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Online auctioneer eBay has expanded into the fixed-price marketplace by agreeing to purchase person-to-person Web marketplace Half.com in a stock deal valued at $350 million (US$).

NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi), a dot-com division of the National Broadcasting Company, said Tuesday that it will restructure and consolidate all of its Web holdings under one banner.

America Online is once again leading the charge, this time on Internet security. But the leadership comes not through breakthrough technology or a stringent self-policing standard -- it comes through advertising.

Pets.com (Nasdaq: IPET) announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire key assets and strategic relationships of privately held competitor Petstore.com.

Just hours after being rebuffed in its motion to stay the harsh remedies ordered last week by a federal judge, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday appealed the landmark decision to split the software giant into two competing companies.

The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Wednesday that it will file criminal charges this week against a man suspected to have spread the crippling "Love Bug" computer virus.

Refuting rumors that it would run out of cash by the end of 2000, online toy retailer eToys bought itself some breathing room Tuesday with $100 million (US$) in capital raised from the sale of preferred convertible stock.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asked a federal court judge Monday to issue an injunction to prevent music swap site Napster from "facilitating or assisting others in the copying, downloading, uploading, transmission or distribution of copyrighted musical works."

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday requested more information from America Online, Inc. before it will consider approving its proposed $124 billion (US$) merger with Time Warner, Inc.

A new study released Monday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows that Canadians actively browse e-commerce Web sites but are reluctant to spend money online.

Silicon Valley is still the epicenter of the digital explosion and the United States remains the world leader in e-commerce, but Sweden and other northern european countries lead the rest of the world, according to two new surveys.

Beset with legal and morale problems at home, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates laid out his vision for the company on the other side of the world on Tuesday, a vision that -- with its emphasis on the personal computer -- bucks conventional high-tech wisdom.

A new survey shows that an increasing number of Americans, particularly those who are interested in financial matters, are turning to the Internet for news and information.

Hollywood Entertainment Corp. announced Monday that it is shutting down the e-commerce aspects of Reel.com, the film-related Web site that was often ranked among the ten most visited Internet sites.

Responding to evidence that online brokers do not provide their customers with the best information about risks, margin accounts, privacy and other key issues, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) is recommending that government regulators require Internet trading firms to post more disclosures ...