Ready, Set, Shop New technologies inch us closer to cybershopping.
Electronic shopping is on the verge of sweeping the Web.
Well, that's the plan according to a number of predictions. According to International Data Corp., another high-tech research firm, one out of every three Internet users already buys goods over the Web. It predicts that by the year 2001, revenues from services that provide electronic commerce will double over revenues today. But before consumers freely put their credit cards on the Web, they want assurances that their transactions will be secure . The percentage of online purchases was virtually the same in 1996 as in 1995, according to a Dataquest survey.