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Operating on the assumption that all good domain names will soon be taken, Solutionhome.com, Inc. has opened a buying, selling and trading hub on the Internet to profit from individuals and companies who are willing to pay for a specific URL.

Bolstered by a new deal with AOL (NYSE: AOL), online postage company Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) announced today that it has launched its Internet Postage service, which allows customers to buy postage online and print it out on standard printers.

Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (NYSE: MWD) has announced the launch of ichoice, a new Web site that will combine the online trading service of its Discover Brokerage subsidiary with the online financial information pages operated by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

MacMillan Publishing USA has entered into a strategic alliance with SecurityPortal.com to bring online security technologies to users of the Linux operating system (OS).

Home furnishings Web site HomePoint.com announced today that it has joined the growing list of dot-com companies that have added the element of offline stores by establishing its HomePoint Advantage Network.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has entered into a new partnership with VerticalNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:VERT), an online business-to-business marketplace, that is designed to deliver e-commerce solutions to IBM customers and enhanced technology to VerticalNet.

Ace Hardware Corp. and OurHouse.com have announced plans to pump more than $100 million (US$) into a new joint e-commerce venture.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held their inaugural elections this week, voting in three of the first 18 members of a board that will assume responsibility on important Internet policies such as domain name registration and trademark disputes.

Earlier this week, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. responded to its troubles by announcing that it will split its digital properties off into a separate company and revamp its Web site to offer the contents of its 32-volume set online for free.

Number one online service AOL has announced a cross-promotional agreement with Gateway, Inc. that will pump $800 million (US$) in cash and stock into the number two computer reseller.

Asian Internet service provider and portal China.com (Nasdaq: CHINA) is eyeing the possibility of selling its Hong Kong unit in an effort to raise $1 billion (US$), according to reports published yesterday.

The United States Federal Trade Commission released a set of rules Wednesday to implement the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, a law passed last fall amid heightened concern that children are being lured into making online purchases or sharing personal information that could threate...

Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced yesterday that it has created a $200 million (US$) investment fund to assist companies that develop next-generation Internet products, markets and services based on Sun's technology and platforms.

Power PC open-source software solutions provider LinuxPPC, Inc. has released an update to its version of the Netscape Web browser for Linux that focuses on security issues vital to conducting e-commerce transactions.

USAutoNews.com, an Internet portal for the automotive industry, launched an automotive directory and communications center yesterday that is intended to provide consumers with a single port of entry to automotive Web sites.