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By taking advantage of sophisticated video and e-commerce technology, adult-oriented businesses leapt onto the Net far ahead of their tamer counterparts and established a mammoth base of repeat customers ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced an agreement with CheckFree Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: CKFR) to provide electronic billing and payment services to customers through its USPS.com Internet portal ...

Handspring Inc., a maker of handheld computers started by Palm, Inc. alumni Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky, plans to sell shares in an initial public offering ...

Confirming what has already been reported by company auditors, failing online grocer Peapod, Inc. has acknowledged in its annual report that "limited capital resources" make its viability as an independent concern "uncertain." ...

Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), the number one direct seller of computers in the United States, has announced that its Dell Ventures unit will broaden its scope of operations to include equity investments and incubation services for new e-commerce companies ...

As competition in the online auto sales space continues to grow fierce, Internet car-shopping services Autoweb.com and CarsDirect.com have teamed up to try to capture a larger share of the market ...

ReplayTV, Inc., one of several set-top box manufacturers at the forefront of the coming interactive television age, is preparing to go public ...

Kozmo.com, a regional e-tailer that promises one-hour delivery of videos, pizzas and other convenience items, filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell shares to the public in an initial offering aimed at raising $150 million (US$) ...

When E.phiphany, Inc. (Nasdaq: EPNY) announced that it would pay $3.18 billion (US$) in stock for privately-held Octane Software, Inc., analysts and market watchers were left shaking their heads over the price ...

Demand for horror novelist Stephen King's 66-page new release -- available only by download -- has been so high that such e-tailers as Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com have been swamped ...

After putting 22 million shares up for sale Friday at an asking price of $12 (US$) per share, HomeGrocer.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOMG) is facing widespread industry speculation that it will fail to attract investor enthusiasm in much the same way that rivals Peapod (Nasdaq: PPOD), Streamline (Nasdaq: SLNE) and Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN) have faltered ...

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (ICG) and Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. have partnered to develop business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce in Asia ...

CheckFree Corp. (Nasdaq: CKFR) has announced that it will team up with application service provider Derivion to offer an e-billing service to small and medium-sized companies. The agreement will give CheckFree access to Derivion's inetBiller and enable Derivion to gain access to a wider number of users ...

Name-your-price pioneer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Tuesday that it is bringing its service to consumers in Australia and New Zealand by forming a new company Down Under ...