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Amazon.com Wants Your Spare Change: All Of It
Pity the poor penny, the neglected nickel, the despondent dime and the queasy quarter. The times are changing and…
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U.S. Appeals Court Tosses Bar-Code Patent Case
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel this week issued a ruling in a long-running patent infringement lawsuit that threatened…
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With PayPal Backing, Will Micropayments Work This Time?
The concept of e-commerce micropayments—small Web purchases typically less than $2—is nothing new, but it has never gained widespread…
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The Fine Line Between Charity and Self-Promotion
The most altruistic gift is an anonymous contribution, in which a giver wants to help but does not want…
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Emcor CIO Upends ‘Traditional IT’ Goals
When Emcor Group CIO Joe Puglisi recently decided to upgrade his company’s version of Lotus Notes, he quietly “pre-deployed”…
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‘Fixed’ Isn’t Good Enough for Payment Protection
When credit card processing firm CardSystems announced Thursday that an independent auditor had declared its systems sound, one CardSystems…
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Yahoo Updates Its Small Biz E-Commerce Package
Yahoo Inc. has gone into beta on an enhanced version of its e-commerce hosting service, which is positioned for…
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The CIO Who Admitted Too Much
It has been said that CIOs at large companies today have limited direct power and—more than almost any other…
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People Who Don’t Need People, Are the Luckiest People at the Self-Checkout
Are consumers seeing self-checkout as the anti-customer-service initiative they feared? Not according to the latest industry study, which predicts…
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Rent-a-Center CIO Opts for All-Wireless Store Systems
With almost 3,000 stores in all 50 states, the Rent-A-Center retail chain needs to be able to expand quickly…