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I still have yet to hear a good reason why people need to go to an online travel agent when they could go right to the source. This will definitely be a big change this year.

I think people are really looking forward to the time when broadband will provide a much better experience. As the bandwidth gets to the point where people can play real 3D games online with other people, there may be additional revenue opportunities from subscriptions and pay-per-use.

I think checks have declined because of electronic payment alternatives, primarily online bill pay.

I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.

I think for marketplace businesses, and when you think about online dating, it's not a social network. It's not a place where you go to talk to people you already know; it's a place you go to interact with someone you've never met before.

I think it will (lead to greater participation). The component that will make that happen will be the ability to enroll in the plan online and make changes in enrollment status.

It is crucial that businesses and consumers apply the same prudence when making online transactions as they have when they make traditional commercial transactions.

It is disingenuous to oppose Internet gambling and then write a bill that makes select forms of online gambling legal.

Manufacturers are beginning to recognize the fact that toll-free telephone support is extremely expensive. The trend in the industry is to get away from expensive telephone support and make investments in online support.

Melissa Biggs Bradley spent a decade as Travel Editor of 'Town & Country,' and later served as the founding editor of 'Town & Country Travel.' She then launched Indagare Souk, an online marketplace of global treasures.

Most of the productivity online is coming from SMB owners using information technology through which they're gaining utilities that previously would have taken generations to capitalize on.

We now see more and more of these Old Economy-New Economy hybrids cutting their online staffs, ... Companies that were hoping, if not expecting to eventually shift the lion's share of their business to the Internet may be forced to consider entirely new strategies for both short term and long term.

Shopping online is fantastic for comparison shopping, because never before have you had the ability to see all the prices offered from everybody at one time.

The 2006 year opened on a strong note, with solid growth of 33 percent in online non-travel sales versus the same period in 2005. It's clear based on what we're seeing so far in 2006 that the strength in online sales will not wane anytime soon.

The advertising market is obviously far stronger than a few years ago, and Glam is going after a lot of luxury brands that hadn't yet come online then and who still might be hesitant about it, and offering them a very controlled environment to test the waters,

The advent of the Internet has allowed people like myself to take an active role. The online broker and decreasing commission costs has been a major driver of that. Without the Internet I don't think my strategy would have changed, but through the Internet I have more research.

That wasn't the case even four or five years ago. It's a wake-up call to traditional media sources to keep working at integrating online news into how they provide news generally.

I was really missing everybody so I spent most of my time talking to people online. Most of the time, he was the only one online so I started talking to him. So I guess AIM brought us together.

I was online looking at the box score, play-by-play. I kept refreshing it, and it kept messing up on me. Finally, I just saw it on the ticker on ESPN.

My Coke Rewards is unique in its ability to truly personalize the consumer's experience with Coca-Cola. The program allows us to tap into our consumers' passions and tailor their online experience to offer them what they really want.

My best monster bass sounds have come from FM8. People think they all come from Massive, but most of the ones that kids online are trying to recreate in Massive are actually from FM8. I also really like Sylenth1, my Tone2 Gladiator and some other granular soft synths as well.

Most of our revenue comes from advertising, and this was a great advertising quarter, ... We saw more and more companies come online. We have, right now, 21 of the Fortune 50 companies online with us today, and it's pretty solid.

Most companies are keeping all employee files online now.

Most banks and credit unions recognize that providing strong authentication is an essential first step in meeting FFIEC requirements and maintaining the trust of their online customers. However, the cost and complexity of solutions developed for the enterprise environment, such as hardware tokens, are prohibitive for large-scale consumer deployments.

Merely affording somebody the opportunity to commit a crime in New York is not entrapment. When our investigators go online posing as 13-year-old boys or girls, and in some cases 12 years old, they are immediately hit on. They do not reach out to anybody. They just put their screen name up and they get hit.

Microsoft has realized that PCs are not the center of the world. E-business or online services to enterprises could become the next big area of growth for the company.

Microsoft Research is a pioneer in the area of digital maps. Its TerraServer system has provided millions of users with online access to geographically indexed map and image data since 1998.

