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Apple says trade secrets posted online
News The suit does not name the sites where the images were allegedly posted, but several Apple rumour sites regularly trade in publishing information Apple considers confidential. The suit says also that Apple believes the person responsible has...
[August 3, 2000, 9:08]
Trade meeting could spark online riots
News Security experts and demonstrators claim that on 30 November political demonstrators may launch an unprecedented Internet attack on world financial institutions in conjunction with the meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Seattle.
[October 11, 1999, 17:17]
Forrester: Online business to explode
News Forrester said it expected online business trade to surpass 9 percent of total U.S.business sales by 2003. Online business trade will find its way into all U.S.business supply chains over the next five years, although not all industries will adopt...
[December 18, 1998, 16:39]
File-swappers fear prosecution
News The record industry's plan to sue individuals who trade songs online has caused a precipitous drop in the use of file-swapping applications, according to one Internet ratings service. On 25 June, the Recording Industry Association of America...
[July 15, 2003, 9:05]
It's war: The Web under attack!
News Online brokerages E*Trade and Datek, as well as tech news site ZDNet, on Wednesday joined eBay, Buy.com, Amazon.com, CNN.com and Yahoo! On Wednesday morning, online brokerage E*Trade told CNBC that it was the subject of an attack, but only a small...
[February 9, 2000, 8:30]
The Day Ahead: Web brokers' profits can't buy Wall Street's love
News Online brokers such as E*Trade, Ameritrade, DLJdirect and Charles Schwab all creamed Wall Street estimates and delivered stellar quarterly results. Many investors were borrowing from online brokers -- at very lucrative rates -- to trade.
[May 2, 2000, 11:42]
Online ad group names permanent chief
News Greg Stuart, hired as interim chief of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, will stay on permanently, with plans to turn the organisation into a full-fledged -- and profitable -- trade group. He intends to introduce IAB-hosted industry conferences...
[April 23, 2002, 11:18]
Critics snapping at Gator's heels
News An influential advertising trade group is publicly criticising software company Gator for tampering with the already troubled online ad market. The IAB, which represents the $8bn online ad business, is also considering pressing the issue with the...
[August 28, 2001, 14:15]
A Year Ago: FTC will back online privacy groups
News The Federal Trade Commission said it plans to fast-track online privacy complaints that are referred to it by organizations such as TRUSTe. Other panelists, including former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney, urged companies to post clear...
[October 9, 2000, 7:02]
FTC will back online privacy groups
News The Federal Trade Commission said it plans to fast-track online privacy complaints that are referred to it by organizations such as TRUSTe. Other panelists, including former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney, urged companies to post clear...
[October 8, 1999, 9:32]
UK retailers facing e-commerce divide
News A Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) study published on Monday has found that while some of Britain's largest retailers are world leaders at e-commerce, a majority of smaller commercial firms are failing to use e-commerce methods at all.
[July 29, 2002, 10:36]
Hollywood, software firms aim at pirates
News Two major trade groups on Thursday filed a slew of civil lawsuits against people they claim were selling pirated copies of films and software via online auction sites. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hollywood's chief trade...
[February 28, 2003, 7:56]
Google faces $1bn damages in trade-secret lawsuit
News LimitNone, a small software-development company, is seeking nearly $1bn (£508m) in damages in a lawsuit that accuses Google of reneging on a partnership with the company and misappropriating its trade secrets for the Google Apps online service.
[June 25, 2008, 9:30]
RIAA site comes under second attack
News By midday Wednesday, the trade group's site was unreachable. However, the organisation has stepped up its activities in recent weeks, asking Verizon Communications for personal information about a subscriber who the trade group alleges has been...
[August 29, 2002, 7:31]
Are Web broker stocks ready to run?
News When it's cold, folks stay indoors and are more likely to trade. He trimmed loss estimates for E-Trade, Ameritrade and DLJDirect. Web brokers win as long as folks trade. Web brokers are expected to post upside surprises when E-Trade, Ameritrade and...
[January 6, 2000, 13:10]
Government Websites under fire
News In the week the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Patricia Hewitt promised to increase the number of people accessing government services online, a study has slammed the current condition of many government Websites -- with Hewitt's own...
[November 22, 2002, 15:13]
E-commerce to count in inflation statistics
News The government is considering including online shopping in the retail prices index (RPI) proving how seriously it takes the impact of e-trade on the economy. Quah believes e-commerce will improve the efficiency of trade with more personalised and...
[October 12, 1999, 14:35]
Hackers split over vigilante strikes
News Groups of online vandals and hackers are split over how to respond to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with some Internet vigilantes calling for an assault on perceived terrorist sites and others pleading...
[September 17, 2001, 9:32]
Freeserve's trading bet could be risky
News It is dangerous for [non-professional] consumers to have the possibility to trade online. Dixons' recently-floated free ISP has formed a partnership with GlobalNet Financial.com, First Marathon and Mesirow Financial to offer Freeserve customers the...
[August 17, 1999, 15:45]
Report: E-commerce to hit £1.67tr by 2004
News These new commerce strategies will capture 53 percent of all online business trade by 2004, the research firm believes. But the rampant growth of online trade through these one-to-one business connections will taper off after 2001, as firms more...
[February 10, 2000, 13:24]
