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MySpace has launched a new online display advertising tool for small businesses and individuals called "MyAds." The service is similar to the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based social network's ad platform for large businesses, HyperTargeting, which made its debut in November 2007. Like HyperTargeting, MyA...

Cisco Systems has announced plans to acquire Riverhead Networks, a privately held provider of technology that could help prevent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on corporate networks, for $39 million in cash. Riverhead's technology will enhance Cisco's suite of integrated security produ...

PeopleSoft has reported earnings that paint a mixed picture, with revenue up but net profit down as a result of charges related to its J.D. Edwards acquisition. Revenue in the fourth quarter increased to $685 million. However, fourth-quarter net income plunged 70 percent. Analysts noted that while t...

As e-commerce server providers go head-to-head, touting their wares as the latest and greatest, meaningful hardware comparisons sometimes get lost in the shuffle. But what makes the ultimate e-commerce server? The answer to that question must be based on the particular e-commerce venture and its ...

Now that the dot-com bubble has burst, sparking a recession that has spread through the U.S. economy, the boom era is facing its share of harsh criticism. But for all the failures that dot-coms brought to the business world, they also were responsible for some truly astounding technological innov...

In this economy, eBay's bid to pay $1.5 billion for PayPal might seem excessive, even for the likes of the auction giant. And while many analysts believe eBay will get its money's worth, others are not convinced. AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told the E-Commerce Times that he believes eBay ...

XML (extensible markup language), with its potential for helping companies find common ground on which to exchange and interpret data between disparate systems, has started to change the face of e-commerce. For example, for enterprises to get the most out of order-management applications, a key f...

In the few years since the Internet has become an important venue for commerce, communications and entertainment, cybercops have tried to impose a variety of rules, regulations and guidelines to protect the interests of consumers and businesses. Unfortunately, however, no mechanism yet exists to ...

Covisint, the business-to-business (B2B) automotive e-marketplace backed by the major car companies, is taking longer than expected to ramp up -- and experts agree that the delays could mean that Covisint will not be the driving force it had hoped to be. Covisint is moving "slower than they shoul...

Name-your-price Internet service Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Tuesday that it will make use of a large chunk of a $190 million (US$) purchase of its stock by two influential industry leaders to finance the expansion of WebHouse Club, the privately-held grocery and gasoline Internet service...