When you start a new relationship, you never know when its going to hit the rocks. Amazon and Toys R US were once the dream team. Now look at what's happening. InformationWeek > E-Commerce > Why Amazon Is Suing Toys 'R' Us > June 29, 2004

Is Big Brother here? Check out the new wireless capabilities of the police. There has been concern from day 1 about the possibilities of wireless to track people. The technology is in existence and easy to implement. Just a matter of time. Globetechnology

Here is an interesting article about the message filters of Google’s new Gmail system, which adds targeted advertising messages to incoming e-mails. Apparently, the system still needs some fine-tuning. The New York Times > Technology > Advertising: The Internet Ad You Are About to See Has Already Read Your E-Mail (Free registration required)

Timothy Berners-Lee, the generally acknowledged inventor of the Internet, has received the Millenium Technology Prize of approx 1.7 Million Dollars. This is the first real financial payback he has received from his accomplishment, arguably the greatest single invention of the 20th Century.He had declined to capitalize on his invention commercially from the beginning.The Millennium Technology Prize

The established bricks-based music stores have been watching developments in the sales of music on the web with concern. Like some other types of business in the past, they run the risk that they might be disintermediated by the use of the internet. They've considered going to the internet themselves, but the latest is that they are pulling back and re-thinking. Eventually, they'll have to come up with a new business model and/or strategy. Globetechnology

Microsoft apparently considered the acquisition of Germany’s SAP. Telegraph | Money | Gates flirted with buying German software maker

Micropayments are making a (wireless) comeback. Qualcomm brews tiny transactions | CNET News.com

Those camera phones are not just toys. They could be killer apps! The camera phone's killer app

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