Dell Inc.

Description

Whether you spend most of your time in a cubicle or on a couch, chances are good that there's a Dell in front of you. The world's #1 direct-sale computer vendor provides a broad range of computer and entertainment products for the consumer and enterprise markets. In addition to a full line of desktop and notebook PCs, Dell offers network servers, workstations, storage systems, printers, handheld computers, LCD and plasma televisions, projectors, and Ethernet switches. The company also markets third-party software and peripherals. Dell's growing services unit provides systems integration, support, and training.

eBay

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"I got it on eBay" is barreling its way into the lexicon of the new millennium and placing a cyber-grin on the corporate face of online auctioneer extraordinaire eBay. The company is a cyber-forum for selling more than 45,000 categories of merchandise -- from Beanie Babies to fine antiques -- hosting about 254,000 online stores worldwide (some 161,000 on its US Web site). eBay, which generates revenue through listing and selling fees and through advertising, boasts more than 180 million registered users. In mid-2006, Internet powerhouse Yahoo! and eBay announced an agreement to join forces on advertising, Web searches, online payments (through eBay's PayPal platform), and a co-branded toolbar