74 news & feature articles results for "patty smith"

With this week's news that the pet supply e-tailer is going out of business, Amazon has seen the second of its more than a dozen e-commerce investments go belly up.

Posted by Troy Wolverton

The Web site that gained notoriety as a repository for dot-com death notices is changing its stripes, betting that Internet businesses may have a real future after all.

Posted by Paul Festa

Federal officials launch inquiries into some of the top names in online business, including Amazon.com, eBay, eToys and--just today--Internet advertising network DoubleClick.

Posted by Troy Wolverton and Greg Sandoval

Mobile phones and wireless gadgets were all over New Orleans this week, as CTIA Wireless 2005 came to town.

Posted by Edward Moyer

Microsoft and AOL Time Warner want control of the technology that will be the underpinning of billions of Web transactions, as well as access to a vast database of consumer data.

Posted by Evan Hansen

Although the FBI has vowed to track down those responsible for this week's cyber attacks, security experts say they will have a tough time.

Posted by Joe Wilcox and Corey Grice

The attempted defection of an Amazon executive sparks a legal squabble between the e-tailer and eBay--a case that portends larger battles for the e-commerce archrivals.

Posted by Rachel Konrad and Greg Sandoval

Teens make up the most computer-savvy generation in U.S. history, and they're also prodigious consumers. So why is this wired generation the least likely to buy online?

Posted by Rachel Konrad

Will high-tech chaos finally give birth to unions?

Posted by Troy Wolverton

Many U.S. senators pledged to abstain from using tracking tech on their sites, but at least 23 do anyway, CNET News.com finds.

Posted by CNET Staff