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iCorps Technologies launched an array of Linux-related services this week. The services are aimed at small-to-medium-sized businesses and will provide applications development, consulting, installation and support.

House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley's (R-Virginia.) 1999 track record for moving e-commerce friendly bills has two new additions. The committee's Finance and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee passed Bliley's electronic signature and information access acts on Wednesday.

One could forgive the judges of AdWeek IQ's Interactive Marketing Award for being blinded by the glossy luminescence of Victoria's Secret's supermodels. Many American males, after all, have lost their power of deductive reasoning after looking at the lingerie company's skimpy offerings.

When IBM announced its profits soared 65 percent for its second quarter, the company confirmed what most analysts already knew: "Big Blue" has regained its luster -- and then some.

The revenues keep on growing for leading e-commerce retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN). So do the losses.

Saying it will draw upon its experience in building successful e-commerce businesses -- Netscape announced today that it is expanding its Chinese Netcenter by launching two portals with localized content.

Intershop Communications, Inc. and Cap Gemini -- a French management consulting and systems integration company -- have joined forces to push e-commerce solutions.

Armed with strong online sales figures, a group of public radio stations is teaming up to create a bigger, more profitable presence on the Web.

Sair, Inc. has introduced a "train-the-trainer" series of sessions as part of the international launch of its Sair Linux and GNU Certification program. Training sessions have recently been held in both Australia and the United States.

According to a new study by Forrester Research, Inc., many online merchants convert just two percent of their visitors into buyers. This is true, despite the fact more than 75 percent of the e-commerce marketers surveyed in the study have gone to great lengths to make their Web sites more user-frien...

Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) this week announced the availability of its Oracle8i for Linux, a database designed specifically for the Internet that could end up being widely utilized by e-commerce operations.

A gateway for Generation "Y" shoppers who talked their parents into establishing a credit card account on the site, RocketCash announced Wednesday that it secured $8.2 million (US$) in a second round of equity funding.

While an 'end of the world as we know it' tune is still being carried by alarmists and others warning of the possibly dire consequences of a Y2K computer glitch, GartnerGroup, Inc. (NYSE: IT) recently issued a report indicating another area of concern.

US Search, a recently public company that bills itself as the "public record portal," now has a home on top portal site Yahoo!.

A new Web portal says it has created a sheltered place for kids to surf the Web, in advance of rules from the Federal Trade Commission that will mandate certain online protections for children. This.com is launching its service Wednesday with what it calls a "friendly filter" that filters out Web si...