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Microsoft: Web services have way to go
News Lucovsky didn't have an answer to those questions but guessed that the business model of Web services will not resemble that of many advertising-dependent dot-coms. For all the buzz around the new concept called Web services, it will remain just...
[April 11, 2002, 10:17]
Universities leading search research
News The business has not only bolstered the likes of Yahoo and Google with billion-dollar annual revenues to be spent in new areas but it's also revived hundreds of smaller dot-coms and inspired leagues of upstarts to venture into areas of specialty...
[August 16, 2005, 11:40]
'Short' sellers continue to thrive
News Struggling dot-coms aren't the only companies shorted by investors, however. Investors are continuing to bet that stocks will tumble, based on data released by the Nasdaq National Market. According to the Nasdaq, short-interest levels rose to 4,062...
[August 29, 2001, 8:10]
Compaq ignites Wildfire servers
News For dot-coms for instance, uptime is absolutely essential and this offers them an investment protection. Compaq will tomorrow unveil yet more details of its much-hyped new enterprise servers, codenamed Wildfire, as it builds up after a series of...
[April 5, 2000, 8:30]
IBM inches ahead of server rivals
News IBM is more diversified, whereas Sun was tied in to the dot-coms and the telcos. Despite a contraction in the overall industry, IBM significantly increased its share of the server market in the United States to become the top seller in the second...
[August 16, 2001, 9:09]
Universal trials free broadband video downloads
News Strickland expects that we'll start to see music giants like Universal entering into licencing agreements with dot-coms in around six months time. Music fans with broadband access are being targeted by Universal Music Group, which launched a new...
[August 30, 2000, 15:13]
Sex.com Web address battle returns to court
News Pornography has proven to be the most lucrative e-commerce venture on the Internet, one that has remained strong even during the past year of dying dot-coms and slowing economy. The dispute focuses on the marquee domain name, which plaintiff Gary...
[March 8, 2001, 11:35]
Do female execs produce better stock returns?
News In 1993, there were no dot-coms, and there wasn't the technology bull market. Newly public companies that have women in senior management enjoy higher initial public offering prices and higher earnings per share than companies that have all-male...
[December 1, 2000, 9:10]
Search payments cause a wave of concern for surfers
News Overture and Google are the leaders in this mode of marketing, licensing results to portals, Internet service providers and other dot-coms, which split the fees from clicks. The Federal Trade Commission remains concerned that consumers may not be...
[October 14, 2003, 15:15]
Amazon makes Web-ad patent bid
News Like many dot-coms, AdAuction and others went belly up. The e-commerce giant, which sells limited advertising space on its Web site, recently filed with the United States Patent and Trademark office for a patent that deals with Internet ads.
[March 25, 2003, 9:34]
The Day Ahead: AT&T has to deliver broadband promises
News The timing couldn't have been worse -- dot-coms were on the verge of a big shakeout. The move, which is good news to cable Internet access provider Excite@Home, isn't going to instill much confidence in AT&T.
[August 29, 2000, 12:20]
Software thrives while hardware dives
News It's not the dot-coms. A curious thing has happened during the high-tech industry's latest slump: some software companies are booming. While PC hardware companies suffer from their slowest growth quarter in history, companies that make business...
[January 23, 2001, 14:55]
Shutters come down on free photos for MSN
News A few years ago as many dot-coms went bust, some storage companies simply folded, meaning people who lost their files were out of luck. Attention MSN Photo users: you have two weeks to subscribe to MSN 8 or download your photos if you don't want to...
[May 7, 2003, 8:26]
Online storage could risk your files
News Among the fallen are numerous online storage companies that have gone belly-up or shut down consumer services, adding more victims to the pile: people whose files have evaporated like so much dot-com paper wealth.
[April 22, 2002, 14:02]
Broadband Britain promotes home-based entrepreneurs
News Commenting on the rise of teleworking, Tony Harris, president of Business Internet Services at BTopenworld, said: "the new business strategists are succeeding where their business dot-com predecessors failed because they are more realistic about...
[July 29, 2002, 15:42]
UK e-biz forecast: gloomy
News The drop, partly sparked by a 19 percent slide by e-commerce darling Amazon.com, could signal the next stage in the ongoing meltdown of dot-com companies, where even market leaders with established online businesses could have difficulty...
[June 26, 2000, 11:07]
Gates sees 'mini bubble'
News A "mini bubble" has emerged among Internet companies, but it is not likely to reach the level of the previous dot-com boom, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said. Gates' comments follow recent filings for public offerings by several dot-com companies...
[March 29, 2004, 8:20]
Group issues standards for bigger Web ads
News The new standards come as Web companies face mounting difficulties over weak online ad sales, pummelling stock prices and escalating dot-com failures. An online advertising trade group plans to unveil standards for bigger Web advertisements Monday...
[February 26, 2001, 8:17]
Calico's clientele + commerce focus = a hot IPO
News Dot-coms are almost passe when it comes to IPO performance. Calico Commerce, which makes e-commerce software for corporations, will offer 3.93 million shares this week with a price range of $12 to $14.
[September 27, 1999, 14:41]
Tesco.com is no e-basket case
News Dot-coms such as Webvan were once tipped to revolutionise shopping in America, but the company was forced to file for bankruptcy back in July. UK retailer Tesco has reinforced its position as one of the UK's e-commerce success stories after...
[September 18, 2001, 10:50]
