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The WSJ has assembled an impressive array of articles on today’s announcement that AOL is merging with Time Warner: AOL Time Warner — WSJ Interactive Edition

People aren’t as adamantly against Internet commerce taxes as you might think — but those who actually use the Internet are less likely to approve of Internet taxes, and those who *shop* online are even more opposed. More genius-level research: Survey: Consumer opposition to Internet taxes is soft

Economist Manuel Castells is questioning the wisdom of allowing a global economy to run completely automated and unregulated over the Internet. In his view, a completely “wired” global economy will lead inevitably to turbulence — rapid devaluations of tech stocks, for instance — that will prompt som

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Trouble ahead for online retailers? Many dot coms are offering free shipping and other perks in an effort to attract new customers. Now, a Forrester report claims, they may find themselves locked in to continuing those money-losing practices. With negative margins, free shipping, and logistical prob

More on the coming wireless boom: Wireless E-Commerce Said to Be Heating Up–December 29, 1999

The next Net battle: Time. The UK government wants to create a universal Internet time standard based on Greenwich Mean Time. They’re giving it a new name: “Get,” for Greenwich Electronic Time — although it’s not clear how Get differs from GMT. To get Get accepted as a standard, of course, the Brits

Here’s an interesting review of the year in Internet access appliances, from a site devoted to news about Net devices. As the review points out, wireless access to the Web really started to take off in 1999, with Sprint PCS introducing a Web phone service, and Nokia selling WAP (Wireless Application

Most online holiday shoppers are happy with their experiences, reports say — although online toy stores may have produced more than their share of dissatisfaction: Web Shoppers Report Satisfaction (registration required to access site)

EToys, Amazon stock prices dropped Monday despite record e-commerce volume — analysts suggest investors are worried about the impact of fulfillment and customer service problems. EToys Was No. 3 for Holiday Shopping But Worries Over Service Hurt Stock (paid subscription required to access site)

While the Internet economy booms, the Linux and open-source software movements are thriving on a “gift economy” that values intellectual contributions over market share, Salon writer Andrew Leonard observes. Of course, Wall Street loves the gift economy too, pushing Red Hat and VA Linux shares into

Red Herring has a nice piece on the “unsung heroes of the Internet” — the ordinary working folks who make e-business happen through their decidedly un-virtual jobs. Profiled in the story are a DSL installer, a Webvan warehouse worker, a call center employee, and a manager at an Exodus data facility.