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A couple of weeks ago, online bookseller Fatbrain.com introduced a new model for selling books, magazine articles and other documents that it says will radically change the publishing world.

iWeb, a developer of technology that allows Internet service providers to subsidize free Internet access with e-commerce services and advertising, announced Thursday that it has secured a $3 million second round of financing. The round was led by marketing and communications firm Young & Rubicam...

E-commerce solution provider Unify Corp. (Nasdaq: UNFY), announced this week that two of its forthcoming Internet software releases will be certified to run on the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) distribution of the Linux operating system (OS).

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Friday that it is teaming with StarMedia Network (Nasdaq: STRM), the largest Spanish-language and Portuguese-language online service in the world, to help merchants put their wares online.

Facing pressure from competitors and the stock market, Priceline.com announced that it set a single-day sales record by selling more than 10,000 airline tickets Thursday.

Online auctioneer FreeMarkets, Inc. will attempt to raise as much as $70 million (US$) from an initial public offering.

As part of a direct push into the data-storage market, Dell Computer Corp. agreed to buy privately held ConvergeNet Technologies, Inc. for stock valued at $340 (US$) million.

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ), the "better answers" company, and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) have entered into an agreement that will secure Compaq online business servers running on the UNIX platform. The pact is the latest development in a 14-year relationship.

Two months after forging a four year, $89 million (US$) strategic marketing agreement, America Online and drkoop.com (Nasdaq: KOOP) unveiled the healthcare network's exclusive content on AOL's Health Channel.

DUTYFREEZONE.com, an online version of the stores seen in most international airports, is offering cigarettes, popular gift items and other hard-to-get products in their "Duty Free Shop." In the meantime, international trade groups continue to debate e-commerce taxation rules.

Mondera.com, which sells jewelry and luxury gifts online, announced today that it has a secured a $13 million (US$) first round of funding led by @Ventures, the affiliated venture capital arm of Internet incubator CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI). Also participating in the financing is Global Investment Partners...

Blending what they believe to be the right mix of Internet technology, financial resources and traditional design sense, GoodHome.com and nHabit.com announced a merger Thursday. Under the terms of the agreement, nHabit.com will be folded into the GoodHome.com name.

In a move designed to coincide with the start of the new school year, Student Advantage, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAD) is expanding its Internet sales operation by bringing in five new online retail partners. The company is also expanding its marketing efforts through the brick-and-mortar stores of its curren...

According to industry analyst Zona Research, Inc., Yahoo! Inc.'s new online bill-paying service has the potential to change the e-commerce landscape forever.

Last week, a Canadian programmer stumbled upon an obscure digital "signing key" labeled "NSA Key" in the latest version of Microsoft's NT software. The discovery led him to accuse Microsoft of putting in a secret "back door" that allows the National Security Agency to snoop into the files of unsuspe...