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Recently, word came out that the owner of Hell.com was putting the domain name up for auction. Asking price: $8 million (US$). While most businesses are not likely to be interested in that particular domain name, the asking price does call into question the entire practice of paying big for domain n...

Capping what the head of the FBI's Chicago Office described as the agency's "most significant investigation of copyright infringement involving the use of the Internet," a U.S. grand jury indicted 17 people on Thursday for their role in posting pirated software valued at over $1 million (US$) on sec...

Americans are not likely to abandon their local supermarkets to shop for food on the Internet anytime soon, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. In fact, only 18 percent of the 500-plus Internet users who participated in the 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers Retail Intelligence System annu...

The battle over music copyright infringement on the Internet took a dramatic turn Wednesday, when Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich personally presented Napster with the names of approximately 300,000 users who have allegedly been trading the band's songs online without permission.

Predictably, a new tracking software program developed by Boston, Massachusetts-based Predictive Networks, Inc. has already been attacked by some privacy advocates.

Peapod, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPOD) reported higher sales but a wider loss for the first quarter Wednesday, as new investor Royal Ahold NV announced a new chief executive for the money-losing online grocer.

With concern over deceptive online advertising threatening to erode consumer confidence in e-commerce, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report Wednesday saying that existing trade regulations and laws apply to Internet advertising just as they apply to ads in traditional media.

Visa International announced Wednesday that it will join with wireless data services provider Aether Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: AETH) to create a new Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) standard and to develop new ways for customers to make purchases and receive bills over wireless devices.

With legal action threatening to burst the bubble for digital download music fans, subscription-based services are springing up across the Internet.

Dutch business software firm Baan Company saw its share price drop nearly 30 percent in European trading Wednesday, adding to renewed fears that the company is teetering on the brink of survival.

Sitel Corporation (NYSE: SWW) said today that it has signed a broad-ranging exclusive partnership with a leading Japanese telemarketing services company to deliver CRM solutions to each other's clients in their home markets.

Boulder, Colorado-based SmartTalk, Inc. said today that it has been chosen by music retailer BMG Music Service to host a direct marketing campaign.

Dataquest, Inc., a unit of research firm GartnerGroup (NYSE: IT), said worldwide database software spending reached $8 billion in 1999, with Oracle leading the way.

Data warehousing company NCR Corporation and Experian announced today that they have signed a joint marketing agreement to offer integrated CRM solutions to the telecommunications industry.

In an effort to clamp down on illegal activity on the Web, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) has sent new guidelines to Congress that would more severely punish people who use the Internet to distribute pirated copies of copyrighted material, steal credit cards, or solicit sex with minors.