The pay-per-view Net
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While electronic commerce may emerge as the shopping method of choice for the next millennium, Internet technology still has to contend with four major problems, namely, security, privacy, convenience and the difficulty of making and collecting small payments. Many electronic commerce sites are dealing with the security and privacy issues adequately. As far as micropayments, or sums of less than $10, are concerned, analysts say that by the year 2003, such small amounts will involve from 85% to 90% of all Net transactions. There are tens of thousands of such items that can be bought online but very few are actually available as of Jan 1999. Since credit card purchases are geared toward more pricey items, it is still too expensive for merchants to collect amounts of less than $10 per item.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1999
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A Ph.D. in UFOs
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Associate professor of history David M. Jacobs believes in the existence of unidentified flying object's and alien abductions. He explains the reasons for his belief of an alien takeover in his book, "The Threat: The Secret Alien Agenda."
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1998
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Yankee classics
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Classic American recipes from the New England Culinary Institute are presented, including Sweet Pea and New Potato Chowder, Maple Baked Beans, Cider and Maple Barbecued Baby Back Ribs, and Fresh Berries and Corn bread with Maple Yogurt.
Publication Name: New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1085-1003
Year: 2000
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