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The internet search market is dominated by Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Live Search. However, there are also a range of niche players that focus on areas such as travel and health. Those observations, according to Scott Prevost, General Manager of Powerset, a semantic-based search engine company headquartered in San Francisco.

For the second time since its acquisition of Siebel, Oracle is rolling out a major upgrade of the iconic on-premise suite. Version 8.1.1 has rehabbed many of its features -- as well as lavished a great deal of attention on the loyalty functions. The company is also introducing Oracle CRM Gadgets for Sales -- five mini-applications that provide enterprise data and service leveraging Web 2.0 content.

Virtual worlds provide not only a new universe in which brave explorers stake their claims, but also a new legal landscape in which the colonists are often at odds with the natives from the "old world." How do real-world laws apply? How do traditional concepts of intellectual property -- patents, copyrights, and trademarks -- apply in a virtual world?

Last month at BlogWorld Expo '08, I was interviewed by Abby Johnson of WebProNews.com on the importance of blog metrics. This was following my panel discussion on hiring professional...

This week we take a look at phpAuction XL Premium 4.0 features, bidCal — a free calendar alert tool for eBay and Auctiva's BuyShield widget. Plus, find out what items you should be stocking in your eBay or alternative Web storefront to cash in on Holiday 2008 sales.

It's the final piece of the Panama pie. Will profit follow? And how quickly?

How closely will competitors follow in this latest digital home pursuit?

While other consumer electronics makers are headed for a rough holiday season, two standouts in the industry are expected to rise above the rest -- Apple and Dell. A survey by ChangeWave concluded that the U.S. is on the brink of experiencing a "massive breakdown in consumer spending" just in time for the holiday season.

Just two days after regional consumer electronics chain Circuit City declared bankruptcy, Best Buy has slashed its earnings forecast for the upcoming holiday season and much of 2009. The retail giant forecast fiscal 2009 earnings of about $2.30 to $2.90 per share, down from a prior forecast of $3.25 to $3.40 per share.

Spending a couple million dollars doesn't guarantee commercial success.