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And the fact that Microsoft has vowed to make software security a central focus might only heighten the desire of attackers to bring Windows down, Dunham told the E-Commerce Times "Bragging rights is still a big motivator in the hacking community," said Dunham. "The goal is to...

Creating such an index from scratch could become an overwhelming undertaking. Keynote Systems has such an index for e-tailers. You can find the high-level data from it published here on the E-Commerce Times. This index provides ongoing visibility into the speed and reliability of major online retailer sites...

FTC spokesperson Claudia Bourne-Farrell told the E-Commerce Times that the summit is a response to its decision not to back a proposal to create a do-not-e-mail list similar to the national do-not-call registry aimed at stemming unwanted phone solicitation "The agency wants to...

"The subscription model for online music is where the money will be made and the companies that get there first have a better chance of being winners," Card told the E-Commerce Times In a recent interview with the E-Commerce Times, Musicmatch CEO Dennis Mudd said that company ...

Does the operation of a Web site mean that your company can be dragged into court in any jurisdiction? This is a question that has been the subject of numerous lawsuits in both the U.S. and other countries. Here are summaries of a few recent U.S. decisions that provide some guidance on this issue ...

"That's one of the main reasons for the big acquisition splash," Forrester analyst Paul Hamerman told the E-Commerce Times. "Oracle's argument is that it needs more reach to compete in the enterprise application area." Not So Bad...

"It's a path that other companies have had success with and it seems to be the way Microsoft sees itself evolving in the post-antitrust world," Franklin told the E-Commerce Times ...

Offshoring's toughest moments are often encountered while attempting to manage an IT outsourcing program at a facility that is unprepared for that particular type of work. As described below, chances of offshoring success are improved by matching the type of program with the lifecycle of the offshore IT facility ...

"Nokia's competitors have been more aggressive at rolling out new phones, new features," Wood told the E-Commerce Times He added that he expects planned product rollouts from Nokia to help it solidify its market position elsewhere, but said that most major wireless companies, ...

"The world is changing. It is not as safe as it used to be. People are not willing to travel for business like they were before," Kevin Bethke, CEO of Interactive Video Technologies, told the E-Commerce Times. IVT is a leading provider of communication software designed to enable the creation, management deployment and measurement of live and on-demand presentations...

"Pressing on by Oracle will be the business equivalent of invading Iraq," Denis Pombriant, managing principal of Beagle Research, told the E-Commerce Times Benefits of the Acquisition?...

"The program is a way to be more proactive in monitoring how contracts are being administered to ensure the agencies and the taxpayers are getting the best value possible," Johnson told the E-Commerce Times Competition for Government Contracts...

One of the areas that is increasingly becoming of concern to online retailers is a state's power to regulate e-commerce through enforcing that particular state's regulation of certain offline business activities. A recent case in point is Powers v. Harris, where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld the constitutionality of an Oklahoma statute regulating casket sales...

Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle suggested California might bear some of the responsibility for the problems as well. "The real problem here was the decision was rushed and based largely on the lowestprice," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "That combination often results in the highest actual cost."

Jim Carlson, president of the Institute, told the E-Commerce Times that it's difficult to predict what the practical implications of the solution of the Riemann hypothesis might be, just as no one imagined that random number theory would give rise to Internet security technologies...

"Intel has a balanced business model, both in terms of consumers and businesses and in terms of the global marketplace," Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds told the E-Commerce Times. "They are the leader in virtually every market, so if they are feeling pain, it's likely others are as well."

"It doesn't raise the stakes for competition," Card told the E-Commerce Times. Microsoft will need to distinguish itself because, unlike Apple's situation, where consumers have only one place to get songs for their iPods, those using Windows-compatible players have many choices available...

Is there copyright protection in compiled data published online? As with most things of a legal nature related to the Internet, it all depends on the factual context ...

EBay spokesperson Chris Donlay told the E-Commerce Times that taking the company private would "reduce the complexity" of running two public companies in different jurisdictions. He said the company would continue to be run under the Internet Auctions brand for the foreseeable future...

"Internet access overall has reached a plateau, but were still seeing high double-digit growth in broadband," Ryan told the E-Commerce Times. "We expect to see this trend continue." By the end of 2005, a strong majority of users will be accessing the Internet with a broadband connection, he added...