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eFiles: January 15, 2001
E-calls common within 5 yearsBy 2006, nearly one-quarter of all Internet users will regularly make VOIP phone calls from their PCs, according to a...
GE, Elcom Partner On Procurement
Elcom Inc. and GE Capital Financial Inc. have developed a credit card-like e-procurement product that enables companies to integrate the processing of large purchases...
eBay To Buy South Korea Auction Site
Online auctioneer eBay Inc. last week announced that it will acquire a majority stake in South Koreas largest auction Web site for about $120...
Sonys Un-PC
Like so many miniature Frankenstein monsters, Internet appliances in various permutations have swarmed into the market with promises of quick and simple access. But...
Engine Surfs Travel Sites For Consumers
As if the travel industrys margins werent thin enough, new technology from SideStep Inc. allows consumers to more precisely pinpoint the lowest airline fares,...
New devices to come with CE
At the recent consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. demonstrated computing devices based on embedded Windows CE, including new products from Hitachi...
Let Your Cell Phone Do The E-shopping
Although it remains to be seen whether PriceWaterhouseCoopers prediction that e-commerce sales would reach $10.2 billion in 2000—up nearly 100 percent from $5.2 billion...
Fast Facts Matrix: January 15, 2001
Throw Away Your BillfoldNow that Palm has replaced your paper organizer, it wants to zap away your wallet. Last week, the company showed off...
M-commerce Security A Moving Target
Its been a struggle, but after scrambling for months to head off what seems like every virus and denial-of-service threat under the sun, youve...
The Push Is On For Wireless Security
Although wireless protocols such as wap may not be as secure as most IT managers would like, vendors are rapidly closing holes. But how...