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Data protection negotiations between the U.S. and the European Union took a promising turn Tuesday when EU negotiator John Mogg announced that he will recommend the approval of a "safe harbor" agreement by EU institutions and member states.

What a strange week for CDNow. Just as the music e-tailer announced that its proposed merger with direct marketer Columbia House had crashed and burned, PC Data released figures showing that the company actually outpaced Amazon.com in home-based buyers for the month of February.

Demand for horror novelist Stephen King's 66-page new release -- available only by download -- has been so high that such e-tailers as Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com have been swamped.

U.S.-based online lottery firm eLot, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELOT) has signed a four-year contract to sell lottery tickets over the Internet to the general public in the United Kingdom.

Open-source based software solutions provider TurboLinux has expanded its international operations by opening offices in the United Kingdom and Latin America.

Only months after forging a similar alliance with Wal-Mart Stores, America Online has entered into a cross-marketing pact with Sears, Roebuck and Co. that will include joint branding, special promotions and a focus on high-speed Internet access.

IBM announced Monday that it has signed agreements to further its wireless e-commerce strategies with seven leading wireless and Internet companies in the U.S. and Europe.

As the federally-appointed Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) prepares to hold its final meeting next week, bitter divisions within the panel threaten to scuttle any potential for a compromise deal on Internet taxation in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a Web site Monday that is designed to counter the recent rash of hacker activity by keeping the public informed of the nature of criminal activity on the Web and the legal ramifications of such acts

Linux vendor Caldera Systems, Inc. is setting the stage for an IPO this week, with an eye toward duplicating the meteoric opening performances of Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) and VA Linux Systems (Nasdaq: LNUX).

Online music store CDNow has surpassed Amazon.com as the e-tailer on the Net with the largest number of people buying while at home, according to market research firm PC Data.

In what has become a common refrain, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions provider Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA) has announced a set of key partnerships -- this time with American Express (NYSE:AXP) and Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL).

Microsoft Corp. and Andersen Consulting announced an estimated $1 billion (US$) joint venture today to provide midsize to large-scale customers with e-commerce applications built on the Microsoft enterprise platform and Windows 2000 operating system.

In a deal that underscores the notion that many Internet-oriented technology companies are wildly overvalued by the market, business-to-business (B2B) software giant i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO) has agreed to purchase supply chain services company Aspect Development (Nasdaq:ASDV) for $9.3 bil...

One has to commend the Clinton administration for its earnest efforts to combat cybercrime and investigate the spate of denial-of-service (DoS) hacker attacks that have plagued e-commerce and other Internet sites over the past several weeks.