Could new ad-delivery technologies revitalize Web advertising? Net advertising on a road revisited | CNET News.com

Paypal is turning into a major payment system. It gets around a lot of the problems of other systems, including the use of credit cards, and has more of the characteristics of cash.Economist.com | Articles by Subject | Online payments

A new e-mail tracking tool raises concerns about privacy, with some. E-Commerce News: Security: Service Tracks When E-mail Is Read, How Long and Where: "DidTheyReadIt.com, which will launch Monday, allows anyone to secretly track e-mails they send. "

MIT Research links IT investment and Business Process Change to Corporate Productivity. Measuring IT's impact on productivity - Computerworld

Sarbanes-Oxley will most likely boost IT spending. Can Sarbanes-Oxley rekindle IT spending? | CNET News.com

Want to know Google’s latest corporate musings? Take a look at the Google Blog.

A new study by Accenture says that while governments have touted e-government, there hasn't been the take-up by citizens that was hoped for. Also, Canada is again ranked as the world leader in e-government. 2004 News Releases

Here's a new Weblog of Ed Gottsman, senior researcher with Accenture. Interesting leading edge stuff.Miss Manners Uber Alles

VoIP is heating up competition in the Canadian telecommunications industry. Canada's phone giants face Internet threat | CNET News.com

RFID - an important tool for e-business systems integration. InformationWeek > Bob Evans > Business Technology: Fighting For Survival, Or Global Opportunity? > May 3, 2004

Here's a good set of articles on Spyware. Spyware Sneaks Into the Office - Computerworld

The IT doesn't Matter controversy goes on. Here are some videos on the subject. [video] Nicholas Carr: IT still doesn't matter | CNET News.com

Here's an interesting article on standards, specifications and agreements. Focus is on XML and ebXML (a competitor of XBRL) You call that a standard? | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

Music sharing is still illegal in the US, and likely to be so in Canada in the longer term. CNN.com - Music industry sues 477 more computer users - Apr 28, 2004

Accenture has released a report on the relationship between innovation and the adoption of technology. The Innovator�s Advantage: Using Innovation and Technology to Improve Business Performance

In a new report on E-Commerce, Denmark ranks first. CNN.com - Survey: Denmark leads e-commerce use - Apr 20, 2004

This site has a number of White papers on various aspects of Webservices. You need to register (free) to get in.WebServices.Org - The Web Services Industry Portal -

Targeting Web advertising to local needs of web users will increase advertising. Will it also increase aggravation? Google to target Web surfers by city | CNET News.com

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants publishes a regular newsletter called E-Comment, which focuses on e-business issues of concern to financial managers. The current issue is an update on XBRL and makes the point that XBRL can be useful in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. About E-Comment Newsletter

E-schmoozing? Economist.com | Articles by Subject | Business networking