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January 12, 2025 10:34:15 PM

Beyond.com's quest to build a well-recognized brand name got a big boost on Tuesday, when the online software retailer announced it was chosen as Compaq's online partner for software and services.

My 11 year-old daughter played in a YMCA basketball tournament last weekend, and was shocked to learn that when she held the ball for more than five seconds, without passing it, the referee would give it to the other team. It turns out that's a good rule for Internet advertising as well.

The Year of the Penguin

The biggest threat to Microsoft these days may not be the U.S. Department of Justice, nor does it appear to be the Netscape browser. A much larger danger to Bill Gates' Windows-based empire is a new operating system, available free of charge over the Internet. The new operating system, known as Linu...

For weeks, Drugstore.com has been saying that it has formed a partnership with Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). On Monday, the companies made an official announcement, and Wall Street was pleased.

The great thing about Microsoft is that it can set standards. The problem with Microsoft, in my humble opinion, is that no one trusts them to set those standards anymore.

On the e-commerce superhighway, there are no borders. With a single click of the mouse, shoppers can easily land in online stores owned and operated by international companies across the globe. However, once an overseas consumer decides to make an online purchase, traditional issues of currency conv...

Could the government put an end to all the euphoria surrounding eBay's stock? eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced late Friday that it is cooperating fully with a federal investigation into possible illegal transactions on the auction site. The inquiry will include an examination of eBay's roles in the t...

I make mistakes. Last week I confused Go2Net and GoTo.Com in a story here about Disney's Go Network. Fortunately a reader helped my editor catch the mistake. But at least I didn't blow the lead.

Lycos, the popular Internet and e-commerce portal, (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced financial results for its second quarter, during which revenues reached $30.6 million (US$). These earnings represent an increase of 24% over the same period of the previous year, but an overall loss of $1.5 million. The los...

There aren't many stocks hotter than Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) right now, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) isn't conceding anything in the heated battle between the online booksellers. On Thursday, Go2Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET) announced that it has signed an agreement to make Barnes and Noble the e...

While carnage ruled the day among many Internet stocks yesterday (interest rates are rising), Amazon.com was a big exception. Its stock rose nearly 10% in price after it announced it will buy 46% of Drugstore.com, the fledgling online prescription drug dispenser backed by venture capital legends Kle...

PC maker Gateway (NYSE: GTW) has invested $21 million (US$) to purchase a 19.9% stake in the NECX Office and Personal Technology Center, the e-commerce subsidiary of computer products reseller NECX. The deal includes an option for Gateway to buy the entire subsidiary.

There aren't many stocks hotter than Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) right now, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) isn't conceding anything in the heated battle between the online booksellers. On Thursday, Go2Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET) announced that it has signed an agreement to make Barnes and Noble the e...

Barely into its second week of trading, TheStreet.com E-commerce Index (symbol: ICX) is already being modified, with the swapping of three out of the 15 stocks that make up the new index.

Looking for yet another reason to be bullish about Amazon.com? There's now an extremely compelling one. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced on Wednesday that it owns approximately a 46 percent stake of online drug retailer Drugstore.com.


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