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Internet banking and stock trading was all the rage during the late 1990s. Now, two emerging areas of e-finance -- peer-to-peer lending and microfinance -- are disrupting the status quo even further and moving their markets into a new stage of development ...

Of the Web's many attractions, the potential to tap into a global marketplace, has perhaps been first and foremost for businesses. If you are a manufacturer, distributor or merchant, designing and launching a Web site is but one piece of putting together and solving the e-commerce puzzle, however. Before you start taking orders, you'd best be sure that you can deliver -- literally...

While they are instrumental in disseminating information and raising environmental consciousness, our dependence on digital electronics is also putting ever greater strains on us and our environment ...

Organizations continue to innovate, develop and distribute applications in-house, taking a cautious approach to the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) and associated service-oriented architecture (SOA) ...

Major IT companies are fashioning themselves into leading worldwide proponents of clean technology as they put into use a growing battery of tools that can reduce organizations' carbon footprint -- while at the same time increasing the power, efficiency and flexibility of IT systems' architecture ...

Leading IT companies are crafting ambitious green technology programs and enacting them throughout their own transnational organizations and along their supply chains, as well as promoting them to customers, as Part 1 of this series discusses ...

There's a lot to "green" in the global IT industry. A growing number of leading IT companies active in business lines spanning the entire industry value chain -- from chip fabrication and equipment manufacturing to retailing consumer electronics -- are now putting themselves at the forefront of the green tech wave ...

An investigation into the latest version of "gpicode.ai" -- a Trojan horse carrier of malware that encrypts recipients' data -- put security researchers on to a trail of clues that provides new insights into the ongoing evolution of spam-driven malware and its use by botnet operators based in Russia ...

Though opinions are mixed, industry experts and economists expect a reasonably good holiday retail sales season this year despite an economy struggling with higher oil and import prices, decreasing home values and the after-effects of mortgage market problems. Online holiday sales, in particular, should do pretty well, though the outlook is more clouded for sales of high-end consumer electronics products, as Part 1 of this series discusses...

Who would have thought that it would be so easy to get PC and network users to install viruses, worms, application-downloading Trojan horses and other forms of malware on their PCs? ...

The holiday shopping season is upon us. Import prices are up as the U.S. dollar continues its descent, oil prices are hitting record highs, and the American economy is still struggling to absorb shocks from mortgage market problems, falling home values and tighter credit conditions ...

Web portal Lycos released its eighth annual list of the Top 50 most popular holiday season toys and games, and already a few online sales trends are becoming apparent in the realm of consumer electronics ...

Spam network operators, otherwise known as "botnet herders," are becoming increasingly proficient at evading detection and harnessing the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) computing, much to the consternation of spam detection, prevention and IT security specialists, as Part 1 of this series discusses ...

It's not a comforting thought, but while you're sleeping peacefully, your PC may be hard at work acting as a spam server or peer-to-peer node, providing processing power to a malware network engaging in any of a variety of criminal activities online ...

Research into encryption technology is on the rise at universities and colleges, spurred on by technological advances, pressing security needs, and new legislation and regulations, asPart 1 of this series notes ...

Technological advances are making adoption of network and data encryption more practical than ever, spurring its use in enterprises. Sixty-six percent of respondents to aPonemon Institute survey said they were hatching strategic plans to meet their organizations' encryption needs, and 16 percent of them already had enterprise-wide encryption strategies in place...

There is a wealth of options out there for startup online retailers looking to craft and manage all-important marketing campaigns and programs, as Part 1 of this series notes ...

Designing effective marketing campaigns and finding the right marketing mix are primary concerns for any online retailer. They are especially important for startups and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) competing with larger and better established e-tailers, as well as the rapidly growing number of their SMB peers ...

There's a wealth of opportunities available for aspiring and small to medium-sized business (SMB) e-tailers looking for shopping cart technology, as Part 1 of this series points out ...

For those aspiring or already doing business as an e-tail merchant, there is no shortage of e-commerce software developers with shopping cart technology for start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The real difficulty may lie in choosing among them and then putting it to productive use ...