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E-commerce coming of age

Much of the focus of the new economy up until now has been on dot-com start ups and speculators buying and selling stocks. The fact that e-commerce is merely a tool to increase businesses' efficiency seemingly got lost in the stampede to get rich. Full story >>

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Banking on the power of 'e'
Remember how exciting a trip to the bank was before ATMs? Every Saturday morning you would race down to the bank, queue up for half an hour, make your deposit or get your cash. The only alternative you had was to spend your lunch hour shuffling along the bank queue. Then, when ATMs came along, you could do all of that 24 hours a day, any day. Full story >>

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Despite the demise of the dot-coms, the Internet revolution is far from over. In fact, it is entering a new era as wireless data services become a reality. In 1999, about 165 million wireless phones were sold worldwide. By 2004, the number of mobile devices is expected to exceed 1 billion. Full Story >>

elaw2.jpg (11297 bytes) Dodging the Pitfalls of
e-commerce

The Internet has created unprecedented potential for the misuse of personal data and databanks are making fortunes from businesses that are queuing up to use such information to sell their products to millions of consumers worldwide. Full story >>

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