Stories by: Linda Rosencrance

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Tap the wisdom of employees -- and boost the bottom line 25 February, 2010 09:49:00

When it comes to solving pressing business problems, the conventional wisdom is that two heads are better than one. With the advent of collective-intelligence tools, enterprises are realizing that thousands of heads are even better still.
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Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeit ruling 12 August, 2008 10:09:14

Tiffany & Co. has appealed a US district court ruling that says eBay is not responsible for counterfeit goods sold on its Web site.
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E-commerce leaders move to fight deceptive online ads 06 August, 2008 08:38:23

E-commerce leaders have joined together to try to protect Internet users from deceptive online ads.
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What's in store at Yahoo's annual meeting 31 July, 2008 09:00:22

If you thought the days before Yahoo's annual meeting on Friday were going to be relatively uneventful, think again.
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Icahn, Yang make nice, but who wins? 22 July, 2008 08:35:01

Yahoo and Carl Icahn have apparently ended their public acrimony over the billionaire investor's proxy fight to replace the company's board of directors and its CEO Jerry Yang.
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Australian competitor, users take on eBay 21 July, 2008 09:31:27

EBay doesn't seem to be out of the woods just yet.
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Study: Google gets 70 per cent of all US searches in June 21 July, 2008 08:12:05

Seventy per cent of US searches in June were done on Google's search engine, according to Web measurement figures from market research company Hitwise.
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Report: New models of Amazon's Kindle coming 17 July, 2008 09:46:11

Amazon is set to release two new models of its popular e-book reader, the Kindle, according to the TechCrunch blog.
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Report: Time Warner in talks with Yahoo, MS for AOL deal 17 July, 2008 08:13:04

Time Warner is in separate talks with Microsoft and Yahoo to sell its AOL Internet division before Yahoo holds its annual shareholders meeting on August 1, according to a Reuters report.
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Privacy groups to Google: What took you so long? 08 July, 2008 08:10:28

Privacy groups are glad that Google has finally placed a link to its privacy policy on its home page, but they said it was something the search engine company was legally obligated to do anyway.
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Sold on eBay for $399k: One life 01 July, 2008 07:50:23

Australian resident Ian Usher, 44, sold everything he owned on eBay for a little more than US$382,000 in an online auction that ended Sunday.