An AEA survey of its 3,000 member electronics executives found that most (80%) were interested in business efficiency and customer responsiveness rather than multimedia entertainment markets. Only 41% want government funding of precompetitive research, and 65% want private funding of the information infrastructure. 70% want intellectual property protection, but 90% want the government to remove legal and jurisdictional barriers to network development. John Englund, AEA, 202/682-4454. [dot.COM, 5/27/94.]

Home Shopping Network Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) will offer its housewares, electronics, clothing, and jewelry on Prodigy. [dot.COM, 5/27/94.]

Internet Shopping Network (Santa Clara, CA) has begun offering 10,000 computer products over CommerceNet (and hence Internet). Separate "storefronts" offer Macintosh, Windows, DOS, and Unix products, as well as desktop publishing, children's software, and programmers' utilities and references. Listings includes pictures, specs, InfoWorld reviews, and even a few demos. Visa/Mastercard orders can be processed without human intervention. http://shop.internet.net, or contact Randy Adams (info@internet.net). [dot.COM, 5/27/94.] (Don't send unencrypted card numbers over the Internet.)

Storefront membership in CommerceNet is $1,250/year. To learn more, contact http://www.commerce.net/ or info@commerce.net. [dot.COM, 5/27/94.]

(Or read about it in the new dot.COM online newsletter, available from Business Communications Co. (editor @dotcom.vyne.com), Norwalk, CT; (203) 853-4266, (203) 853-0348 Fax. This $395 monthly newsletter -- currently just $295 -- covers "software and hardware, encryption and privacy, billing and collection, advertising and marketing, standards setting, graphic interfaces, and interconnectability." The editor is Fred Guterl (100111.1557@compuserve.com), (201)783-0726. ASCII, Acrobat, or hardcopy, with $50 postage for international hardcopy. [5/27/94.] (It's good-quality Infobahn news, but needs to be more frequent.))

Need juggling supplies, kites, or boomerangs? Or [soon] footbags, tops, yo-yos, darts, and other skill equipment? Check out http://io.com/usr/infinite/index.html/. [Scout Report, 5/27/94. net-hap.] (Someone should open a WWW martial arts store. In fact, every hobby is ripe for Internet commercialization. The e-market is global, and it isn't just information anymore.)