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In yet another response to the Internet sales boom, AbsoluteFuture.com (OTC Bulletin Board: AFTI) is working on a new program to handle product returns and, when necessary, dispose of them in an environmentally safe manner The company, based in Bellevue, Washington, develops proprietary Internet solutions for e-commerce companies, including Microso...

Ireland's Ulster Bank announced this week that Baltimore Technologies (London: BLM), a provider of e-commerce and enterprise security solutions, will be tapped to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of Internet transactions for its new online banking service Anytime Internet banking service will implement Baltimore Technologies' UniCERT, a ...

E-commerce payment technology developer CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) announced Friday that it has picked up another $15 million in equity investments through a private placement of stock and warrants. CyberCash plans to use the money for expansion, marketing, acquisitions and investments Rose Glen Capital International Investors, LDC is handling ...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced Friday that it is introducing a new feature which will enable shoppers' preferences to steer other online gift-buyers to a book, music or video selection Anonymous lists based on domain names and other geographic information divide purchases into various categories, showing the most popular items within a particu...

Move over eBay, there's a new kid on the block. German media titan Bertelsmann AG has staked a claim to the burgeoning online trading market with the launch of its own Internet auction site The new site, known as Andsold, will be operated through a partnership with its Gruner + Jahr and Bertelsmann Multimedia units. The move appears to some analyst...

For the second time in a month, Toys "R" Us Inc. has dropped the ball in its attempt to ramp up its e-commerce presence before the holiday shopping blitz This week, when the Paramus, New Jersey-based toy giant announced that it had severed its much-touted partnership with Benchmark Capital, some analysts just shook their heads. Toys declined to go ...

America Online's latest spat with AT&T reveals that there are colossal egos nesting at the top of the number one online service provider AOL's recent court battle trying to bar AT&T from using the phrase "You've Got Mail," on its WorldNet online service also says a lot about the company's priorities. For instance, even after a federal judge threw t...

Busy days of summer play may be to blame for a drop in online sales last month, according to Internet research firm PC Data Online. In a just-released new study, PC Data announced that online buy rates dropped from 4.5 percent in June to 3.2 percent in July. Amazon.com retained its top ranking with a 7.1 percent buy rate, but buy.com, the second-ranked retailer in June, fell to ninth last month with a 6.7 percent buy rate...

This week, Compaq Computer Corp. and SuSE Holding AG issued several announcements that could solidify the burgeoning partnership of Linux-based corporate solutions and the world of e-commerce Compaq plans to certify their server and workstations through the SuSE Linux distribution package. The computer manufacturer, which has been working with the ...

IDT Corporation(Nasdaq: IDTC), a Hackensack, New Jersey-based telecommunications and Internet access provider, will join the crowded online food service fray with its new restaurant directory Web site The company announced today that it has launched Net2Dine, a repository of 112,000 restaurants across the United States. According to IDT, the direct...

A new deal between Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) promises to give the computer manufacturer's operations executives plenty to do on several different fronts. With a 16.4 percent stake in CMGI -- a "diversified Internet operating company" -- the firm is now the largest outside shareholder in CMGI. Meanwhile, CMGI bought an 83 percent stake in the Compaq-owned Alta Vista search site company...

Akamai Technologies, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Internet content delivery network that claims to be the only "100 percent guaranteed network in the world," announced Wednesday that it was on the receiving end of investments from Apple Computer and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) The company said that it had signed an agreement to jointly develop...

Last week, AltaVista, a popular search engine and Web portal, joined a growing number of companies that have begun offering free Internet access to consumers The move is seen by some analysts as an attempt by its parent company Compaq Computer Corp. to challenge America Online by offering free access with content. But other industry experts are qui...

Akamai Technologies, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Internet content delivery network that claims to be the only "100 percent guaranteed network in the world," announced Wednesday that it was on the receiving end of investments from Apple Computer and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) The company said that it had signed an agreement to jointly develop...

By adding GO Shop to their network of online family entertainment sites, The Walt Disney Co. is making a major attempt to tap into the lucrative back-to-school market. Parents and students can now visit Go.com, Disney.com and Family.com in order to browse for and purchase the items they need as they head back to school The sites are offering clothi...

Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL) leapt past Wall Street's expectations after the markets closed on Tuesday, reporting strong e-commerce sales and record earnings for the second quarter of 1999. Net income rose to $507 million (US$), a 47 percent increase over the $346 million reported for the second quarter of 1998. Revenues grew to $6.142 billion, a 42 percent increase over the $4.331 billion reported a year ago. Dell's earnings per share of 19 cents were two cents better than the consensus estimate of analysts...

Portal site operator Lycos Inc. announced yesterday that it has exceeded Wall Street's expectations by achieving operational profitability in its fourth fiscal quarter Excluding acquisition-related expenses and other one-time charges, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company generated a net income of $605,473 (US$), or one cent per share. This was ...

A new surge of e-commerce investments in Europe will boost the number of regional Web start-ups, forcing traditional players to rethink their strategies -- so says a new report from Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Forrester Research Inc In the past, a dearth of venture capital has hindered the development of e-commerce start-ups in Europe -- allowin...

Confirming months of rumors that Nielsen Media Research was on the auction blocks, the Dutch publishing company VNU announced Monday that it would pay $2.5 billion (US$) in cash for the media audience tracking service VNU, publishers of magazines, newspapers, business and marketing resources and educational materials made an announcement to journal...

Toys 'R' Us (NYSE: TOY) insists the refurbishing of its online store is on track, but that project will no longer get help from well known venture capitalist Benchmark Capital Inc. Along with announcing its second quarter earnings results Monday, the toy store chain confirmed it has terminated its pending partnership agreement with Benchmark, the Menlo Park, California-based company that is known for successful investments in eBay, Critical Path, E-Loan and other e-commerce and Internet-related companies...