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The Web has seen many great business rivalries develop over the last few years. There was CDNow vs. N2K, who merged. There was Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble, which continues.

Computer titan IBM is reportedly gearing up for an all out e-commerce initiative in which Big Blue will directly sell its entire PC product line over the Internet. According to media sources, the company will set up a new Web site in May, code-named "Project Odyssey," from which small businesses and...

Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT), which makes scalable Internet software that powers search engines and e-commerce sites, announced a major expansion of its online shopping presence on Friday. The company said that the Inktomi Shopping Engine's coverage will now include five new portal and destination sites, ...

One of the nation's most well-known media companies is getting into online coupons. Tribune Ventures, the strategic investment unit of Tribune, (NYSE: TRB) announced Thursday that it has invested in SuperMarkets Online.

Before Seagam's Universal Music Group and Bertelsman's BMG Music announced their link-up on April 7, there were rumors the announcement might mean a merger between America Online and CBS.

E-commerce powerhouse Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) wowed investors and industry observers with the release of its Q1 1999 earnings, which exceeded expectations with a net profit of $16.4 million (US$). The company reported net revenues totaling $86 million for the first quarter, ended March 31, 1999 -...

A new survey of U.S. consumers conducted by Market Facts, Inc. reveals that privacy and security concerns still top the list of issues for Internet shoppers. The good news for online retailers is that these concerns are, by no means, a barrier to the explosive growth of consumer-driven e-commerce.

FDX Corp., the parent company of Federal Express, has teamed up with Netscape, now owned by America Online (NYSE: AOL), to create an online shipping portal. On Wednesday, the companies agreed to a multiyear deal to offer a variety of delivery services on Netscape's Netcenter portal site.

Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) announced on Thursday that it has selected pcOrder.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCOR) as the primary technology and service provider for expanding SGI's business-to-business online sales initiative. The relationship, termed by the companies as a "partnership," is intended to provi...

Online music, movie and software distributor Navarre (Nasdaq: NAVR) has jumped on the Linux bandwagon. On Wednesday, Navarre announced that it has entered into distribution deals with the four premier publishers of commercial versions of Linux: Caldera Systems, Red Hat Software, SuSe, Inc. and Simon...

Lately Network Solutions Inc. has become the company everyone likes to hate, and I wonder if you're one of them.

If you thought that Amazon.com and CDNow were the undisputed kings of online music sales, think again. On Wednesday, BMG Entertainment and Universal Music Group announced the formation of an unprecedented e-commerce alliance to create online communities of music fans, promote artists, and sell CDs o...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) and BEA Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced on Wednesday a broad strategic alliance as part of HP's e-services initiative. Reportedly, the purpose of this alliance is to provide HP's and BEA's customers with a complete software infrastructure for building reliable, high...

Dell Computer (Nasdaq: Dell) boosted the profile of the Linux operating system on Tuesday by announcing that it had made an equity investment in Red Hat Software and will factory install a Red Hat version of Linux into Dell computers, including servers and workstations. Linux is freely distributed s...

Discount online retailer Cybershop (Nasdaq: CYSP), which runs an online department store that sells clothing, housewares, electronics, jewelry and toys, announced today that it has agreed to a strategic marketing deal with the Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) network.