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Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) announced on Wednesday the completion of its acquisition of Shopping.com (OTC:IBUY), an online retailer of goods and services. Compaq hopes that its ownership of Shopping.com and the AltaVista Internet portal site will usher in a new era of Internet-based sales for the PC manufacturer, which still lags behind its major competitors in the e-commerce arena. A large portion of Compaq's announcement focused on restoring consumer confidence in Shopping.com's ability to provide adequate customer service to its online shoppers...

Netscape Communications (Nasdaq: NSCP) announced on Tuesday that it will integrate comprehensive support for XML across its portfolio of e-commerce applications. According to the company, support for the XML language is a key ingredient to Netscape's e-commerce strategy. Netscape's implementation of XML will support e-commerce transactions, business processes and catalog exchanges between companies...

E-commerce hosting service iMALL, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMAL) today announced the acquisition of San Francisco based Pure Payments Inc., which provides a critical component for Internet-based credit card processing. Pure Payments offers the electronic payment "gateway" which has been used in iMALL's integrated e-commerce solution, to interface between e-commerce sites and banks, for credit card transaction settlement...

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 Gates, the company outlined a comprehensive strategy to make it easier for businesses and consumers to conduct business over the Internet, using the Microsoft platform. Most notably, Microsoft announced a new e-commerce software protocol known as "BizTalk," which will be integrated into the upcoming Microsoft operating system and Office suite...

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 channels of Netscape's Netcenter sites. The agreement includes a combination of e-commerce, advertising, and promotional programs...

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 sales were $85.2 million, up 276% from $22.7 million reported last year. Presumably, this kept the bears at bay, as the company's stock remained relatively steady as of mid-day trading...

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 an extensive array of vendors, other than Dell ...

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 Linux, was developed by Linus Torvalds and a veritable army of programmers and hackers around the world...

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 conversion and credit card settlement arise ...

Lycos, the popular Internet and e-commerce portal, (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced financial results for its second quarter, during which revenues reached $30.6 million (US$). These earnings represent an increase of 24% over the same period of the previous year, but an overall loss of $1.5 million. The loss was seen by investors as narrower than expected, and the Lycos stock price has remained steady, as of mid-day trading on Friday...

Barely into its second week of trading, TheStreet.com E-commerce Index (symbol: ICX) is already being modified, with the swapping of three out of the 15 stocks that make up the new index ...

INTERSHOP (Neuer Markt: ISH) is beefing up its online store software by adding email-based customer support from eGain Communications Corp., and product shipping technology from TanData Corporation ...

Media giant IDC released a new report this week indicating that corporate spending on Internet-related technology has now reached "frantic" levels, with U.S. sales expected to top $85 billion in 1999, and $203 billion by 2002. According to the IDC report, the spending frenzy is being fueled by the widespread move toward e-commerce, and will continue "well into the new millennium."

Internet software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) and BuyDirect.com, an online software retailer boosted by its relationship with C|Net, today announced that the two companies will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction ...

While Intel struggles with a public relation fiasco in its attempt to provide improved e-commerce security in its upcoming Pentium III chip, Polaroid has announced what might prove to be a superior method for online shopper authentication. Known worldwide for its instant-picture consumer cameras, the company announced a new, "very low cost" finger image scanner for personal computer and network security...

TheStreet.com E-commerce Stock Index (ticker symbol: ICX) developed by the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group began trading today. The new index is listed on the American Stock Exchange, and consists of a basket of stocks from fifteen companies described by Nasdaq-Amex as "actively-traded companies that generate all or a significant portion of their revenue from commerce conducted over the Internet."

Accounting and consulting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, announced on Friday, that it is forming a coalition to help U.S. companies formulate policy on issues related to taxation of U.S. companies conducting e-commerce in the European Union ...

The growing interest in online shopping and the associated revenues realized by e-commerce merchants are causing a new wave of innovative Internet-based technology to be unleashed worldwide ...

After months of speculation and rumors of a Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) buyout, the company finally announced on Tuesday that it will merge with USA Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAI) and Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMCS), to form one of the world's largest e-commerce-fueled businesses ...

With revenues from online shopping reaching "critical mass" by the end of last year, interest from the financial community has been steadily intensifying -- even reaching a frenzy by some accounts. Online mega-sites like AOL and Amazon.com have fast become the darlings of Wall Street, with their most profitable product being, not goods and services, but hope, i.e., the expectation that the phenomenal growth of the price of their stock will continue at the current break-neck speed...