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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...

Canadian software developer Sideware Systems Inc. (VSE:SYD) has announced a new customer service tool that enables online merchants to interact with shoppers in real-time over the Internet.

To fuel ongoing growth and help fend off big-name competitors, Mother Nature.com Inc. has raised $23 million (US$) since mid-'98, including $16 million that was just raised in a second round of financing.

As part of its e-commerce expansion plan, Sunglass Hut International (Nasdaq:RAYS) has acquired Internet competitor Shades.com, its sister site Swiss Army Depot.com, and related wholesale operations for approximately US $4 million.

Software giant Oracle Corp. has formed a venture fund of $100 million (US$) to help companies develop e-commerce products and services, using Oracle8iTM software. This could be a golden opportunity for e-commerce software and service developers who need outside investment and marketing muscle to mov...