That audience is attractive to e-learning companies -- from correspondence programs that have hopped online to Net-only operations peddling curricula by the month or by the course.
U.S. began providing an online "net-price calculator, " as mandated by Congress.
They also accept deliveries from luxury online fashion website Net-a-Porter and can handle any returns or exchanges on your behalf.
But these days, many of the actual clothes are being snapped up by boutiques in Dubai and Moscow or by online retailers such as Net-a-Porter.
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Wargaming.net is developing its latest free-to-play online WWII game, World of Battleships, for a 2013 launch.
This practice, along with so-called "all-you-can-eat" Net access plans, allows surfers to stay online without worrying about running up huge bills.
By the album cost on iTunes, or dedicated classical download sites like The Classical Shop (run by Chandos, Digital Rights Management-free, high audio-quality downloads, theclassicalshop.net), Classics Online (Naxos), or (for the francophone) Qobuz?
He cites online file-sharing firms like Dropbox and Box.net, which are popular with companies, as potential competitors.
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Other e-tailers cite the high cost - some five to 10 times higher than in the U.S. - of leasing Net connections and maintaining "server" computers for managing online transactions.
Moreover, it's going to cost plenty to develop services such as customized books and online delivery that exploit the Net's features more fully -- even assuming Bezos is willing to try.
Eurogamer.net, the popular European gaming website, today revealed a tie-up with Gaikai, the online gaming service provider.
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The program, Supplier-Connection.net, launching Thursday, would let business owners fill out a single application online to become an acceptable supplier to 15 major corporate partners including Office Depot Inc.
Ways to improve children's offerings on the Net was a central theme in a wide-ranging discussion that also touched on the digital divide and parental online security concerns.
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