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A variant of the notorious ExploreZip worm hit the Internet this week, infecting corporate systems and threatening holiday shoppers who are moving online for a record e-commerce shopping season.

Privacy has been a hot topic for e-commerce companies lately, but there is now an even hotter "P" buzzword rattling throughout the industry: "Personalization."

In the mad scramble to be the flashiest, biggest, and most dynamic Web site in cyberspace, many retailers are losing sight of the most important prize - the bottom line.

In an effort to maximize its customers' ability to download products quickly and efficiently, Internet software retailer Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) will market digital subscriber line (DSL) service from NorthPoint Communications (Nasdaq: NPNT) on its Web site.

In a direct reply to Amazon.com's launch of a home-improvement section earlier this month, America Online and HomeWarehouse.com announced an agreement Wednesday that will put home-improvement products and expert information on AOL's shopping sites.

Online music company Launch Media, Inc. has inked a deal with EMI Recorded Music to showcase EMI's vast inventory of music videos.

Shares of Bid.com (Nasdaq: BIDS), a Canadian auction service, gained more than 27 percent on Wednesday, climbing 1-9/32 to 6 as rumors began to circulate on online message boards about the possibility of the company being acquired. Bid.com would be a relatively inexpensive takeover target for a comp...

The stock of online broadcaster NetRadio (Nasdaq: NETR) climbed nearly 29 percent on Tuesday, gaining 2-5/16 to 10-3/8 after the company announced what looks to be a significant deal with Microsoft. Under the terms of the deal, NetRadio's 120 channels of music and information will be offered in Micr...

Amazon.com announced today that a U.S. federal district judge has granted a preliminary injunction against barnesandnoble.com in a patent battle between the rival online book sellers.

Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) grabbed media headlines and international attention when its high profile August IPO took the Linux movement into a new arena.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc., pressure from consumer advocates will force lawmakers to pursue a privacy bill of rights in 12 to 18 months.

America Online (NYSE: AOL) and job search/recruitment site Monster.com announced today that they have forged a four-year, exclusive $100 million (US$) deal to offer Monster.com's career-management resources to AOL users across seven AOL brands.

If the negative things that Circuit City Stores, Inc. has been saying about e-tailers are any indication, the giant brick-and-mortar electronics chain must really be feeling the pressure from online merchants this holiday season.

Yahoo! Germany and Deutsche Bank 24, the new online unit of the world's largest bank, announced today that they will work together to build the e-commerce industry in Europe's most populous country.

The one development that may single-handedly change the landscape of electronic commerce is wireless communication. So why is it taking so long for us to have it in general use?