Members of the community have already contacted the chapter, expressing interest in helping Katrina's victims with donations of food, clothing, etc. While we appreciate the kind intentions, the logistics of organizing and moving such items under these conditions are not viable. The fastest way to help is by making an online contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund at www.redcross.org. You can also help by calling 1-800-HELP-NOW or your local Red Cross chapter,

Widespread availability of broadband, an increase in retailers using multiple channel strategies, increased online tenure and the facilitation of disposable credit cards such as the one announced by Permanent TSB will lead to a significant rise in the number of online shoppers in Ireland,

Why would anyone want to do online banking on their microwave?

Why wasn't some moratorium on Carnivore announced? ... How can the administration on one hand say they are trying to improve online privacy and also, at the same time, approve the use of technology that appears to be inherently invasive?

We have people in print who think about circulation, ad sales, producing and delivering newspapers, and they're very print-focused because they grew up there. They don't think about online. And we have a separate online organization that until today reported up to an entirely different management team.

You can go online now and find really thoughtful, in-depth, considered, well-informed communities around virtually any issue. If it's your issue, there are now new ways of mobilising knowledge that weren't there before. There are real bodies of significant knowledge on the web that are valuable that we haven't done nearly enough with.

You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.

Windows 98 was designed and developed in the mid-1990s when engineers didn't take the Internet into consideration seriously. Subsequently, it is vulnerable to online hackers.

Where you go when you first get online these days is probably a function of who helped you get online and what they've pointed you to, and also whether you have any specialist interest, ... You might find quite quickly there is some sort of home for you there with like-minded souls.

Whilst the online gaming market and poker in particular continues to show strong year-on-year growth, the rate of growth is continuing to moderate,

We continue to think some upside is possible to these estimates, despite weakness in the online advertising market. We are not looking for as much upside as in the past, however.

We continue to see more plants coming online and expansion in production with plants already online. Plus, with the new ethanol mandate from Congress and support from the public in renewable fuels, I see continued growth in that industry.

We continue to believe that the first quarter will be the toughest quarter for online advertising. We expect market growth of only 10 percent year-over-year. We believe growth will then accelerate modestly through the year.

We continue to believe in the long-term growth of online advertising. Near-term, however, we don't believe the market will bottom until the first quarter. We estimate only single-digit year-over-year market growth in the first quarter.

We continue to be concerned with the weakness in the online business, particularly among dial-up customers,

When it comes to home computers and Internet access, there are two Americas: there's an America online and one that is falling through the net. In the 21st century it is unacceptable that such a large number of Americans are without computer and Internet access. The time has come for our elected officials to take responsibility for closing this gap.

We're always looking at what the competition is doing, ... But do we want to become like Amazon? No. Amazon is an online shopping mall. It benefited from building a great asset early in the game. We're about store integration and expanding the customer reach to Wal-Mart stores.

Well, I think a lot of people shop online and I think it makes the products more available. And hopefully it'll make a huge difference in how much money we raise.

While email DoS attacks are quite new, they are increasing and slowly making headlines. Most people think of online gambling websites when they think of targets of DoS attacks, however all businesses need to realise that they could easily be attacked through email. It's a danger facing us all.

Whether you meet someone offline or online, email and other forms of online communication now play host to some of the most crucial interactions in the early stages of a relationship.

Whether you meet someone offline or online, e-mail and other forms of online communication now play host to some of the most crucial interactions in the early stages of a relationship.

We're building a unique global platform...In the last 18 months we found that sellers and partners are interested in complementing their online and offline businesses with Amazon's platform,

You actually see people spending more time online because you've eliminated the pain of waiting. And they spend more money because online shopping is easier.

Yes, the disruption of the Internet can be blamed for the destruction of the business model that once made journalism a thriving, well-paying enterprise, but it has also created an array of new tools for reporting. Somebody will eventually figure out how to make online newspapers profitable - I hope.

We expect a second-half rally driven primarily by consumers moving up to a considerably higher level of spending online across multiple retail categories with real money flowing across the Web,

We are thrilled to be able to double plan resources for our customers. By doubling the disk space and the bandwidth offered with the shared plans, we're giving our customers more value for their money and powerful resources to succeed in their online endeavors.

