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Palo Alto, California-based computer manufacturer Hewlett- Packard (NYSE: HWP) announced an agreement Wednesday to provide e-tail giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) with 90 percent of its computer hardware and related systems.

Brick-and-click retailer Barnes & Noble (Nasdaq: BNBN) announced an initiative Tuesday to develop Barnes & Noble University, a customized Internet site for online learning.

E*Trade and accounting giant Ernst & Young announced plans on Tuesday to make financial advice available to the brokerage firm's 2.6 million clients over the Internet.

E*Trade and accounting giant Ernst & Young announced plans on Tuesday to make financial advice available to the brokerage firm's 2.6 million clients over the Internet.

E*Trade and accounting giant Ernst & Young announced plans on Tuesday to make financial advice available to the brokerage firm's 2.6 million clients over the Internet.

With the dust barely settled after last week's U.S. House vote to extend permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China, many Internet technology firms and electronic commerce companies are looking to the Far East to determine their fortunes.

Just a few weeks ago, it seemed that Microsoft had a strong chance of staving off a government-mandated breakup by taking its case up the judicial ladder of appeals -- all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.

Eighty-five percent of Internet users are also Internet shoppers, according to a new survey, "The Interactive Consumer: Charting the Online Shopping Revolution," commissioned by Parade Magazine.

The California Assembly narrowly approved an Internet tax measure Tuesday that could bring millions of dollars (US$) to what is arguably the leading high-tech state in the U.S. The bill now moves to the state Senate.

QXL.com (Nasdaq: QXLC), Europe' s largest online auctioneer, reported increases in revenue, auction volume and membership for its fourth quarter and year ended April 30th.

IBM announced the formation of an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace Tuesday involving ten powerful telecommunications and electronics companies.

Less than two weeks after financial woes forced Boo.com to shut down its operations, the online retailer announced Tuesday that it has sold its core technology assets to Internet services company Bright Station.

Taking what some observers see as another step into the much-predicted "post-PC world," Gateway (NYSE: GTW) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) announced plans Tuesday for a new "Internet appliance" that uses neither an Intel microprocessor nor Microsoft software.

Several weeks ago, when America Online, Inc. agreed to shell out $3.5 million (US$) to settle charges that it violated financial reporting rules by deferring advertising costs rather than showing them as expenses, the news barely made a blip on most media radar screens.

Although Internet car sales are not yet breaking any speed barriers, the race between manufacturers and dealers for domination of the marketplace is definitely on.