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With just seven months on the market, Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) has already gained significant market share, stealing the fire from rival browser Netscape, which recently suffered a marked drop in users, according to a report released Wednesday by Internet researcher WebSideStory Inc.

Is free Internet content dead? That debate is over, according to New York Times digital chief executive officer (CEO) Martin Nisenholtz, who urged attendees of Jupiter Media Metrix Inc.'s Media Forum in New York Monday to follow his company's success in moving users from free content to fee content.

A day after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it shut down an operation that used deceptive e-mails to sell bogus domain names, a representative for the agency said Tuesday that while the FTC will not disclose specific plans, it intends to "vigorously and aggressively" go after deceptive spam.

Palm Inc. trotted out its spring lineup Monday, introducing the new m130 entry-level handheld and the premium m515 model, as well as touting its Palm Bluetooth SDIO (Secure

EBay Inc. is scooping up Taiwanese auction site operator NeoCom Technology Co. Ltd. in a bid to establish its presence in Taiwan's robust e-commerce market, eBay said Tuesday.

Chinese technology firm Great Wall Technology Ltd. will begin manufacturing IBM Corp.'s new hard disk drives for the global market, and will also market them under its own brand name in a deal expected to heighten Big Blue's presence in China, the companies said Thursday.

When Sprint Corp. rolls out its third-generation (3G) network later this year, business users will be able to send their wireless digital images across the network, along with accompanying voice and text data, the company said Wednesday.

America Online Latin America Inc. has upgraded its wireless e-mail service for mobile phone users in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, the company said Thursday. The service, based on WAP (wireless access protocol), offers a handful of new features, including access to address books and mail search and sort capabilities.