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Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) announced on Wednesday the completion of its acquisition of Shopping.com (OTC:IBUY), an online retailer of goods and services. Compaq hopes that its ownership of Shopping.com and the AltaVista Internet portal site will usher in a new era of Internet-based sales...

Netscape Communications (Nasdaq: NSCP) announced on Tuesday that it will integrate comprehensive support for XML across its portfolio of e-commerce applications. According to the company, support for the XML language is a key ingredient to Netscape's e-commerce strategy. Netscape's implementation of...

E-commerce hosting service iMALL, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMAL) today announced the acquisition of San Francisco based Pure Payments Inc., which provides a critical component for Internet-based credit card processing. Pure Payments offers the electronic payment "gateway" which has been used in iMALL's integrat...

In the midst of legal wrangling with the U.S. Department of Justice and preparations for the much anticipated release of Windows 2000, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) shifted its focus on Thursday to announce a broad e-commerce strategy. At a press briefing held in San Francisco with chairman and CEO Bill ...

Bluefly, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap: BFLY), an Internet clothing retailer announced today that it has signed a comprehensive marketing agreement with Excite, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Bluefly's online store will be integrated throughout Excite.com, WebCrawler.com, and the Excite co-branded c...

Cyberian Outpost, Inc. (Nasdaq: COOL), a well-known Internet retailer of computer hardware, software and accessories through its Web site Outpost.com, reported on Tuesday that it lost $25.2 million (US$) during its fiscal year, which ended February 28, 1999. On the positive side, Cyberian's net sale...

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL), one of the best known and largest direct computer systems vendors, today unveiled Gigabuys.com, a new online superstore that provides Internet shoppers with a one-stop shopping destination for the purchase of more than 30,000 computer-related products from a...

The biggest threat to Microsoft these days may not be the U.S. Department of Justice, nor does it appear to be the Netscape browser. A much larger danger to Bill Gates' Windows-based empire is a new operating system, available free of charge over the Internet. The new operating system, known as Linu...

On the e-commerce superhighway, there are no borders. With a single click of the mouse, shoppers can easily land in online stores owned and operated by international companies across the globe. However, once an overseas consumer decides to make an online purchase, traditional issues of currency conv...

Lycos, the popular Internet and e-commerce portal, (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced financial results for its second quarter, during which revenues reached $30.6 million (US$). These earnings represent an increase of 24% over the same period of the previous year, but an overall loss of $1.5 million. The los...

Barely into its second week of trading, TheStreet.com E-commerce Index (symbol: ICX) is already being modified, with the swapping of three out of the 15 stocks that make up the new index.

INTERSHOP (Neuer Markt: ISH) is beefing up its online store software by adding email-based customer support from eGain Communications Corp., and product shipping technology from TanData Corporation.

Media giant IDC released a new report this week indicating that corporate spending on Internet-related technology has now reached "frantic" levels, with U.S. sales expected to top $85 billion in 1999, and $203 billion by 2002. According to the IDC report, the spending frenzy is being fueled by the w...

Internet software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) and BuyDirect.com, an online software retailer boosted by its relationship with C|Net, today announced that the two companies will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction.

While Intel struggles with a public relation fiasco in its attempt to provide improved e-commerce security in its upcoming Pentium III chip, Polaroid has announced what might prove to be a superior method for online shopper authentication. Known worldwide for its instant-picture consumer cameras, th...

TheStreet.com E-commerce Stock Index (ticker symbol: ICX) developed by the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group began trading today. The new index is listed on the American Stock Exchange, and consists of a basket of stocks from fifteen companies described by Nasdaq-Amex as "actively-traded companies that gener...

Accounting and consulting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, announced on Friday, that it is forming a coalition to help U.S. companies formulate policy on issues related to taxation of U.S. companies conducting e-commerce in the European Union.

The growing interest in online shopping and the associated revenues realized by e-commerce merchants are causing a new wave of innovative Internet-based technology to be unleashed worldwide.

After months of speculation and rumors of a Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) buyout, the company finally announced on Tuesday that it will merge with USA Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAI) and Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMCS), to form one of the world's largest e-commerce-fueled businesses.

With revenues from online shopping reaching "critical mass" by the end of last year, interest from the financial community has been steadily intensifying -- even reaching a frenzy by some accounts. Online mega-sites like AOL and Amazon.com have fast become the darlings of Wall Street, with their mos...