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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.

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.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc., the eventual saturation of the e-commerce marketplace will be responsible for creating a new breed of super e-marketers known as "post-Web retailers."

In an attempt to maintain and expand its base of nearly 20 million subscribers, business-to-consumer e-commerce powerhouse America Online will introduce the much-touted 5.0 version of its online service today.

Linux vendor and Wall Street sensation Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced the launch of version 6.1 of its open-source operating system (OS) distribution. The updated release, which focuses on ease-of-use and installation features, is aimed at pushing business-level Linux adoption.

Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's newly-appointed CEO, held court for Wall Street analysts last week and tried to put the brakes to her company's sliding stock price.

Santa-Clara, California-based Intel Corp. has furthered its move into the e-commerce equipment market by purchasing privately-held IPivot for $500 million (US$) in cash. This acquisition is the third Internet commerce equipment purchase for the chip giant over the past three years.

Oklahoma City-based CD Warehouse, Inc.(Nasdaq: CDWI) and Canadian music retailer CD Plus.com Ltd. announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to merge and create the fourth-largest music retailer in North America.

A newly-created investment fund backed by Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) and a group of venture capital firms announced today that it has invested $8 million (US$) in three companies, two of which have recently filed for initial public offerings.

Through newly-established alliances with Dell Computer Corporation and MCI/WorldCom subsidiary UUNET, Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) will attempt to foster e-commerce in the chemical industry by offering hardware and Internet access to its customers.

In an effort to outduel the U.S. Post Office and FedEx for the steadily-growing number of Internet sales shipments, United Parcel Service will introduce free "fenced" Internet service next year that will permit companies without Web access to utilize its online services.

In yet another effort to translate a common brick-and-mortar retail concept to cyberspace, Spun.com unveiled a new site yesterday that will provide Internet surfers with a market to buy, sell and trade CDs.

Internet and network security solutions provider CRYPTOCard's authentication server is set to ship with the application CD that will be included in boxed editions of the forthcoming Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) Linux operating system (OS).

Things Remembered, Inc., America's largest retailer of personalized gifts, launched Thingsremembered.com yesterday in an attempt to position itself to capture the lion's share of online holiday gift shopping.