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The European Commission, the executive agency of the 15-country European Union, proposed specific initiatives yesterday that would cause e-commerce to skyrocket on the continent -- that is, if they are implemented.

While research into online buying habits has revealed some consistent shopping patterns, not much has been said about the makeup of this army of online consumers.

If you think that Internet time is fast, just look at wireless time. Unwired e-commerce went from zero to Amazon.com in about 12 short weeks.

SmartServ Online (OTC BB: SSOL) has entered into a licensing agreement with Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) to offer end-to-end security and digital signature capabilities to users of its e-commerce platform.

Online network Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) and MyComputer.com, a provider of integrated Web-site management tools, announced a deal today to offer site analysis for businesses that use Go2Net's free Hypermart Web hosting service.

Online customer feedback company Answers.com unveiled a new service Wednesday that claims to take customer interaction to a new level by learning as it goes.

London-based Petspark.com announced this week that it has received an equity investment by Pets.com, marking the first international funding of a European online pet venture.

While the next few weeks may not tell the definitive story of electronic shopping, evidence is emerging that early sales projections were rosier than what actually materialized.

NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the Internet venture formed by the Peacock Network, announced today that it has launched a Web boutique to sell jewelry inspired by one of its daytime dramas.

The decision to buy is made, the online order is placed, and the customer is ready to check out. It's now time to calculate the shipping charges, and surprise! The shipping cost to the consumer is zilch, zero, a giant goose egg. Are e-tailers giving away the store?

$ECURE-IT-e, a new service that promises to secure credit card transactions made over the Internet, added a new wrinkle to the e-holiday shopping season by launching its Web site earlier this week.

A group of brick-and-mortar businesses from South Carolina to Michigan have united in an effort to push for the taxation of electronic commerce.

Moving to increase its presence in the market for open-source e-commerce software solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced this week that it is releasing a version of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) for Linux.

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews.

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews.