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Top executives at Staples, Inc. thought they had done everything right. Recognizing the need to take decisive action on the e-commerce front, they calmly consulted experts from the Harvard Business School to devise an effective strategy.

Key members of the U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership gathered on Friday to launch GOP.gov, a Web site designed to inform the public about current issues and the views of GOP members of Congress.

eToys (Nasdaq:ETYS) announced Monday that it has purchased selected assets of eParties American, an online party planning and supplies site, for $1.6 million (US$) in eToys common stock.

Mammoth U.S. grocery chain The Kroger Co. announced Thursday that it will join forces with name-your-own-price service Priceline WebHouse Club, Inc., a privately-held licensee of Priceline.com. The WebHouse Club allows online shoppers to name their own price for groceries, up to half-off.

EarthLink, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELNK), the second largest Internet service provider (ISP) in the United States, said on Thursday that it will buy top-ten ISP OneMain.com (Nasdaq: ONEM) for $308 million (US$) in cash and stock.

No one can accuse Webvan of lacking the killer instinct. In the past year, the company has pledged to spend $1 billion (US$) on infrastructure and has steered itself into competition with the likes of Amazon.com.

In an attempt to fend off mounting criticism of what promises to be the Internet's largest travel Web site, executives for the so-called "Travelocity Terminator" came forward Thursday to defend their plan to combine the forces of five of the largest U.S. airlines.

Following negotiations that have consumed most of this year, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have apparently reached an accord on the terms of a digital signature bill.

Andersen Consulting announced Thursday that it is partnering with the state of North Carolina and Yahoo! to develop a Web portal called North Carolina@Your Service.

IDG World Expo predicts that 30,000 national and international Linux users will attend the fourth LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Jose, California, surpassing the last show's record attendance.

MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) announced Friday that it has reached separate settlements in its copyright infringement disputes with Bertelsmann AG's BMG Music and Time Warner's Warner Music Group. The settlements will allow music from the labels to stay on the online music provider's site.

Network Security Technologies, Inc. announced the discovery Thursday of destructive software that has been clandestinely implanted into thousands of business and home computers.

As news of Wednesday's judicial decision to break up Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSN) continues to reverberate through the high-tech world, many analysts and observers are wondering what all of the ballyhoo is about.

Tuesday's reports that MP3.com, Inc. and Warner Music Group are close to settling a copyright infringement lawsuit came as extremely good news to the online music company's shareholders.

A new survey by digital entertainment research and information company Webnoize suggests that most college students who use Napster's controversial music file-swapping software would be willing to pay to keep that privilege.