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Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) announced today that it is launching its "Portal-to-Go" browser, a product that will let consumers shop electronically from any existing mobile phone.

Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. announced this week that its multi-platform administration software product will now be included with the expanding line of open-source operating system (OS) solutions offered by TurboLinux.

Internet Gold (Nasdaq: IGLD), a leading Israeli ISP, announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to establish a portal that will feature a Hebrew language search service.

As the battle for Internet chat dominance grows to a fever pitch, AOL has announced that Lycos, Inc. will be the latest company to distribute a customized version of the AOL Instant Messenger to its many visitors.

Media giant CBS Corp. has agreed to provide iWon.com with $70 million (US$) in advertising time and $30 million in cash in exchange for a majority stake in the closely-held Web portal.

Autoweb.com, Inc. announced today that it will now offer risk-free used car auctions on its next-generation Web site.

This week, Internet business solutions provider Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) debuted an open-source Linux solution developed in collaboration with server appliance developer Cobalt Networks, Inc..

Web hosting company NaviSite will host Microsoft e-commerce applications as part of an enhanced application service provider (ASP) program that includes services for Windows NT Server, Site Server Commerce Edition, SQL Server and Windows Media Technologies.

Business to business e-commerce solutions provider Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) announced yesterday that it has inked a deal with an Australian telecommunications company to establish a business-to-business marketplace portal for Australia and New Zealand.

United Parcel Service, in an effort to enhance its suite of online business options, has formed a strategic alliance with Network Solutions, Inc. The new union is intended to allow UPS customers to immediately register Web addresses on Network Solutions' Web site.

Despite the fact that consumer fear of online credit card use is waning, e-commerce support company MerchantOnline.com is urging e-tailers to make their sites more debit-card friendly with its new MOLpay system.

Last week, when Amazon.com announced its new zShops program, small e-tailers everywhere began seeing green.

Shares of Healtheon (Nasdaq: HLTH), which has developed an online information and transaction platform for the health-care industry, gained nearly five percent, rising 1-7/8 to 39-5/8 on Tuesday after the company received a buy rating from U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray.

IBM and AT&T announced today that they will join forces to develop, market and distribute end-to-end e-commerce packages for small and mid-sized companies.

U.S. Customs agents report that American companies are losing $200 billion (US$) each year to piracy over the Internet, and that the problem is expected to dwarf every other type of crime in the new millennium.