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Online Marketers Propose Spam Controls

In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy ...

MP3.com Delivers Music Via E-mail

Internet music service provider MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) introduced a new method for releasing music "singles" Thursday when it began mass e-mailing digital files of songs to music fans ...

Privacy Group IDs Microsoft ‘Bugs’

Web "bugs" that can be placed in Microsoft Word, Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 documents can enable their authors to track where and how often the documents are read on the Internet, says a privacy watchdog group ...

New E-tail Currency in the Air

Backed by powerhouses in both the travel and e-tail sectors, Web startup MilePoint.com is set to unveil a program that will allow more than 45 million frequent flyer program members to exchange their miles and points for discounts on purchases from online merchants ...

Ford Dealers Form Auto Megasite

A coalition of 4,200 Ford dealers is forming FordDirect.com, which will enable Net users to select, purchase and finance new automobiles online. Customers can select the Ford dealers that will complete their transactions ...

Auctions.com Closing Shop

Auctions.com, which just last month billed itself as the "world's fastest-growing online auction network," is shutting down at the end of August ...

MP3.com and Sony Settle Copyright Dispute

MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPPP) and Sony Music Entertainment have settled the copyright infringement suit brought over the My.MP3.com system ...

Wine E-tailers To Merge

Online wine retailers Wine.com and WineShopper.com announced Tuesday that they will merge and operate a redesigned site at the Wine.com address ...

Report: Kids Click Web Ads Most

Children up to age 11 click on Web ads more than any other age group, while teens rarely click the ads, Nielsen//NetRatings said Tuesday ...

Saudis Pull Plug on Yahoo! Site

American Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) ran into yet another international dispute this weekend when authorities in the religiously conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia closed down one of its sites, clubs.yahoo.com ...

Report Finds Top Sites Control Most Ad Revenue

While online advertising continues its phenomenal growth, the top 50 Web publishers will reap the overwhelming majority of ad dollars, accounting for 95 percent of revenues for ad-supported sites in the U.S. this year, says a new report ...

The Doctor’s in at Theglobe.com

As part of a new partnership, a new health section scheduled to launch next month on theglobe.com will feature content from drkoop.com, the Internet health network led by former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop ...

Starbucks, Oxygen Media to Offer a New Blend

Starbucks' e-commerce plans have been the source of much speculation ever since news of the company's possible e-commerce and portal plans began to circulate last month. Things became a little more clear on Thursday, when the specialty coffee retailer announced a strategic alliance with Oxygen Media, a high-profile media company that publishes a network of Web sites for women and is working to develop a cable channel...

Online Christmas Shoppers Say They’ll Start Early

It'll be beginning to feel a lot like Christmas much earlier online this year, as shoppers click their way to gifts sooner than merchants expected, says a new report ...

E-Commerce Giants Adopt Uniform Payment Format

Hoping to reduce the number of online orders abandoned because of the hassle of filling out forms, some of the biggest computer, retail and credit card companies have agreed on a format that will enable customers to enter the information only once -- for transactions at many different sites ...

DoubleClick To Acquire Abacus in $1 Billion Deal

In a move to create an online marketing and advertising powerhouse, Internet advertiser DoubleClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCLK) has agreed to acquire market research firm Abacus Direct Corp. (Nasdaq: ABDR) in a $1 billion ($US) stock swap ...

AT&T Enters Digital Music Fray

Going head-to-head with competitors in the bid for dominance of online music distribution, AT&T Corp. has teamed with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., BMG Entertainment and Universal Music to develop technology needed to download, play and store digital music from the Net ...

HP & UPS Offer “E” Alternative to Overnight Delivery

Promising an instantaneous, electronic alternative to the overnight letter, Hewlett-Packard and United Parcel Service have joined to develop a new service that sends and tracks paper documents over the Net ...

HP & UPS Offer “E” Alternative to Overnight Delivery

Promising an instantaneous, electronic alternative to the overnight letter, Hewlett-Packard and United Parcel Service have joined to develop a new service that sends and tracks paper documents over the Net ...

AT&T Enters Digital Music Fray

Going head-to-head with competitors in the bid for dominance of online music distribution, AT&T Corp. has teamed with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., BMG Entertainment and Universal Music to develop technology needed to download, play and store digital music from the Net ...

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