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Apple sues over leaks...Shop with Froogle...Verizon scraps data net |
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Sylvia Carr Senior Editor, AnchorDesk Friday, December 13, 2002 |
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With the San Francisco Macworld just a month away, Apple wants to make clear how it feels about insiders leaking info about its yet-to-be-announced products: It doesn't like leaks, and it'll sue to make sure they stop. On Wednesday, the company filed a civil lawsuit against a former Apple contractor named Jose Lopez, who Apple says stole the company's trade secrets by posting on the Web details about the redesigned Power Macs that were released in August. Seems Apple sees no other option for stopping this practice, which it believes not only hinders one of its great advantages--innovation--but also ruins the element of surprise it uses to generate buzz and build anticipation about its products.
Go to the full story by Joe Wilcox.
Popular Web search engine Google is expanding its reach into the online-shopping realm with a new service called Froogle. Officially still in beta, Froogle lets you search the Web for products by category or product name. Search results are provided using Google's spider technology, which scours merchant Web sites for relevant data. Like Google's main search page, Froogle sports a clean, simple user interface. As yet, it offers no central shopping card or wallet, like some other portal sites do. It's a good time to be delving into e-commerce, given that November online sales were up 22 percent from the same month last year. There's no charge to merchants that want to be included on Froogle, though stores can buy advertising linked to search terms, much like they can with Google's standard search.
Go to the full story by Margaret Kane.
Are wireless data services ever going to catch on in the U.S.? Few use the currently available services. Demand is so low, in fact, that Verizon Wireless has decided to scrap plans to build a next-generation data-only cellular network, which would have used Qualcomm's EV-DO technology and allowed for such complex tasks as videoconferencing. Instead Verizon will focus on its Express Network, a voice and data setup that allows for simpler functions, such as wireless messaging and photo-swapping. So far two other U.S. carriers have tested commercial EV-DO services: Washington-based Monet Mobile Networks and Pennsylvania-based Ubiquitel.
Go to the full story by Ben Charny.
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