The Fantasy and Reality of 2004
...nstability. And while Western companies continue to focus on short-term profit, the long-term results are clearly to our disadvantage.
There is not a single technology that doesn't go to the People's Liberation Army for testing and reverse engineering. And while we continue to reward China for bad b......more...The Great Library of Amazonia
...umber before looking at pages in the archive, and they won't be able to view more than a few thousand pages per month, or more than 20 percent of any single book.
Manber has built a powerful, even mind-boggling tool, then added powerful constraints. The point is to help users find a book, says Manbe......more... Boston Beats Out NY for Macworld
... bankruptcy court? An appeals court sided with NextWave.
The lawyer representing the FCC said in a filing that NextWave did not provide services to a single customer over the past five years and that the government was justified in reclaiming the unused licenses.
The ruling, not expected for several......more... The Quest for E-Knowledge
...on, operating experience and strategic partnerships, XanEdu has already put its products within reach of millions of students.
It's unlikely that any single e-library will develop the user base needed to establish lasting competitive advantage over the next year, the report said. Although XanEdu is ......more... E-Books Go Back for the Future
...ll in M.J. Rose's notebook.
by M.J. Rose
2:00 a.m. Dec. 19, 2000 PDT
E-book publisher Rosettabooks will launch early next year -- but it won't have a single new title.
Instead, CEO Arthur Klebanoff, owner of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, is gambling on the tried-and-true backlist to lure reade......more... The Web: Where Gossip Is Keen
...Web gossip doesn't orbit around the Donald Trumps, Pamela Anderson Lees and Prince Williams of the universe. Instead, sites like Ford's, devoted to a single industry -- verticals, in industry parlance -- each dig dirt on local luminaries, often unknown outside of their subculture.
Verticals get real......more... E-Commerce, Japanese Style
...dit cards, and a persistent apprehension about transacting business online.
So Japan's Softbank, owner of the Ziff-Davis publishing group and Yahoo's single biggest shareholder, has come up with an idea to exploit growing interest in the Internet without rocking the cultural boat.
But is the new ven......more... Online Textbook Shops Get A+
...ingly fragmented
market, Kuhn says.
Still, the two companies differ when it comes to their business plans. VarsityBooks.com doesn't aim to sell every single textbook published. Instead, it works with hundreds of colleges and universities to offer all their undergraduate course-books lists, about 400......more... Back-to-School Bargains
...a frustratingly fragmented market.
Still, the two companies differ when it comes to their business plans.
VarsityBooks.com does not aim to sell every single textbook ever published. Instead, it partners with hundreds of colleges and universities to publish all their undergraduate course books lists,......more... |