December 19, 1999
Web Informant: The Shipping News, or when you absolutely, positively have to know.
With only a few more days left before Christmas, shoppers are acutely aware of how long it takes to get their goods delivered. And nothing exposes the soft underbelly of eCommerce more than how a storefront manages the entire shipping process.
Cal Law: Goo Goos Go Gaga Over Online Handle.
The flap over the Goo Goo Dolls began after the band's record label, Warner Bros., asserted ownership of a Web site, www.googoodolls.com, which purports to be the group's "official" home on the Internet. Perturbed by the company's move, the band responded by setting up its own official site in cyberspace, www.googoodolls.org.
Forbes: Raising the bar.
The problem with any shopping tool, whether it's browser-based or a destination site, is its inherent conflict with retailers. At the same time that these tools are driving down retail prices by facilitating comparison shopping, they are also relying upon the merchants for their revenue. To further complicate the issue, both parties want to own the customer
SJ Mercury: Hacker threat almost spoiled holidays for DVD makers.
Even as it downplays the problem, Macrovision R&D is at work on a new encryption system to foil the dreaded DeCSS. Seventy-five percent of all DVDs pressed are encoded with Macrovision copy protection. This translates into 100 million discs worldwide.
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