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Paid search listings have helped pull Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Web portal from the dot-com advertising mire, but America Online is still in search of a saviour.
Another tradition-bound industry is being swept up in the online exchange frenzy—this time it's the insurance business.
The same forces that took on file-swapping companies Napster and MP3.com are quietly setting their sights on what some regard as the next digital copyright battle: selling ring tones for mobile phones.
Hampered by high prices and disagreements over protocols, the much-hyped technology is now suffering a growing lack of support from industry leaders that could jeopardize its future.
The so-called smart phones that will flood North America in the next several months may be too smart for their own good.
BackWeb is banking that corporations will be receptive to revisiting push technology for B2B after retooling it to address the criticisms that had doused its popularity.
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