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This week's announcements that e-tailers Gloss.com and Beautyscene.com are up for sale are a strong indication that online beauty products firms will be among the early victims of the projected e-commerce shakeout.

Responding to a firestorm of criticism, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner Q. Todd Dickinson told reporters this week that enough questions have been raised about the office's procedures to spur the agency to overhaul its review process for awarding e-commerce patents.

Responding to a firestorm of criticism, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner Q. Todd Dickinson told reporters this week that enough questions have been raised about the office's procedures to spur the agency to overhaul its review process for awarding e-commerce patents.

Online auction powerhouse eBay has confirmed that it is cooperating with Los Angeles police and postal authorities to investigate claims that some 150 consumers were defrauded by a single eBay member.

The honeymoon may be over for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, as a source close to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has publicly called for active enforcement of antitrust laws as they apply to the sector.

In an effort to streamline the Internet shopping experience for its customers, online drugstore PlanetRx.com (Nasdaq: PLRX) has unveiled a bar code scanner that will allow consumers to select and order items simply and efficiently.

Interactive entertainment heavyweights Sega America, Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) and Nintendo of America have filed a joint lawsuit against Yahoo! in San Francisco federal court, alleging that illegal and counterfeit games are being auctioned on the site.

Earlier this week, Microsoft stirred up the online video and audio marketplace mix by introducing its Windows Media Player 7 software.

Mail and messaging company Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) ended months of speculation about its online postage plans today by announcing that it has received approval from the U.S. Postal Service to debut its ClickStamp feature.

7-Eleven, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVEV) is using a new $540 million (US$) capital injection from IYG Holding Co. to roll out kiosks in its U.S. stores that will eventually enable those outlets to act as distributors for online merchants.

The derailed settlement talks between the U.S. Justice Department and software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) may be back on track today, as reports indicate that the mediator in the case has asked the judge to delay issuing his opinion in hopes of a breakthrough.

Just weeks after announcing an online business exchange with America's big three automakers, Commerce One, Inc. has announced a similar deal with four aerospace industry giants.

According to a study released Monday by New York-based media research and consulting firm The Myers Group LLC, U.S. advertisers will spend more on advertising online than they will on network broadcast television by 2005.

As competition in the online auto sales space continues to grow fierce, Internet car-shopping services Autoweb.com and CarsDirect.com have teamed up to try to capture a larger share of the market.

Research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) is projecting that online bill presentment and payment will generate more than $1 billion (US$) in worldwide revenues by 2004.