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Legendary movie studio MGM, the owner of over 4,100 classic movies and musicals, and giant video rental retailer Blockbuster, Inc. announced an agreement Tuesday to make MGM movies available for download over the Internet.

In an effort to bolster its overall e-commerce effort, airline giant United Airlines has revamped its Web site and has added a new flight-paging service that notifies travelers of any flight delays.

RSA Security, Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS) and online trust services provider VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) have announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the development of wireless e-commerce.

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce provider Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) and Swiss telecom provider Swisscom (NYSE: SCM) announced Tuesday that they will join forces to establish a B2B online marketplace in Europe.

Diversinet Corp., a provider of e-commerce security applications, has unveiled a new product version that is designed to issue digital permits for both wired and wireless permissions.

General Motors Corp. Chairman John F. Smith, Jr. told an industry conference last night that the giant automaker expects to transact $50 billion (US$) in business on its new business-to-business (B2B) Internet site by the end of the year.

One of Silicon Valley's most secretive companies, Transmeta Corp., has sparked a flurry of speculation by scheduling a press conference for Wednesday.

According to a report by Media Metrix company AdRelevance, the number of female Internet users reached parity with male users in late 1999, but women's spending habits will make them the dominant online consumer group during the coming years.

Despite concerns that automobile companies are angling to bypass their automobile dealer networks in the sale of new cars online, car dealers remain entrenched in the online car buying process.

Dominant online auctioneer eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) extended its reach to 850 U.S. cities Tuesday through an agreement with CitiQuest.com, a national network of city-specific portals.

The battle over paying taxes on Internet purchases has kicked into high gear this year, as members of the National Retail Federation prepare to vote on the issue today. The vote will determine the NRF's formal position.

Apparently not content with the vast number of existing studies that predict a rosy future for online business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced plans to launch its own effort to measure the growing market sector.

With the number of women on the Web now rivaling the number of men, analysts expect a marked increase in women-only e-commerce sites.

Insurance industry giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is introducing a series of comprehensive liability insurance offerings that are designed expressly for e-commerce companies.

A coalition of Canadian business leaders hopes to turn Canada into the Switzerland of the Internet, according to a Wall Street Journal report today.