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The Center for Democracy and Technology, Common Cause, and the American Library Association have launched a campaign to raise public interest in an election designed to ensure that individual Web users are not overwhelmed by government and corporate interests when it comes to governance of the Inter...

The Internet will become a faster, more powerful force in e-commerce as a result of an alliance between Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) and Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR), according to industry observers.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that settlements have been reached in deceptive advertising cases brought against Buy.com, Value America and brick-and-click retailer Office Depot.

This year alone, U.S. firms will pay $20 billion (US$) to consultants for design and construction of e-commerce Web sites, even though -- according to Forrester Research -- none of the big-name e-commerce integrators can actually deliver the type of across-the-board expertise needed to get an e-tail...

CDNow, Inc., the cash-strapped online music retailer, said Thursday it is in talks with a number of potential investors in its quest for survival, but so far has not solidified a deal.

Nine airlines announced Thursday that they are banding together to launch a new online travel exchange for the Asia-Pacific region in the fourth quarter of this year.

While delivering a keynote address at PC Expo on Wednesday, Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos blasted a recent analyst report that the mammoth e-tailer might soon run out of cash.

Companies that sell goods and services over the Internet are responsible for almost 5,400 lost jobs since December 1999, according to a report from Chicago, Illinois-based employment company Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Six major airline companies are reportedly banding together to challenge name-your-price pioneer Priceline.com for dominance in the discount air travel marketplace.

According to analysts at Chase H&Q and US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, general stock market jitters have resulted in a larger-than-expected drop in trading volume and could have a negative impact on second quarter results.

In an effort to add community dynamics to its e-mail offerings, Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announced Wednesday that it will pay about $434 million (US$) in an all-stock transaction to acquire free group e-mail service eGroups. The eGroups acquisition will also boost the new Corporate Yahoo! enterprise se...

RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) announced Wednesday that it has forged an alliance with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to distribute multimedia content to cell phones and other mobile devices.

According to data from Framingham, Massachusetts-based research firm IDC, online jewelry sales will grow from $77 million (US$) in 1999 to over $1 billion in 2004 and outpace the growth of consumer e-commerce as a whole.

Bracing for massive e-commerce growth, Chinese government officials are preparing a regulatory framework to govern the industry and lay out guidelines on taxation, advertising, content, and other key areas.

Not long ago, U.S. Vice President Al Gore took some serious ribbing for suggesting he played a major role in developing the World Wide Web. Now some of the same type of ridicule should be aimed at British Telecom for its pursuit of hyperlink patent royalties.