Using the Web to match buyers and sellers around the globe. eBay pioneered the online auction in 1995, and Amazon.com, Yahoo! and others quickly followed. Priceline added a variation by asking buyers to name the price they want to pay and see if a seller will match it. See eBay, Amazon.com, priceline.com, sniping software and bid shielding.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
Additional Resources
- GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo Finance
- While General Motors executives are on Capitol Hill begging for money the automaker is also taking its case to Yahoo Finance's news section. And you can't escape GM's pitch. Based on a few dozen reloads it appears GM has bought a nice rotation in...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?
- I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
- Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what's promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Photos: Magazine archives bring history to life
- A few of the more than 10 million photos from Life magazine's archives that Google is making available online. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-11-18
- Echosign prepares for tipping point of e-signatures
- Electronic signatures aren't new. In fact, they've been equivalent to written signatures since 2000, under the Federal E-Sign Act. But adoption has been slow. Sure, my tax accountant may be submitting my electronic signature on my tax returns but recently, when it came time to put my out-of-state home on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Maria Shriver touts new online learning tool
- CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with Maria Shriver to talk about "The California Legacy Trails," a new online learning tool for students of the state's history.
- Videos 2008-11-18
- Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide
- With hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people using Google Apps and Zoho, two of the main cloud office suites on the web, Microsoft once again sees an opportunity to slam it's iron fist onto the web in hope of crushing the same competitors as before. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Central Desktop launches Enterprise SaaS suite
- When it comes to online collaboration, Central Desktop has been serving small and medium-sized businesses for some time with the tools they need to manage versions of files, emails related to a project and calendaring tools designed to keep team members in sync. Now, as rocky economic...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Is there anything teachers or students need that Google Apps can't do?
- I'm giving serious thought to switching our school to Google Apps from our current ISP's email system this coming summer. Only teachers and staff have access to district email right now; the switch would provide students, teachers, and staff with school email accounts and access to the suite of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Microsoft's cloud is more about Notes migration and less about a new IT architecture
- Monday morning I went to Microsoft's launch of new online services. Previously they were only available for large companies now they are available to any size business in the US with a rest of world roll out in March 2009. I listened to customer case studies, about...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Expensive repairs for Large Hadron Collider
- So this Large Hadron Collider thing is a pretty sensitive piece of equipment. An electrical failure shut the great atom smasher down in September after only a few days on the job. It was supposed to be brought back online this month, but now, the BBC reports, the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Greening the data center
- Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
- News items 2008-11-17
- What does 'SharePoint in the cloud' really mean?
- Microsoft began shipping, starting November 17, the final version of its Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Microsoft-hosted services. Are these products full versions of Microsoft's enterprise software running in "in the cloud"? The short answer: No. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Zappos CEO: transparency helped employees during layoffs
- Just under two weeks ago Zappos.com, the online shoe retailer, very publicly laid off nearly 8 percent of its workforce. The truth is, the company didn't intend for everything to be so public. It just was, due to the social media darling's corporate culture of transparency. Is...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- New carbon monitoring resources available via the Web
- If one of your near-year-end resolutions is to build out the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions reporting for your company, there are a couple of new resources that have been released in the past week. First off, Sun Microsystems has updated the tools that are available on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Who will lead Obama-era FCC?
- Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Maxtor introduces Central Axis Business Edition 2TB network-attached-storage device
- Maxtor introduced the Central Axis as its flagship network-attached-storage NAS device a few months ago, and now it's trying to extend the brand to the small business segment with its Central Axis Business Edition, which will come packed with 2TB of storage and can automatically back up 20 computers on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Circuit City Black Friday ad finally leaks. More yawns.
- After Best Buy's Black Friday ad leaked online the other day, bargain hunters were waiting for someone at Circuit City to slip up and its ad to reach the Internet, which has finally happened. And as with other ads already unearthed, the deals aren't so hot considering the economy and—in...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal
- Despite being a class-A CrackBerry addict, Barack Obama will likely be forced to go cold turkey from email when he takes office, The Times' Jeff Zeleney reports. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official...
- Blog posts 2008-11-15
Neighboring Terms
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
- Intel Xeon 7400 highlights available now!
-
With key platform innovations built-in, the Intel Xeon processor 7400 series offers more headroom, reliability, and the highest expandability for large-scale server consolidation. See highlights from Summer IDF, SAP Tech-Ed, VMWorld, and more.
- Get blogs, videos and more from past tech events >>
Fusion
- There’s a new energy coming from the people of AMD. Its the power of Fusion.
- Learn about the power of fusion at work and the industry-changing impact of accelerated computing.
-
- View AMD video, case studies, blogs, forums, and more on ZDNet »
-
