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Amazon to Offer One-Hour Delivery
Through a partnership with Kozmo.com, Amazon.com will provide customers with the option of 1-hour delivery for books, CDs, and toys. (3/20/2000 at Upside)

Coming Soon to a Coffee Shop Near You: Parcel Pickup
Kozmo.com has inked a $150 million deal with Starbucks, in which the coffee giant will allow Kozmo customers to return items (such as DVDs and eventually defective product returns) to their stores; experts expect many more such deals soon. (2/28/2000 at The New York Times)

Desperately Seeking a Hipper Shipper
A number of companies are hoping to solve the problem of getting goods ordered on the Web - from groceries to furniture - to people's homes without people having to actually be home. (1/19/2000 at Salon.com)

Developers Rush to Meet Demands of E-Commerce
Real estate businesses are building and leasing "pass-through facilities" for online businesses. The design and location of these facilities are geared towards allowing quick delivery of purchased goods. (1/23/2000 at The New York Times)

FedEx Slows Down to Move at Internet Speed
Federal Express has introduced alternative shipping schemes - including slower & cheaper, and by-appointment - to satisfy online shoppers' delivery needs. (6/29/2000 at News.com)

Virtual Delivery: From Cyberspace to Your Door
A profile of a Kozmo.com deliveryman/driver in Los Angeles, and a look at the in-an-hour online delivery company. (9/5/2000 at Los Angeles Times)

zBox Can Accept Packages When Nobody's Home
Several companies are developing lockboxes which consumers and small businesses can rent on a monthly basis; when deliveries come and nobody's home, the shipping company will be able to leave goods in the secure boxes. (1/9/2001 at Mercury Center)

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Project Jxta
An open-source project, started at Sun Microsystems, "to explore new styles of distributed computing."

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