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In yet another high-profile controversy over intellectual property abuse on the Web, the City of Los Angeles is threatening legal action against a Web site that sells apparel emblazoned with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) emblem.

Hilton Hotels Corp. unveiled a business-to-business marketplace Thursday that will be powered by PurchasePro.com's B2B e-commerce engine.

E-commerce helped to reverse a decline in overall book sales for adults in 1999, according to a new study by NPD Group, Inc. of Port Washington, New York.

In yet another twist in what has become an e-commerce soap opera, New York-based Fashionmall.com announced Thursday that it has acquired embattled British e-tailer Boo.com. The agreement comes just as upscale e-tailer Foofoo.com revealed that it is shutting down after only a year in operation.

In an effort to help thwart attacks by the Internet's equivalent of petty thieves, the Systems Administration, Networking and Security Institute (SANS) has published a "Top 10 List" of the most popular ways hackers gain illegal access to network servers and computer systems.

Break out the crying towels. Some of the founding fathers and mothers of the World Wide Web gathered in Cambridge, Massachusetts this week for the Harvard University Internet and Society conference and took the opportunity to lament the current state of the Internet.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Thursday that it has acquired online games company Verant Interactive, Inc. in a bid to expand its Internet gaming business.

Juno Online Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: JWEB) has filed suit against NetZero, Inc. (Nasdaq: NZRO) and Qualcomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) in U.S. District Court for infringement of one of its patents.

Online women's network iVillage is in discussions with Internet retailer BabyGear.com to sell off its iBaby retail unit, according to Preston Bealle, CEO of BabyGear.com.

For the first quarter of 2000, U.S. business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce sales were up 1.2 percent to $5.26 billion (US$) from the fourth quarter of 1999, according to figures published by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. However, despite the gains, e-commerce has yet to make a sign...

According to a new report from Goldman Sachs, at least 10 key e-tailers will be faced with the daunting task of raising cash as soon as this year or next.

Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. railed against the U.S. government in a Wednesday court hearing, labeling its proposal to split the company in two as "vague" and "ambiguous."

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced two new ventures on Wednesday designed to provide customers with instant access to their book purchases.

Last week's news that four New Jersey teenagers got sick from a drug they allegedly bought on Internet auction site eBay once again raised the issue of whether online auctioneers should be held liable for the actions of their members.

A new report claims that the potential for successfully selling cars online has been greatly exaggerated and adds that while more car buyers will research their purchases online, the number actually buying a car without seeing it first will remain relatively small.