Beth Cox

BroadVision Inc. widened its anticipated second-quarter loss to 17 to 20 cents a share on diminished revenues and said its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Randall Bolten, has resigned. Wall Street analysts on average had been expecting the provider of personalized e-commerce apps to report a loss a loss of 11 cents a […]

Attacks by the online bad guys — hackers, spies and e-terrorists — are helping to fuel a market for data and network encryption that could reach nearly half a billion dollars by 2007, according to a new industry report. The amount of classified information being transmitted via networks is rapidly increasing, and as e-terrorists attempt […]

If you want to fool around with online pictures, but don’t want to plunk down a couple of hundred bucks for a digital camera, Wal-Mart has a deal for you — a new disposable camera that includes Wal-Mart’s Pictures Online service as part of the price. And the price would appear to be within the […]

Q. Which came first, free shipping on two or more books from Amazon.com, or free shipping on two more books at Barnes & Noble.com? A. Does it really matter? One nice thing about online competition is that consumers benefit. That’s just what is happening in the e-commerce book store wars, where Barnes & Noble.com issued […]

Commerce One, saying it expects second quarter revenues to be less than expected, signed a deal with SAP AG in which the German firm will make an additional investment in Commerce One of up to $225 million. Pleasanton, Calif.-based Commerce One , citing “poor economic conditions,” said it now expects revenues of approximately $100 million […]

Former Internet postage company E-Stamp Corp., which is no longer even in the postage business, will pay mailing services giant Pitney Bowes Inc. an unspecified sum in damages to settle a patent infringement suit. Pitney Bowes, , a $4 billion company, sued both E-Stamp and Stamps.com in June of 1999, alleging infringement of a number […]

The urge to merge continues apace in the online music space as Yahoo! Inc. said it has agreed to acquire Launch Media Inc., which offers an array of music and music-related editorial content, in a $12 million cash deal. Yahoo!, moving to bolster its entertainment offerings, said it will acquire all of Launch’s outstanding shares […]

A variety of e-commerce companies and trade associations, including eBay and Orbitz, have teamed up to create a new lobbying group called NetChoice, aimed at “defending online businesses against efforts to stifle Internet-based competition with protectionist legislation or regulation.” The group formally launched in Washington, DC today with endorsements from Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and […]

Omaha, Neb.-based Ameritrade Holding Corp., its bottom line suffering from a rapid decline in online trading thanks to the bear market for tech stocks, today reorganized the company to serve two diverse client groups. The company established a private client unit to deal with individual customers, including its traditional online small investor, and an institutional […]

Microsoft Corp. and General Electric’s NBC launched a preview version of CNBC on MSN Money, a financial site that merges CNBC.com and MSN MoneyCentral. The move was first announced last April following NBC’s decision to shut down its online play, NBCi. Microsoft and NBC said the joint site offers new services letting consumers pay bills, […]

Yahoo! Inc. Tuesday integrated Webcam functionality into its Yahoo! Messenger service, allowing for virtual face-to-face communications over the Internet, whether typing or talking. The portal, which has been seeking ways to expand its revenue stream beyond online advertising, signed a marketing agreement with Logitech Inc., a maker of Webcams, to co-market Logitech’s QuickCam family of […]

Omaha, Neb.-based Ameritrade Holding Corp., its bottom line suffering from a rapid decline in online trading thanks to the bear market for tech stocks, is set to announce a restructuring on Wednesday, and some job cuts would appear likely. Apparently a widely reported attempt to be acquired by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has […]