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ecTechWeb: News: Nov 1999

Apache to create XML open-source tools 0 - (CNET)
Apache plans to develop new Extensible Markup Language (XML) tools with technology donated by IBM, Sun, other
tech firms, and independent software developers. The group plans to launch the new effort--called the
"xml.apache.org Project"
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Novell's New Schmooze Tool (wired) 0 - Introduced this week at New York's
Internet World, digitalme aims to be
the Internet's killer app of so-called
identity management -- a powerful
networked Rolodex that will allow
consumers to share a little or a lot of
personal information with as many or
as few parties or Web sites as they
choose.
Oracle Puts E-Commerce On Any Mobile 0 - Oracle Corp is set to launch
a product to let consumers shop electronically from any existing mobile
phone
ORACLE: Ellison unveils mobile internet access 0 - Oracle, the software company, is launching a new
system that makes internet shopping and
information services accessible through mobile
phones.
9th International World Wide Web Conference 0 - WWW9 will be held in Amsterdam on May 15-19, 2000. Leaders from industry, academia,
and government will present the latest developments in web technology, including:
e-commerce, XML, multimedia, web server performance, searching and querying,
protocols, web document management, Java, web site design, web security, RDF,
database and directory services, collaboration, accessibility, metadata, new languages.
Papers due Nov 22, 1999.
IBM to Take Part in Alliance to Improve E-Commerce Security 0 - Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft today
announced the formation of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance
(TCPA), an industry group focused on building confidence and trust of
computing platforms in e-business transactions by creating an industry
standard for security technologies in personal computing environments.
Nokia, IBM team on wireless e-commerce 0 - IBM and Nokia, the world's biggest cell phone maker, today said they would join forces in an
increasingly heated race to popularize e-commerce over wireless devices that connect to the Internet.
Microsoft unveils e-wallet service 0 - Microsoft has launched an online wallet service for MSN Passport, its Web registration service, and a list of
retail heavyweights including Barnes & Noble, Costco, and Buy.com are expected to adopt the technology.
Microsoft turns over questions to Ask Jeeves 0 - Microsoft has launched an online wallet service for MSN Passport, its Web registration service, and a list of
retail heavyweights including Barnes & Noble, Costco, and Buy.com are expected to adopt the technology.
Intel, AMA to put patient records online 0 - Intel has teamed with the American Medical
Association to create digital credentials that would
allow physicians, Web sites, and consumers to safely
interchange medical records. Healthcare companies
Healtheon-WebMD and Franklin Health have already
signed on to use the new software.
Amazon.com Receives Patent for 1-Click 0 - Amazon has been awarded a patent for its innovative 1-Click service, which allows customers
to shop conveniently without entering their shipping and billing information every time they
buy.
Priceline.com Sues Microsoft 0 - Priceline.com, which
lets consumers bid on the Internet for plane
tickets and hotel rooms, said Wednesday that it
had filed a suit against the Microsoft
Corporation, contending that the new Microsoft
hotel service violates a Priceline patent. Priceline.com has three patents for its "name
your own price" business, and 17 more are
pending.
WEB ADVERTISING IS "DOOMED STRATEGY" SAYS NIELSEN 0 - Jakob Nielsen, a Web usability expert and leading proponent of keeping
things simple, says he thinks the day of building businesses based on Web
advertising have come and gone: "It's a completely doomed strategy, and I
recommend immediately selling any stock where the business strategy is
basically to live off of advertising, with very few exceptions.
Internet economy up 68% this year 0 - The Internet Economy
grew 68 percent from
the first quarter of 1998
to the first quarter of
1999 and now accounts
for 2.3 million jobs,
according to the
University of Texas’
Center for Research in
Electronic Commerce.
Letting technology do the shopping 0 - Using a combination of new technologies, a growing
number of e-commerce companies can monitor their
customers' shopping habits like never before.
(CNET, 11/5)

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