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Sophos antivirus senior technology consultant Graham Cluley told the E-Commerce Times that phishing might even be more effective in instant messaging environments, where users make faster decisions about clicking on links or opening attachments and where messages almost always -- at least until recently -- come from trusted sources...

"The largest growth area is by small businesses. But the growth is in different areas," Mitchell told the E-Commerce Times Boosting the Bottom Line...

Jupiter Research analyst David Card told the E-Commerce Times that Apple has provided a huge boost to the music industry with the iPod and iTunes Music Store and that others, such as the revamped Napster, are helping to spread the reach of legitimate downloads More Challenges ...

Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li told the E-Commerce Times that having strong vertical search technology and tools will be one less reason for users to leave the Yahoo portal to conduct a search, even a highly technical or specific one "The goal is to keep users on the s...

And, with another rapid rise in Internet stock values widely seen as unlikely, dividends can be a way to enhance a stock's perceived value, University of Louisville professor of finance Russ Ray told the E-Commerce Times Big Plateau...

Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times that tech-oriented executives hoping to make a decent salary with strong benefits are increasingly attracted to more traditional software companies "As a company that is used to a more traditional s...

Though smartphone adoption is growing rapidly and is forecast to surpass standalone phone sales within a couple years, it still represents a small portion of the mobile phone marketplace, meaning that the marketplace has yet to distinguish the clear winners, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told the E-Commerce Times...

Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times that he doesn't expect the two sides to make peace anytime soon. The European Commission is seeking strong enforcement and Microsoft is seeking light enforcement, he said, and resolution may require another day in court...

"The goal of all the portals and search sites is now to build loyalty," Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li told the E-Commerce Times. "The more any user is bought into a single company's products, the less likely they are to jump to a competitor." More and More ...

"The networks are being built out, the devices will get better in time," Wood told the E-Commerce Times. "The more choices people have to get online from their mobile phones, the more likely they are to take advantage of that feature." Other mobile phone companies have pushed ...

"IM will have broad implications for the future of all communication from e-mail to phone calls," Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "In a few years, we'll likely wonder what we did without it." Increased use of IM could have other implicati...

Jupiter Research retail analyst Patti Freeman Evans told the E-Commerce Times that phishing is still a relatively small-scale threat today, but if online retailers don't take steps to stop it then it could become a huge problem for e-commerce "Offline retailers worked togethe...

Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li told the E-Commerce Times that the new strategy seems to have reinvigorated AOL and given it a chance to compete head-to-head against Yahoo and MSN "As the importance of search, and of merging search with commerce and community grows, AOL...

Stanford Group analyst Clay Moran told the E-Commerce Times that the price seems to be a bargain. It values Ask Jeeves at about 15 times current year's earnings, while other similar deals have priced close to 20 times Competitive Advantages...

"People are preoccupied with online risks. Our latest research findings are counter to what public opinion is," Javelin's founder and chief analyst, James Van Dyke, told the E-Commerce Times That research shows that identity theft occurs more often offline with paper records t...

"Being forced to reveal its code was probably the element of the initial ruling that Microsoft is most uncomfortable about," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times Even the stripped-down Windows requirement, once seen as a sore point for Microsoft, is large...

"Search is relatively new and novel enough that people probably aren't wed to any single way of doing it," Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li told the E-Commerce Times. "That leaves room for innovators to offer completely new approaches that might set the industry on its ear."

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Laszlo told the E-Commerce Times he doesn't think it's an exaggeration to say U.S. wireless carriers are scared to death of offering adult content. U.S. cell phone carriers are reluctant to do anything that may offend customers in an ultra-competitive wireless landscape...

"Google established a strong position in the minds of consumers," Keynote Systems director of research and public services Dr. Bonny Brown told the E-Commerce Times. "Given the open nature of the Web, other sites will undoubtedly begin to attract more users and improve user loyalty as they improve their services."

Illegal file-sharing through peer-to-peer networks continues to be a problem for copyright owners despite efforts by various industry groups and court rulings. However, recent developments might provide hope for copyright owners as zealous prosecution of users by the entertainment industry across the globe might be providing the proper deterrence ...