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According to Internet traffic analyzer WebSideStory, nearly half of all traffic generated from search engines to Web sites can be traced to Yahoo!. WebSideStory’s data source, StatMarket, found that Yahoo! generates more than twice as many referrals to Web sites as its closest competitor, Excite. StatMarket real-time data is based on more than 20 million […]

A screen name stolen from an America Online user has apparently been linked to the Melissa computer virus as well as several others. Investigators looking into the virus this week linked its spread to the online user name Sky Roket which was apparently stolen from an America Online user. Network Associates Inc. told Reuters late […]

Computer experts are continuing their search for the author of the “Melissa” e-mail virus, saying late Tuesday a fingerprint used by Microsoft Office programs could lead them to the person responsible. Meanwhile, the person whose America Online account was used to send the e-mail is denying any connection with the virus and is protesting AOL’s […]

The makers of both the major Web browsers were working Tuesday to repair bugs that could compromise a Web user’s private information and Internet usage patterns. The first was discovered in Netscape’s Communicator Browser and new Netscape owner America Online said it was working on a fix. That problem allows unscrupulous Web site operators to […]

Unilever Singapore Pte Ltd. will launch on April 3 its first interactive Web site for one of its key brands, Wall’s Ice Cream, to better market the product to its business partners and consumers in Singapore. The company is using this Web site as a pilot to better understand marketing on the Internet. Unilever Singapore […]

Global Telesystems Ltd. (GTL) has developed an electronic commerce application that will be marketed worldwide by GE Information Services, a division of General Electric. Market sources maintain that the launch of the software, E-Trade CommNet, has established the firm as a leading player in e-commerce software development. While GE Information Services will market the product […]

China is considering development of a framework to speed deployment of electronic commerce and step up its digital economy, the China Daily reported. “China’s e-commerce is still in an embryonic and exploratory stage,” Ministry of Information Industry official Zhang Baotai was quoted as saying in a Reuters report. Developing e-commerce in China would be a […]

Woburn, MA-based FairMarket Inc., a provider of online auction and e-commerce solutions, said it was selected to host the new auction service launched by CyberShop International Inc. CyberShop is an online retailer of discounted designer and brand name products. The newly launched CyberShop Auction is linked from the company’s online store at auctions.cybershop.com. CyberShop Auction […]

America Online Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday disclosed more details of the union between Netscape Communications and the two companies, dubbed the Sun-Netscape Alliance. The companies hope the alliance will enable them to better compete against rivals IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. and move to the front of the e-commerce infrastructure and application software […]

CNNfn.com, the online component of the CNNfn television network, will launch a new search and navigation service in the next two months offering a variety of financial news and information. News of the new site comes on the same day that reports surfaced saying CNN parent Time Warner may be weighing an initial public offering […]

On the heels of Monday’s announcement that it would enter the online auction arena, and go toe-to-toe with leader eBay, Amazon.com Tuesday officially launched Amazon.com Auctions. Hoping to begin immediately drawing from its large pool of customers, Amazon.com has already registered its 8 million customers who can buy and sell immediately. The auction area is […]

Singapore-based BuzzCity Pte Ltd., an e-mail alert service company that tracks the latest information from multiple sites on the Web, set up a mailing list partnership program that allows business partners to customize information in their e-mailing list. Four partners have signed up with this program so far. They are Skali, a Malaysia-based online information […]