posted 11-10-2000 05:13 PM         

The quest to predict the Next Big Thing is an ongoing battle. Red Herring's staff looks into their crystal ball and try to guess what the top ten trends of 2001 will be. They also give you a chance to look back at the magazine's picks for 2000 and see how they fared. (source: Red Herring) http://redherring.com/mag/issue86/mag-computing-86.html

In Brief:

posted 11-07-2000 06:06 PM         

Over the past few decades, big brand companies overpowered the retail landscape so thoroughly that any Mom-and-Pop stores that survived were left to eke out profits based on their quaintness. Today, as the Internet lurches toward a sort of middle age, electronic commerce is facing a similar fate. (source: e-commerce times) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/001107-1.shtml

Some of the nation's largest information services want a federal judge to overturn new privacy regulations that they say could disrupt the growing market for people's names, addresses, Social Security numbers and other personal information. (source: The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27373-2000Nov6.html

posted 11-06-2000 03:27 PM         

In this online burial ground, UpsideToday pays homage to the spate of recently departed Internet companies -- and those who which will soon be joining them. (source: Upside) http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/graveyard/index

Moveo.com lets anyone create a portal, for free. It's like building a Yahoo! from the ground up, says founder Emile Hoffman. But Yahoo! Inc. isn't exactly quaking in its boots. And AltaVista Co. has enough problems already to even notice. (source: ZDNet) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2649641,00.html

Some of the e-tailing stocks that investors could not snap up fast enough a few months ago are now trading at such low levels that company officials are scrambling to avoid being tossed out of the Nasdaq stock market for failing to meet minimum listing requirements. To a new company, delisting is the market equivalent of sinking into a black hole. (source: NewsFactor) http://www.newsfactor.com/news/articles2000/001103-sm2.shtml

The claim by General Electric chairman Jack Welch that dot-coms have "nothing" seems a bit like he's baiting e-commerce companies to take their best shot at his empire. Clearly, he isn't the least bit intimidated. And for good reason. (source: Ecommerce Times) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/viewpoint2000/view-001103-1.shtml

Technology Bears bears may have finally found something to smile about in the Internet sector with Downside.com. The new web site's goal is to remind persuade people that the market is experiencing a financial bubble, and that financial bubbles always burst. The site monitors the cash flows of failing dot-coms through its ominously titled "DeathWatch." http://www.downside.com/

Clever marketers have conjured up lots of ways to entice you to shop. They'll give you miles, rebates, sales, and more. But how about a mutual fund? That's what SaveDaily.com is serving up. The site offers cash rebates when you buy online and places the savings into a mutual fund, letting you build your nest egg one purchase at a time. (source: eCompany) http://www.ecompany.com/articles/web/0,1653,8819,00.html

posted 11-02-2000 06:59 PM         

In brief:

posted 10-31-2000 06:20 PM         

Entertainment giant Bertelsmann AG and Napster said on Tuesday they formed an alliance to develop a new secure file-sharing music service. Despite the agreement, BMG will not drop its suit against the file-sharing service until 'they actually implement a legitimate business model.' Napster also faces suits from the four major record labels. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/10/31/bizbuzz/napster/

When the Internet went commercial, big companies turned around to find their corporate identities held hostage online. Now ICANN is trying to turn the tables with a strategy that holds implications for all kinds of dot-coms, even those with legitimate domain names. (source: eCompany Now) http://www.ecompany.com/articles/web/0,1653,8793,00.html

posted 10-30-2000 06:06 PM         

Magazine publisher Primedia will buy About.com in a stock deal currently valued at $690 million. Primedia will exchange 2.3409 shares of its stock for each share of About.com stock. (source: MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/archive/20001030/news/current/prm.htx

IBM announced today several new products and services designed to make it easier for businesses to offer e-commerce through wireless devices, including e-commerce software that can connect wireless devices to servers, new high-powered servers, and m-commerce hosting services. (source: Wireless NewsFactor) http://wireless.newsfactor.com/news/articles2000/001030-wls1.shtml

posted 10-30-2000 12:54 PM         

Once considered gods of the new economy, venture capitalists heartily endorsed some of the most disastrous excesses of the dot-com era. They may not have learned their lesson--but we should. (source: Fortune) http://www.fortune.com/fortune/2000/10/30/vcs.html

The Disney Internet Group has refocused and this columnist believes that if anyone can make content work on the internet, it is media and marketing giant Disney. The real question, then, is can Disney make it work? (source: Red Herring) http://www.redherring.com/industries/2000/1024/ind-shoptalk102400.html

The dot-com party came to an ugly end, but everyone knows the internet revolution is far from over. So what must e-tailers do in the coming year to get back on track? (source: Mercury Center) http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/ebiz/

Teens are poised to jolt the Web in the coming years as their focus shifts from fulfilling entertainment needs to honing purchasing and investing skills, according to a study by Forrester Research. While peer-to-peer driven technologies such as Napster have energized today's Net savvy 16 to 22 year-olds, they will soon take to finance-oriented sites with equal zeal and less restraint than older users, the firm forecasts. (source: e-commerce times) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/001027-3.shtml

posted 10-23-2000 09:58 AM         

Allegations of cybersquatting have been limited mostly to individuals that hoard domain-names of the names and/or trademarks of others, hoping the victims will pay for the rights. But now a major corporation is being sued for hoarding – and it's none other than the domain-registration giant, Network Solutions, Inc. (source: digitalMASS) http://digitalmass.boston.com/columns/internet/1018.html

Dot-coms soared. Dot-coms crashed. This columnist says that somewhere in between, we discovered how the Net really changes business. (source: Fortune) http://www.fortune.com/fortune/2000/10/30/dot.html

Ebay posted net income, excluding charges, of $19.1 million or 7 cents a diluted share, compared with $3 million, or 1 cent a diluted share, in the year-ago period. Analysts expected the company to earn 4 cents a share. Here's E-Commerce Times' analysis. (source:E-Commerce Times) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/001020-4.shtml

posted 10-19-2000 06:00 PM         

Six months after the much-ballyhooed announcement that Sony and Universal would offer a subscription-based online music service, nothing has launched. What happened? (source: Business2.0) http://www.business2.com/content/channels/ebusiness/2000/10/19/21382

Two former NSA staffers are betting their years of training in counterintelligence will give them an edge in the ever-growing Internet security business. VCs at eTrade and Softbank believe they're right. (source: Red Herring) http://www.redherring.com/vc/2000/1019/vc-spies101900.html