Mastering E-commerce - Computer World
Master's degree programs in E-commerce have been sprouting up like saplings in a clear-cut, with wide variations in type, quality, and lifespan. Some programs have a clear business focus, while others take a hands-on master of science approach. Yet they share several characteristics: they've all been thrown together in record time, they're changing by the minute, they're wildly popular with students, and few will survive the next five years. The seat-of-the-pants approach is typified by one instructor's introductory remarks: "We are all learning, so I won't introduce myself as an expert."

Big e-tail year? - RockyMountainNews.com
The e-mailbox has been overflowing this year from e-tailers hoping for a spot on your online Christmas shopping list. Anything digital is hot this year--cell phones, pagers, DVDs and the latest computer gear. To check out what's happening for toys for the younger set, see Toy e-tailer girds for holiday.

E-Tail survivors set to gain strength - Evening Standard
E-tail sales in America are expected to soar once again this holiday season, though too late to save a growing list of brand-name e-tailers, including pets.com, furniture.com and MotherNature.com. Industry analysts Jupiter Communications expect sales over the Internet to rise 66% during the season to $11.6 billion, with bricks and clicks the biggest winners. Last year, e-tailers geared up for their biggest Christmas ever, selling billions of dollars in merchandise. Much of it was never delivered, or delivered late. Businesses are working on avoiding a similar disaster this year, as Online retailers enter a pivotal season - Christian Science Monitor.

Will E-Commerce Connect the Dots? - E-Commerce Times
Some fear that seven new domain suffixes approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)will cause more problems than are solved. The demand for new domain names is what prompted ICANN to make the move, yet the proliferation of names may lead to additional confusion for users in a climate already dominated by the uncertainty and impermanence of the Internet. ICANN's own director called the shortage of dot-com names "artificial," with a small number of common names being fought over while a vast pool of possible combinations go ignored. ICANN was unable to state a clear rationale for choosing some names-such as ".pro" and ".museum"--while ignoring suggestions like ".kids" and ".xxx". According to columnist Keith Regan, ICANN has simply muddied the waters with their latest decision.