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This week, when Dell Computer Corp. unveiled its plan to sell computers that manage networks and data storage technology online, the company once again demonstrated why it continues to be such a strong e-commerce player.

President Clinton issued a "National Call to Action" Tuesday to combat the "digital divide" between people who have computer access and knowledge and those who do not.

Embattled online grocer Peapod, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPOD) might not be out of the running yet. The company is reportedly trying to raise cash from an unidentified source and is investigating whether it can recover a $2.5 million loan to ex-CEO William Malloy.

Faced with mounting pressure from regulators and online privacy advocacy groups, 26 Internet advertising, direct marketing and consulting companies announced today that they have formed a self-regulating organization called the Personalization Consortium.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced an agreement with CheckFree Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: CKFR) to provide electronic billing and payment services to customers through its USPS.com Internet portal.

Palo Alto, California-based financial services firm X.com announced Wednesday that it has received $100 million (US$) in financing from a variety of new and existing investors.

Online brokerage firm E*Trade expanded its operations this week with the launch of E*Trade Bank, an online consumer banking service that will offer FDIC-insured banking products and services fully integrated with its electronic brokerage.

A group of 26 Internet advertising companies announced the formation of an organization to tackle the issue of online privacy at the Internet World trade show in Los Angeles today.

International consulting firm Arthur Andersen announced Tuesday that it is working with govWorks, Inc., a U.S. government Web portal, to create a suite of tools that will reduce bureaucratic delays in business-to-government (B2G) transactions.

By taking advantage of sophisticated video and e-commerce technology, adult-oriented businesses leapt onto the Net far ahead of their tamer counterparts and established a mammoth base of repeat customers.

When talks between the U.S. government and Microsoft Corp. broke down for the last time Saturday, it heralded the beginning of the next painful phase in the ongoing antitrust case.

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions company Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), the largest bank in the United States, announced plans today to develop a suite of B2B services and a marketplace for the bank's two million business customers.

TurboLinux, formerly known as Pacific HiTech, originated in Japan and has aggressively pursued open-source software market opportunities in China, expanded international operations into Latin America, Europe and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, and moved into North America by establishing a headquarters i...

Contrary to the widely accepted notion that older Americans are separated from the Internet and e-commerce by an insurmountable "digital divide," a survey released Wednesday by Media Metrix (Nasdaq: MMXI) shows that Americans born before 1964 are the fastest-growing population on the Web.

Ominous auditor reports brought the plight of several e-commerce companies into stark focus last week, sending their share prices toward the cellar amid a Nasdaq slide of nearly 200 points.