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E-commerce and online personalization software Art Technology Group said it is now shipping an upgrade to its Dynamo product suite. Dynamo 4.5 provides infrastructure support for the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and has been internationalized to accommodate global e-commerce. ATG’s Dynamo brings together Java and XML to provide a platform that facilitates data access and […]

Internet market research firm Media Metrix Inc. Tuesday expanded into Australia and New Zealand, signing a joint venture with research firm Australia Market Research Interactive. The two companies will develop a new Internet audience measurement service for the region. The venture claims to be the first service to begin actively collecting measurement data in Australia. […]

Online software retailer Beyond.com Wednesday bought Paris-based online software reseller SoftGallery SARL, marking Beyond.com’s expansion into Europe. Beyond.com (BYND) will purchase SoftGallery in a $5 million cash and stock deal. SoftGallery will bring its portal alliances with Wanadoo, a subsidiary of France Telecom, AOL France and Club-Internet to the deal, which Beyond.com will use to […]

Independent online comparison shopping service DealTime.com signed an agreement with BizRate.com to integrate BizRate ‘s Merchant Ratings and research into its service. DealTime.com users will be able to access BizRate ‘s Merchant Ratings when conducting a product search. Consumers who click on the merchant ranking will jump to a co-branded “Merchant Report Card” that contains […]

Restaurant takeout and delivery service Food.com said it is working closely with WebTV Networks Inc. to enable consumers to order restaurant food directly through their television sets while connected to the Internet. During a two-month pilot program that will feature commerce-enabled interactive TV ads, Food.com will provide Microsoft WebTV Network service subscribers in Chicago and […]

BBBOnLine named Elizabeth Blumenfeld, formerly America Online’s deputy director of legal and brand policy, as project director to spearhead the creation of what it called “the Internet’s first Code of Online Business Practices.” BBBOnLine also set a timetable to complete the code by early next year. Blumenfeld will oversee the development of the standards and […]

215 Technology Inc. Tuesday released DJ2000, a new MP3 software products with new features beyond players such as Sonique and WinAMP. DJ2000 makes use of a proprietary new technology called Library Processing System (LiPS) allowing users to store their music collections on multiple media. DJ2000 manages the music collection, prompting the user to insert a […]

Output Technology Solutions, a provider of bill and statement processing solutions, launched YourAccounts.Com, focused on recurring customer interactions, including electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) and statement presentment. The B-to-B operation debuted with two new product families: e.bill.anywhere, for delivering electronic billing presentment and payment solutions (EBPP) for the financial services, communications, cable TV and […]

Price comparison service ClickTheButton added CNet’s database of computer and technology products and prices to range of shopping categories. The deal extends ClickTheButton’s comparative search capabilities to include more than 100 additional merchants and thousands of computer and technology products. The CNet database of computer products and prices will be integrated into ClickTheButton’s online shopping […]

JDA Software Group Inc. and Blue Martini Software formed a partnership to interface Blue Martini’s e-merchandising system on the front-end with JDA’s merchandising, warehouse and financial applications at the back end. The resulting integrated solution will be available for both brick and mortar retailers expanding on the Internet and Internet pure plays requiring proven back-office […]

Sun Microsystems today announced a joint marketing agreement designed to market SoftCom’s patent-pending technology and bring e-commerce and interactive capabilities to online video using the companies’ interactive video solutions for content providers and Java technology developers worldwide. As part of the agreement, Sun (SUNW) and SoftCom will collaborate on marketing and sales efforts designed to […]

Lotus Development Corp. this week released version six of its Organizer personal information manager, which now includes extended Internet functionality. The new Web section of the product provides bookmark-like functionality to Organizer users, allowing them to store their URLs and user name/password information for secure sites, the company said. Once an entered site is accessed, […]