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Small businesses and entrepreneurs selling online may find welcome relief from their shipping woes when iShip.com goes live next month. At least, that's what the young company's founders are hoping for, as they launch a Web-based shipping service designed specifically for e-commerce.

WorldGate Communications Inc. has developed a new technology called Channel HyperLinkingSM that enables TV viewers to connect from a television program or commercial directly to the corresponding website. Over the past year, the company has been signing up TV stations to carry hyperlinked content; a...

In conjunction with the RSA Data Security conference this week in San Jose, California, Baltimore made a number of announcements regarding its new e-commerce security technology, new customers and partnerships. Though you probably never heard of the company before, it looks like Baltimore will be a ...

CDW Computer Centers, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDWC) today announced record sales and earnings for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 1998. The company reported that its unassisted web sales grew to just over $20 million, an increase of 208% over the fourth quarter of 1997, and 28% over the third quarter of...

Were holiday online shoppers satisfied with their e-commerce experience or not? The answer is different, depending on whom you ask.

On Tuesday, Internet retailer and auctioneer Onsale, Inc. announced a major shift in its e-commerce strategy. In addition to selling excess computers and accessories through its popular auction site, the company will now also sell new PC equipment virtually at cost, meaning at a margin just $5 to $1...

Looks like N2K (Nasdaq: NTKI) is singing anything but the blues, with fourth quarter revenues from its online music store up by 325%, the company said, in a preliminary report released on Tuesday. Music Boulevard is a large-scale competitor to Amazon.com and CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW), although a merger b...

Search engine Excite (Nasdaq: XCIT) will become the property of AtHome Corp. (ATHM), a high-speed Internet service provider, in a stock deal valued at $6.7 billion (US$), a sum far exceeding what AOL paid for Netscape, which was a "mere" $4.2 billion.

Fujitsu Software's i-Flow division and DMR Consulting Group are offering a free U.S. seminar series for companies entering the e-commerce market. The series is designed to help large and mid-size companies integrate e-commerce into their existing business, in an effective and profitable way.

The E-Commerce Times today announced that it has expanded its news headline syndication deal with iSyndicate, to include full-text news story distribution, in addition to headline syndication.

In a new report, Internet research firm Jupiter Communications indicates that online shoppers were less satisfied with their shopping experience during the holidays than they were six months ago. The Report also found that 44% of US online households shopped online during the November/December holid...

Web surfers equipped with high-speed Internet connections will be able enjoy new multimedia-based online shopping sites, to be offered through Snap's upcoming portal, named "Cyclone." Snap is an Internet portal from NBC and CNET.

Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) announced on Monday that it upgraded its directory and security software, which is used for e-commerce transactions. Already, major companies like Lehman Brothers, Compaq, and Bell Atlantic have adopted the new Netscape technology, and many others a...

Investors who are interested in e-commerce stocks, but don't know where to begin, have a new option to consider. The John Nuveen Company (NYSE: JNC) now offers an "E-Commerce Sector Portfolio" that consists of 35 stocks. Investors can buy into the defined portfolio for a minimum initial purchase of ...

Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) announced a new e-commerce strategy on Friday, which will include consolidating its e-commerce infrastructure, and naming Michael Pepe as president of Time Warner E-Commerce. Time Warner is the largest U.S. magazine publisher, and its mega-site, Pathfinder.com acts as a portal...