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"When the man dances, certainly boys what else. The piper pays him." So concludes the musical introduction to Prof. Harold Hill, "The Music Man" of the 1958 Meredith Wilson musical, a role made famous by the late great Robert Preston.

Onsale Inc. (Nasdaq:ONSL), a popular Internet retailer, today reported that more than ten million bids have been placed on its atAuction service at www.onsale.com. The ten-millionth bid was placed on Sunday, February 21, approximately two months after reaching the nine-million mark.

The world's largest domain-based Web-hosting company is about to get even bigger. Verio (Nasdaq: VRIO), which provides Web-hosting and e-commerce services for small businesses, announced on Thursday that America Online (NYSE: AOL) has chosen it to be the exclusive business Web-hosting partner for AO...

In the midst of legal wrangling with the U.S. Department of Justice and preparations for the much anticipated release of Windows 2000, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) shifted its focus on Thursday to announce a broad e-commerce strategy. At a press briefing held in San Francisco with chairman and CEO Bill ...

Bluefly, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap: BFLY), an Internet clothing retailer announced today that it has signed a comprehensive marketing agreement with Excite, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Bluefly's online store will be integrated throughout Excite.com, WebCrawler.com, and the Excite co-branded c...

Now it's Hewlett-Packard's turn. One day after Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) launched its online store, and two days after Compaq (NYSE: CPQ) announced its deal with Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) made its major e-commerce plans public.

What's the key to becoming a successful Internet reseller? First, learn to go direct.

Cyberian Outpost, Inc. (Nasdaq: COOL), a well-known Internet retailer of computer hardware, software and accessories through its Web site Outpost.com, reported on Tuesday that it lost $25.2 million (US$) during its fiscal year, which ended February 28, 1999. On the positive side, Cyberian's net sale...

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL), one of the best known and largest direct computer systems vendors, today unveiled Gigabuys.com, a new online superstore that provides Internet shoppers with a one-stop shopping destination for the purchase of more than 30,000 computer-related products from a...

Beyond.com's quest to build a well-recognized brand name got a big boost on Tuesday, when the online software retailer announced it was chosen as Compaq's online partner for software and services.

My 11 year-old daughter played in a YMCA basketball tournament last weekend, and was shocked to learn that when she held the ball for more than five seconds, without passing it, the referee would give it to the other team. It turns out that's a good rule for Internet advertising as well.

The biggest threat to Microsoft these days may not be the U.S. Department of Justice, nor does it appear to be the Netscape browser. A much larger danger to Bill Gates' Windows-based empire is a new operating system, available free of charge over the Internet. The new operating system, known as Linu...

For weeks, Drugstore.com has been saying that it has formed a partnership with Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). On Monday, the companies made an official announcement, and Wall Street was pleased.

The great thing about Microsoft is that it can set standards. The problem with Microsoft, in my humble opinion, is that no one trusts them to set those standards anymore.

On the e-commerce superhighway, there are no borders. With a single click of the mouse, shoppers can easily land in online stores owned and operated by international companies across the globe. However, once an overseas consumer decides to make an online purchase, traditional issues of currency conv...