When you're thinking about building your own online dating profile, especially on OkCupid, you should go through the same steps you're thinking about when you're going out to meet someone new. You want to put your best foot forward.

We believe this means there is a significant opportunity to transition those who are buying music in physical formats to online music services, We also believe this transition will occur gradually. Today, online services may still be a secondary or tertiary source of music for most music consumers.

We believe this is a first, having online video game champions playing live while a mile-high above the earth.

We believe there could be a shakeout in the B2C (business-to-consumer) online retailing sector as companies that have had to spend aggressively to gain new customers will be running out of money.

We believe the recent turmoil at AOL is probably helping Yahoo!'s online advertising business on the margin.

We believe the online photo industry will become more closely tied to all forms of digital media entertainment and the PNI Digital Media Platform offers retailers with photo operations the ability to provide these services to their customers. Convergence of digital hardware devices will make all these different media aspects reside alongside each other at the device level, for example, today it is digital music players, digital cameras, PDA's, smart phones and PC's - tomorrow it will also include your game console, your HDTV and your DVR. Having the retailers be able to produce on-demand media products that range from music to photo's will allow them to retain their control of the vast majority of sales in these media channels.

We've moved on from the days when the main impact of digital technology was to harm our industry by facilitating rampant online and physical theft. The day is surely within our sights when digital growth outstrips physical decline and we can all compete for share of a growing pie.

We've known that about (400,000 to 500,000 songs) per month is what all the other online music stores in Japan have been doing. The majority of that being Mora,

We've kind of gotten a cult following at this point, so we sold out in an hour and thirty-six minutes this year, online and as you can see everybody's coming out anyway in spite of the nasty weather.

Using the talk show format to promote products is far more contextually relevant for Amazon. It definitely makes sense. Certainly the popularity of that (format) offline, bringing that online could bode well.

Virtual Piggy was created to provide a safe way for kids to shop online with parental approval, in recognition of growing digital world kids live in.

Virtual currencies, used to buy digital goods inside online games, have become an integral part of the Internet landscape.

With the sustained popularity of online communities, we've seen a huge demand for our live communications tools, and we're working aggressively to expand our features to meet and exceed market expectations. It's simply remarkable to be providing the tools that enable millions of people around the world to connect and communicate.

With the success of our online sales we expect to report another record year of sales and earnings.

We have had some discussions with staff at the Justice Department regarding eBay and the online trading business generally. We believe the contact with DOJ may have been prompted by auction listing aggregators, such as Bidder's Edge...our dispute with Bidder's Edge fundamentally is a commercial one that concerns eBay's right to prevent unauthorized trespassing into its computer system, can use eBay content in a manner which confuses and misleads eBay users.

We have already received inquiries from other states, and the interest in a number of our existing and soon-to-be launched online courses is extremely high. Our goal is to pursue expansion into new markets, particularly where licensing, training and continuing education requirements overlap with the programs we have already developed for the Texas market.

We could not have launched Causes without Facebook Platform, providing real identity and real friends. Facebook Platform was created so that experiences that are inherently social in our off-line lives could be brought online as an authentic expression of who we are; Facebook did this best in revolutionizing photo sharing.

We can show that booking online frequently generates a 15 percent saving on ticket prices, and savings in travel management fees of approximately 50 percent.

We have the ability to not only present the context and details of a story like this in text, but also give people the chance to see it, hear it and feel it. That's what makes online so compelling.

We were skeptical about whether an established brand like PETCO would see any conversion lift from HACKER SAFE but were amazed that it delivered such a strong increase in our conversion rate. HACKER SAFE has proven to be a very worthwhile investment for our online business.

Today, to compete anywhere, you have to be everywhere. Wal-Mart and Target have joined Amazon and eBay as the most heavily trafficked e-commerce Web sites, and chain retailers account for about 40% of online sales, compared to just over 25% for pure-play Internet retailers.

