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In a high-profile signing session on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning -- carried live on the Web and followed by an Internet "rally" -- Republican leaders rolled out a list of e-commerce and Internet-related pledges contained in the GOP's eContract 2000.

Speaking at a meeting of business leaders at the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business Tuesday, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Head Joel Klein described Microsoft's efforts to crush competition as "the time-tested tricks of the monopolist's trade."

A federal judge has refused to dismiss the copyright lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)against Napster, rejecting the online file swapping company's argument that its service is legal.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, and the National White Collar Crime Center launched the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) Monday to give consumers and businesses a place online to report incidents of online fraud.

Online auction house uBid (Nasdaq: UBID) was sued Friday by group of bidders who claim that the Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based company defrauded them by canceling winning bids for high-dollar (US$) computer equipment.

Authorities are speculating that the most costly computer virus in history, known commonly as the Love Bug, may have originated as an attempt by its author to obtain free Internet access. According to CNN, investigators are saying that aside from replicating itself and destroying files, the virus al...

Top college and business school graduates are increasingly forgoing Internet companies in favor of consulting firms and investment banking firms, a new survey by recruiting firm WetFeet.com says.

2000 could be the year that Linux comes fully into its own, as rising corporate adoption and intensifying media attention brought on by the Microsoft antitrust case have helped to push the open-source operating system into the number two position in world OS sales.

As businesses worldwide continue to count the damages caused by the costliest e-mail-transmitted computer virus in history, Jupiter Communications released a report on Monday predicting that worldwide direct e-mail marketing will balloon from $164 million (US$) in 1999 to $7.3 billion in 2005.

Toshiba American Information Systems (TAIS), the independent operating subsidiary of the $52 billion Japanese computer and electronics maker, said Tuesday that it has selected Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) and Inforte Corp. to develop and integrate its eCRM initiative.

PlanetFeedback, a new online site that allows users to voice their complaints and compliments to thousands of companies across the United States, selected Synchrony Communications, Inc. to provide its CRM tools and services, the companies said Tuesday.

Sitel Corporation (NYSE: SWW) announced Tuesday that it has signed a long-term contract to provide technical support and customer care for Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE: COX).

The Philippines National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) moved in on the suspected authors of the "Love Bug" virus on Monday, raiding an apartment in Pandacan, a neighborhood of the capital Manila. A young man was arrested and led away, while a young woman is expected to present herself to authoritie...

Microsoft Corporation is expected to propose restrictions on its own business practices when it responds Wednesday to the U.S. federal court antitrust ruling against the company and a proposal that the company be split into two firms.

Despite a precipitous decline in shareholder confidence in the Internet sector, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) says that a record $22.7 billion (US$) was invested in start-ups during the first quarter of 2000, a 266 percent increase over 1999 totals.