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Bluefly Inc., “the outlet store in your home,” is launching a co-branded version of its online store on Yahoo! Shopping. Bluefly.com markets name brand fashions at outlet store prices. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. “We are thrilled to be a part of Yahoo!’s major new shopping initiative,” said Jonathan Morris, executive vice president of Bluefly. […]

WavePhore Inc. launched the WaveTop Store electronic commerce channel, and established nine initial merchants in the new “broadcast mall.” Consumers will now be able to obtain WaveTop’s broadcast delivery of multimedia content to receive offers and place orders. Product offerings and catalog-like content will be delivered to their desktops, without the hassle of going online, […]

San Francisco-based ThirdAge.com, “the Web Site for Grownups, ” launched a holiday shopping initiative that was developed with first-time online shoppers in mind. The effort includes Holiday Shopping Central, Smart Shopper’s Information Center and an exclusive Third Age Shopping Tool. The Third Age shopping initiative combines practical information about e-commerce including “E-Biz Buyer Bewares” and […]

Business solutions firm Click Interactive Wednesday released the latest version of its extranet software, Click Commerce software, version 3.0. Click Commerce 3.0 is a scalable infrastructure tool enabling companies to authorize and authenticate users and manage access privileges from a single entry point for their extranets. It is made to allow customized user interfaces individual […]

Bank of America plans to become the nation’s first financial institution to offer wireless banking services to users of Palm Computing Inc.’s Palm VII handheld computer. Palm VII users will have real-time access to their personal account information through a connection to Bank of America’s Home Banking Web site. They will be able to check […]

Motorola. Inc. Wednesday unveiled new residential home networking services, including information gateways that provides shared broadband access to the Internet. The gateways are a new type of product that incorporate a cable modem with an in-home data network. The gateways enable homes with multiple PCs to be connected to the Internet simultaneously. By using the […]

Narus Inc. Wednesday announced the upcoming release of its network technology analyzer, Semantic Traffic Analysis, aimed at providing Internet service providers (ISPs) and network service providers (NSPs) with data to support value-added services. Value-added services such as Internet video, IP telephony, IP faxing, Internet applications hosting and others are crucial to service providers’ profitability and […]

Microsoft Wednesday announced it will combine its WebTV service with Scientific-Atlanta Inc.’s Explorer 2000 digital set-top box and interactive network. The joint venture is designed to offer cable systems and subscribers a combined product and service. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Scientific-Atlanta will integrate WebTV with Scientific-Atlanta’s conditional access, head-end network systems […]

Multimedia firm White Pine Software Inc. Wednesday signed an agreement to acquire complete ownership of the trademark, source code and all intellectual property rights to the CU-SeeMe and MeetingPoint technologies. Cornell University created the video conferencing technologies in 1993 and White Pine has been exclusively licensed to commercially develop them. Financial specifics were not disclosed. […]

CyberCash Inc.’s online payment transaction service will be incorporated in Oracle’s new Internet bill presentment and payment solution, Internet Bill & Pay, the companies announced Wednesday. Separately, Oracle also announced a partnership with CheckFree Corp. for electronic bill presentation and payment. By using CyberCash’s PayNow Electronic Check Service, connectivity will be provided to wholesale banks […]

Apple Computer Inc. Tuesday upgraded its WebObjects application server software for Windows NT and UNIX platforms. Version 4 adds extensive Java support and cuts application deployment time by offering ‘Direct to Web’ pre-built, reusable software modules. In addition, it includes new debugging features and a new multi-tier Java architecture. Also new in WebObjects 4 is […]

Network firm Internet Security Systems Inc. Tuesday added a new product to its SAFEsuite line of security assessment and intrusion detection systems. System Scanner 1.0 for Windows provides host-based security assessment for both desktops and servers within a Windows environment. It utilizes a comprehensive database of system security tests to audit designated servers and desktops […]