10 Steps To Building a WebSite

Step 1: Decide on the Type of Web Site You Need
The type of Web site you need depends on the nature of your business and the goals you have for the site.
A brochure Web site is the easiest to build (www.earlsnyc.com is a good example). These sites combine the roles of brochure, yellow pages ad, [...]

Gadget buyers seen as assertive, even arrogant: study

Know someone who loves gadgets and can’t wait to buy the newest model? Chances are you would describe them as assertive and a strong leader — and possibly arrogant, according a U.S. research.An online study evaluating the characteristics of 25,000 American adults found avid technology consumers tended to score highly in personality traits such as [...]

EBay to let outside software work inside its site

EBay Inc on Monday unveiled plans to let outside software programs work inside the world’s largest e-commerce site, joining a trend toward openness that fueled the popularity of the social network website Facebook.At the online auction leader’s annual conference for software developers in Chicago, eBay is laying out Project Echo, a plan to give independent [...]

Yahoo says Microsoft no longer keen to merge

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Jerry Yang said on Wednesday a potential deal with Microsoft has tremendous power, but the software giant appears no longer interested in a full merger.In his most public comments to date about his thinking on the four-month-old, on-again, off-again Microsoft merger saga, Yang signaled his company remained open to a potential [...]

Yahoo CEO open to more Microsoft talks

Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang signaled a more open stance towards Microsoft Corp on Monday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended deal talks.Yang told Reuters in an interview that he had “mixed feelings” about the weekend outcome, after investors showed their disappointment over the break-up of negotiations by [...]

EU slaps record fine on Microsoft

The EU has fined Microsoft a record €899 million for antitrust violations, bringing the total fines imposed since 2004 to €1.68 billion. Microsoft has been penalised for failing to meet the European Commission’s requirements for the licensing of protocols that allow third party applications to connect to its own server products.
This fine should be the [...]