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At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, portable digital music players will be one of the top attractions.

Working capital for startups has come to e-commerce companies from various sources, including family members, cash advances on credit cards, and even life savings.

Spanish-language online retailer Espanol.com has found that few Hispanic Internet shoppers in the United States care whether their shopping destinations are in English or Spanish.

Lost in the shadow of Wal-Mart's decision to move their online operations to Silicon Valley were major e-commerce announcements by two other brick-and-mortar mainstays.

Wal-Mart Stores and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners announced yesterday that they will join forces to form Wal-Mart.com, Inc.

The E-Commerce Times has added shopping portal ShopNow.com (Nasdaq: SPNW) to its "Top 10" Stock Index, a feature that tracks the stock prices for 10 public companies that represent the e-commerce industry.

Cybernet Systems Corp. is a manufacturer of Linux-based thin servers that were designed for small to medium-sized businesses that are looking for an inexpensive and simplified way to gain an online presence.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, European e-commerce will grow at triple-digit rates over the next five years to a total of more than $1 trillion (US$).

Yesterday, when e-tail giant Amazon.com announced that it will lose money despite record fourth quarter sales of $650 million (US$), its stock price plummeted as much as 16 percent.

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is ditching the Microsoft operating system in a new line of Internet appliances under development at a target price of about $200 (US$).

Internet content and applications delivery company Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) said today that it has doubled its customer base to 200 Web properties in the past six weeks, and has added a number of household names in the process.

The U.S. Department of Commerce will be doling out $12.5 million (US$) in grants to local governments and non-profit organizations as a small step in closing the so-called digital divide between Americans who access the Internet for business, education and home use, and those who cannot afford to.

Ford Motor Corp. (NYSE: F) subsidiary Lincoln Mercury has expanded a successful pilot program that allows consumers to communicate directly with company product specialists over the Internet before purchasing a vehicle.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based yet2.com, a pioneer in the field of intellectual property buying and selling over the Internet, announced today that it has received $20 million (US$) in backing from a group of high-profile venture capitalists and multinational corporations, including Proctor & Ga...

NBC's new Internet venture NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI) announced today that it is joining with shopping network ValueVision International (Nasdaq: VVTV) to make a $20 million (US$) equity investment in online consumer electronics retailer ROXY.com.