market for digital music downloads is becoming mainstream, according to a report issued today by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI), which showed paid downloads increasing more than tenfold in 2004 Analysts said the popularity of downloading music from the Internet has profitable implications for record companies lev...
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 issued to make it easier to transfer domains The h...
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