Today, the CNN.com user not only can read a story and view video on demand, but with CNN Pipeline, also can take control of daily news clips, several live streams of news and even video from CNN's extensive archives. CNN Pipeline creates an added dimension to online news, offering an experience that is even more relevant, credible and catered specifically to the user's needs.

To maintain the momentum, we recognize we need to invest to better serve additional customers who want to shop online for the type of fashion merchandise we sell, especially as Macy's and Bloomingdale's expand their store presence nationwide. We are very serious about capitalizing on this opportunity.

While we have seen retail sales of PC games decrease for several years now, we know from talking to consumers about their online gaming behaviors that playing games on the PC, whether it's via online casual sites or through massive multi-player online (MMO) subscription play, has been increasing.

We have an online clothing boutique called Pink Candy Boutique that we manage in the midst of all of this, and trying to bring in different types of sponsors into NASCAR.

we are well on our way to our goal of 50 percent online - and actually think that after 50 percent it's going to keep going to 70 percent.

The problem is, every time the product is upgraded, you have to open up all the book files, change them and reprint them -- same thing with the online documents, ... Now we have one source for creating all of our content and updating it.

We have a very strong broadband infrastructure in Japan compared to other countries. There are various online contents on offer and these require a hard-disk.

We haven't investigated online gambling specifically. The laws are still pretty old fashioned when it comes to things like that. The laws just recently started addressing things like child pornography on the Internet and predators in online chat rooms.

The online world is becoming a destination in and of itself -- and that has potentially big consequences for the way people spend their time.

The online world is not that different than the physical world. There are risks in both. We need to be able to recognize it's a threat and deal with it.

The online travel and lodging industry clearly needs to improve its reliability. Simply put, when your site is unavailable to consumers you lose business. Marriott sets the standard for site reliability and responsiveness in the lodging industry. It is very rare for one site to top our rankings in both these areas, so clearly Marriott is the site to model after from a technical standpoint.

The online video business started in both China and the US around 2005/6, when broadband penetration grew big enough.

The problem is they still haven't got the whole thing together online. When it comes to real estate ads, they still haven't got an offer together where ads go online and in the newspaper.

We are in the midst of an inflection point for Yahoo -- and the online advertising industry in general -- that finally pushes Internet marketing into the mainstream and sets the stage for robust growth.

We are in a time, because of the proliferation of online media and a hundred channels on cable, where teenagers and young adults and eight- and nine-year-olds do not read enough. And the SAT is very unforgiving for students who do not read.

We are demystifying the relationship between consumers and online services,

We are delighted to partner with Music Choice whose broadband service is strengthening the connection between artists and fans. Universal Music is committed to cultivating online entertainment by offering our consumers even more ways to enjoy the musical experience.

We are delighted to participate with Stream Theory in capturing our share of the burgeoning online marketplace,

We know that AT&T is upgrading their TCI network to provide voice services, but we believe that upgrade will go beyond that, for total interactivity at very reliable rates, ... Video telephone calls, downloading music videos, television broadcasts, online newspapers -- all of this would be in digital mode. I think they certainly intend to be the one-stop shop and once they do that, it will force the other multiple system operators to follow suit.

Thus far, operators have taken a portal-centric approach to delivering an online experience to mobile phone users. They provide a finite set of services to users.

Whether it's an aircraft engine, nuclear submarine or power station, the project management challenges are consistently the same. The online program provides education that project managers can use in any industry.

We are seeing online social norms that support really irresponsible communication. Kids think that on the Internet 'I have free speech and I have the right to say what I want without regard to the harm it may cause,' which is obviously not true and is a message that parents need to get across to children.

We are once again honored to be acknowledged by Yankee Group as the leader in business portal services. This confirms AT&T?s ongoing commitment to and investment in providing a superb customer experience. We will continue to leverage technology, enhance the portal?s robust suite of tools and deliver the best online experience to our customers around the world.

The picture that is emerging is of investors using the online services for their smaller trades, but seeking out expert research and advice when it comes to their larger involvements.

We are delighted that Microsoft and America Online are contributing to the development of a standard.

We are concerned that many investors aren't taking appropriate precautions when accessing their online brokerage accounts.