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• ZDNet
• http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?30672:4326407 

• ZDNet
• http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?28795:4326407 

EDS takes wireless to the bank
EDS this week will announce nationwide wireless banking services for users of Palm VII
handhelds.

• ZDNet
• http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?30670:4326407 

• ZDNet
• http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?30677:4326407 

• Upside
• http://www.upside.com/News/38f9fa950.html 

Browser Wars Redux?
The Wired News headline - "Netscape 6: Does Anyone Care?" - was odd, considering that the story about the new version was one of three the site ran.

• The Industry Standard
• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,13876,00.html?nl=dnh 

ConsumerREVIEW.com Launches Seasonal Buyers Guides
ConsumerREVIEW.com launched the first in a series of seasonal buyers guides featuring product recommendations, how-to information, directories and original articles.

• Internet News
• http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C2171%2C4_338301%2C00.html 

Estée Lauder Expands Web Sales
In a shift that will bring highly sought after merchandise to a host of online retailers, 
Estée Lauder, the leading prestige cosmetics maker, will allow its traditional offline
retail partners to begin selling its products online starting later this year.

• New York Times
• http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/articles/13lauder.html 

MasterCard Offers Virus Repair Service
MasterCard has taken the unusual step of offering a free virus repair service as a key feature in its small business card package.

• Computer Currents
• http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/04/05/news5.html 

Medical distributors open e-market
Five major health care distributors say they will invest more than $100 million to establish an electronic exchange aimed at cutting medical costs.

• Computer World
• http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000419D6CE 

Network Solutions Wants 2 More Top-Level Domains
A paper sent to ICANN recommends the creation of '.shop' and '.banc' to ease Net gridlock.

• The Industry Standard
• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,14338,00.html?nl=dnh 

New Intelligence Tool Evaluates E-Commerce Performance
@plan. Inc., an online B2B exchange for optimizing Internet advertising and merchandising
strategies, launched its E-Tailgraphics System, a new market research planning system.

• Internet News
• http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C2171%2C4_334541%2C00.html 

New Real-Time E-Commerce Survey Service Launched
Active Research, a provider of Web-based market research automation services, launched ActiveFlash, a custom outsourced service that surveys e-commerce consumers as they decide what products to buy across the Internet.

• Internet News
• http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C2171%2C4_337601%2C00.html 

Prime Retail Closes eOutlets.com; 48 Workers Terminated
Prime Retail Inc. late Wednesday said it was unable to transfer its wholly-owned subsidiary, Primeoutlets.com Inc., also known as eOutlets.com, to an investor group. Because of the failure, Prime Retail closed the Web concern and fired 48 employees.

• BizReport
• http://www.bizreport.com/daily/2000/04/20000414-6.htm 

Siebel Jumps Into E-commerce
The front-office market leader launched Siebel eBusiness 2000, the Internet-laden upgrade to its flagship CRM package, and bought e-commerce auction vendor OpenSite for $444 million in stock.

• TechWeb
• http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000418S0014 

Speech-Driven Telephone E-Business App Launched
NetByTel.com launched its Telephone e-Business Platform that "lets online retailers and other e-businesses extend their Web-based marketplaces to anyone with a telephone."

• Internet News
• http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C2171%2C4_344461%2C00.html