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The raging debate over online music moved to Capitol Hill Wednesday, as several music industry insiders testified before the U.S. House Small Business Committee.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson dropped a bombshell in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case Wednesday when he revealed that he is leaning toward splitting Microsoft Corp. into three parts, rather than the two proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Telecom giant SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) lashed out at the proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner Wednesday, citing an alleged fraudulent action by Time Warner's cable group as evidence of "anti-competitive behavior."

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE) announced Wednesday that it will collaborate with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to form an online marketplace for intellectual properties.

In what could be the most aggressive move yet in the online travel war, Biztravel.com announced Tuesday that it will offer refunds to customers whose flights are late or cancelled.

Monday's news that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants Congress to pass tough new online privacy laws sent shock waves through the e-commerce world that are still reverberating days later.

Catalog-and-click retailer Lands' End has introduced a virtual spin to this year's bathing suit shopping season by making its interactive "Personal Model" available to online shoppers who want to see what different swimsuits would look like on their body type.

E-commerce business-to-business (B2B) platform provider Ariba and logistics software provider Descartes inked a deal on Tuesday that will connect buyers, suppliers and marketplaces on Ariba's B2B Commerce Platform with transportation carriers and shippers in Descartes' Global Logistics Network.

Toysmart.com, the online toy retailer whose backers included the Walt Disney Company, announced Tuesday that it has closed its virtual doors after a long weekend of speculation.

A French judge on Monday gave Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) until July 24th to "make it impossible" for residents of France to access auctions of Nazi paraphernalia through the Web giant's U.S. auction site.

Further solidifying what has traditionally been an uncertain niche for major players, Microsoft and Time Warner announced separate digital book publishing deals Tuesday.

Despite months of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress remain split on a bill that would legalize digital signatures.

When General Motors Corp. (GM) warned its dealers against selling to "direct" auto brokers like CarsDirect.com, the company confirmed what many analysts have been predicting: e-commerce is forcing a restructuring of the auto industry that is going to pit manufacturers against their own dealers.

In a last ditch effort to win its antitrust battle with the U.S. government, Microsoft filed a legal brief on Monday citing an earlier case in which the government said it would be against the public interest to break up the company.

The 1,000-member Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) said Tuesday that new legislation to govern online privacy issues would "represent a giant step backwards."