Report: Demand Continues To Grow For E-mail Archiving

Report: Demand Continues To Grow For E-mail Archiving

The worldwide e-mail archiving market this year is expected to reach $796 million by the end of 2006, and grow almost tenfold to $7.8 billion by 2010, according to recent estimates by messaging market research firm The Radicati Group Inc.

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PayPal To Offer Paying By Text Message

Online payment company PayPal said on Wednesday it was preparing to offer a service for consumers to make purchases or money transfers using simple text messaging via mobile phones.

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Hutchison moves 3G profit goalposts

Hutchison Whampoa has renewed the timetable for its global US$22 billion 3G investment to break even, saying the business will only edge closer to an operating profit by next year, one year later than its original target.

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-read full story from SCMP.com, March 24 2006


China Unicom seeks partners for CDMA services

China Unicom is seeking local or foreign partners to participate in its CDMA mobile service business, raising concerns the company may offload the loss-making operation in the future. Chairman Chang Xiaobing said yesterday that local or foreign firms could help to turn around the CDMA business.

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Company sued over selling e-mail addresses

New York's attorney general sued an Internet company on Thursday over the selling of e-mail addresses in what authorities say may be the biggest deliberate breach of Internet privacy ever. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused Gratis Internet of selling personal information obtained from millions of consumers despite a promise of confidentiality.

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Broadband Use, Online News Growing Together

The rapid growth of broadband adoption in U.S. homes has led to an increasing number of Americans turning to the Internet for news, a research firm says. On a typical day, 50 million American get their news from the Web, a study released this week by the Pew Internet And American Life Project showed. This number has risen along with the number of adults accessing the Web with high-speed connections.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 23 2006


"60 Minutes" in Web news tie-up with Yahoo

CBS Corp. will showcase segments of its "60 Minutes" television news magazine on the popular Internet portal Yahoo as the TV network seeks to rope in a wider audience for news programs, the companies said on Thursday. The tie-up will begin at the start of the 2006-2007 broadcast season in the third quarter, when "60 Minutes" will launch its 39th year on the air. The two companies will split Internet advertising revenue from the venture.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 23 2006


Largest U.S. Fine Ever Levied for Spam Violations

An Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 fine, the largest ever on spam-related charges, in a consent decree announced today by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Jumpstart Technologies, based in San Francisco, is permanently prohibited from unlawful practices related to the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act as part of the decree, entered in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 23 2006