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American drugstore giant CVS (NYSE: CVS) and health information Web site Healtheon/WebMD (Nasdaq: HLTH) announced today that they have forged a five-year, exclusive alliance.

This past Friday, I suggested that Microsoft had "missed the boat" because it was planning to sell paperless books through its Microsoft Reader, rather than downloadable audio books like those being touted by Wayne, New Jersey-based Audible.

In an effort to jumpstart consumer acceptance of its recently released Linux distribution, Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has tapped the services of Web-enabling solutions provider GraphOn Corp. (Nasdaq: GOJO).

Cybernet Systems Corp. is a manufacturer of Linux-based thin servers that were designed for small to medium-sized businesses that are looking for an inexpensive and simplified way to gain an online presence.

Health products provider MotherNature.com (Nasdaq: MTHR) announced today that it has formed separate partnerships with health care provider Landmark Healthcare and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP).

E-commerce security solutions provider and research firm nCipher is alerting the online community to a potential threat that the company believes could leave e-commerce operations vulnerable to the theft of private cryptographic keys from a server.

At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, portable digital music players will be one of the top attractions.

Working capital for startups has come to e-commerce companies from various sources, including family members, cash advances on credit cards, and even life savings.

Spanish-language online retailer Espanol.com has found that few Hispanic Internet shoppers in the United States care whether their shopping destinations are in English or Spanish.

Lost in the shadow of Wal-Mart's decision to move their online operations to Silicon Valley were major e-commerce announcements by two other brick-and-mortar mainstays.

Wal-Mart Stores and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners announced yesterday that they will join forces to form Wal-Mart.com, Inc.

The E-Commerce Times has added shopping portal ShopNow.com (Nasdaq: SPNW) to its "Top 10" Stock Index, a feature that tracks the stock prices for 10 public companies that represent the e-commerce industry.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, European e-commerce will grow at triple-digit rates over the next five years to a total of more than $1 trillion (US$).

Yesterday, when e-tail giant Amazon.com announced that it will lose money despite record fourth quarter sales of $650 million (US$), its stock price plummeted as much as 16 percent.

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is ditching the Microsoft operating system in a new line of Internet appliances under development at a target price of about $200 (US$).