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A new industry survey found that that 75 percent of online consumers have abandoned shopping carts without completing a purchase in the past three months. The study released by e-commerce rating company BizRate.com and The NPD Group Inc., a consumer panel research firm, was based on 10,000 respondents. When asked why they are abandoning online […]

Online auctioneer FairMarket Inc. Thursday made its first overseas foray. The auction network will launch goFish in Australia in partnership with News Ltd.’s online business unit, News Interactive. However, GoFish will not take part in the recently announced FairMarket Network. FairMarket promised to follow up on the debut with entry into other global markets, through […]

Major companies tired of slow Web content download can now turn to a new solution. XBuilder 2.2, now used by such companies as Microsoft (MSFT) , PeopleSoft (PSFT) and Qualcomm (QCOM) , is a software device that enhances Web page download speed more than four times standard speeds. XBuilder, developed by Sign Me Up Marketing, […]

Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. Thursday inked a deal to provide MSN Net subscribers with Nortel’s Net call waiting service. Nortel’s (NT) service erases the need for a second phone line and allows clients to receive phone calls while remaining connected to the Net. The deal enables MSN customers to have caller ID and […]

Digital Subscriber Line providers NorthPoint Communications and Covad Communications Thursday unveiled plans to accelerate the rollout of DSL service to dozens of new markets across the country. NorthPoint (NPNT) plans to rollout DSL service to 32 new markets over the next year, bringing its total footprint to 60 markets across the country. NorthPoint projects that […]

In a move to localize e-commerce, YouthStream Media Networks, operator of college community site mybytes.com, said it will match local merchants and college students utilizing technology acquired from World Web Publishing. World Web specializes in Internet marketing for small, local businesses. Using World Web Publishing’s technology, mybytes.com will be able to offer local businesses the […]

Internet bank Net.B@nk a placement deal that includes favored positioning, targeted advertising and content integration on the MSN MoneyCentral personal finance service. Under the terms of the one-year agreement, beginning Jan. 1, Net.B@nk will be one of three financial institutions to integrate content and receive branding and positioning throughout the MSN MoneyCentral “Banking & Bills” […]

Formerly known as PKIS and packaged with Netware 5.0, Novell, Inc.’s Certificate Server (NCS) is now a free product available for download from the Novell Web site. It is designed to allow site administrators to implement secure, Public Key Infrastructure transactions within their Novell (NOVL) Directory Services (NDS)-based system by providing the ability to create […]

Citrix Systems Wednesday introduced VideoFrame 1.0, a streaming video and audio server product designed to be tightly integrated with server-based computing applications. VideoFrame allows mission-critical video and audio applications to be quickly deployed within a corporation, and can support branch office growth and global expansion. Companies can use VideoFrame to disseminate information such as sales […]

With an eye to its global ambitions, E*TRADE Group Inc. Wednesday invested in The European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (EASDAQ). Stephen Richards, senior vice president of electronic trading strategies for E*TRADE, will join EASDAQ’s International Advisory Board. EASDAQ, the only pan-European stock market, says it maintains its objectivity by garnering support from a […]

Deutsche Telekom and its subsidiary DeTeLine Wednesday teamed with RADGUARD to provide enterprise networks with virtual private network solutions. Deutsche Telekom’s strategic alliance with RADGUARD, a leading manufacturer of high-level VPNs, will allow the German telco giant to offer the industry’s most advanced security tools as part of their network planning services. This will give […]

Toys International.Com Wednesday opened the first major Germany-language online toy store, a new venture is backed by some of the country’s biggest business names. The Webjumbo storefront is supported by Deutsche Poste, which will handle processing and shipment of the online orders, and Deutsche Telekom, which will provide ISP services and uplink. The company is […]