Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will lower prices of its Socket-754 Sempron CPUs in early August, as it has already officially phased out its K7 line of processors this quarter, according to KJ Chou, general manager of AMD Taiwan.

By Charles Chou and Jessie Shen, DigiTimes.com

However, AMD still intends to raise the ASP (average selling price) for its product lines and improve the company’s profits this quarter, said Chou.

Source: Japantoday.com

TOKYO — Nippon Television Network Corp. plans to start distributing its own TV programs over the Internet for a fee in October to become the first major private TV broadcaster to fully enter the market, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Tuesday.

Since Apple Computer loosed Tiger, more formally known as Mac OS X 10.4, the operating system has had numerous reports of problems, mainly with networking bugs.

By Elizabeth Millard, eWEEK

As more individuals and companies install Tiger and tinker with its features, will more issues put some rot in Apple's reputation in the marketplace? Will enterprises that seemed Mac-bound suddenly put a halt to those plans?

A government agency that protects the Critical National Infrastructure has published details of a flaw in network vendors' equipment

By Dan Ilett, ZDNet UK

Cisco, Juniper and IBM are suffering embarrassment today as a Home Office agency announced details of a software vulnerability that affects the vendors' products.

Online auction company E-bay has launched online classifieds websites in select international markets.

By John Tilak, DMeurope.com

Launched on 28 February under the brand Kijiji, the Web sites enables people living and working in the same city to meet, share ideas, trade goods and find information or things they want locally. ]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/18856/1/E-bay-launches-classifieds-websites/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/18069/1/Firms-seek-to-reassure-e-shoppers-over-security/Page1.html Firms seek to reassure e-shoppers over security

With ID theft and phishing attacks on the rise, a panel of experts talks about what their companies are doing to batten the hatches.

By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

SAN FRANCISCO--Addressing a rise in identity theft and phishing attacks, a panel of security experts discussed on Friday the steps their companies are taking to bolster consumer confidence in online commerce and prepare for the challenges that lie ahead.

Customers use searches more, show confidence in on-time shipments

By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service

Vendors and researchers have detected various new trends at play in online retail shopping this holiday season, such as shoppers' increased use of search engines and comparison shopping services to make better informed buying decisions. Not all trends are encouraging, however, such as a disconcertingly high percentage of shoppers willing to buy from spammers.

Source: Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. consumer Web spending rose 30 percent on the Monday after Thanksgiving, which is traditionally seen as the start of the online holiday shopping season, comScore Networks said on Wednesday.

The Friday after Thanksgiving is a big day for retail stores, as consumers start their Christmas shopping in earnest.

E-commerce is looking healthy in the UK although the exact figures are in dispute.

Source: BBC News Online

Online buying habits have changed dramatically in the last five years, a survey has found.

Of 2,000 web-using Britons interviewed a whopping 94% had bought something online, the survey found. This compares to just 37% five years ago.

Microsoft Business Solutions, together with its partners and distributors, is responding to small retailers with a complete POS offering that includes four industry-specific hardware and software packages available at a low total cost of ownership

Source: Smallbiztechnology.com

Microsoft Business Solutions today announced the availability of retail vertical bundles of software and hardware designed for small and medium-sized retailers specializing in beer-wine-liquor, apparel, sporting goods, gifts and hobbies, and specialty retail. Not alone in this market, Intuit's Quickbooks Point of Sale is an ideal SMB tool for retailers also.