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Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) has announced that its Oracle8i for Linux, a database designed specifically for the Internet, has been certified to run on the Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) distribution of the open-source operating system (OS). The announcement officially launches a strategic partnership ...

Leading portal and high-speed Internet access company Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) announced Wednesday that it will create a joint venture with a German cable operator and its parent company to bring high-speed cable Internet access to 2.2 million German homes.

Name-your-price pioneer priceline.com will license its patented business method to WebHouse Club, Inc. and start marketing groceries to 11 million consumers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Ohio government officials and private industry leaders will commit more than half a million dollars over the next three years to developing an e-commerce plan for the state. The program, which is intended to keep Ohio ahead of the e-commerce curve, will receive $450,000 (US$) in state funds.

Job recruiting site CollegeHire.com announced today that it will mount a nationwide campaign to recruit college students for Amazon.com. CollegeHire's goal is to deliver young, talented information technology graduates to the online bookseller.

Online shopping mall OutletZoo.com is attempting to revolutionize the online shopping market by selling brand name merchandise through its proprietary "automatic price drop" system. The technology, which was developed by JEM Computers, drives prices as low as the market will bear through a virtual i...

Executives at Sony Corporation of America and Time Warner announced Wednesday that 42 year-old Scott Flanders has been chosen to lead the new publicly-traded company that will emerge from the merger of CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW) and music marketer Columbia House.

Borrowing a marketing lesson from the rapid rise of telephone calling cards, Cybermoola Inc. introduced a pre-paid debit card yesterday that is designed to let teens purchase items online without needing access to a parent or guardian's credit card.

China's head regulator of foreign investments recently delivered a frank message to all Western companies who have been planning to pump billions into the Communist country's Internet infrastructure: Foreigners need not apply.

This week, Caldera Systems, Inc. entered into a distribution deal with Tech Data Corp. (Nasdaq: TECD), fueling speculation that the Orem, Utah-based Linux vendor could be "the next Red Hat." Tech Data, an e-commerce solutions provider, recently announced a Linux Support Center.

A new report by Forrester Research, Inc. predicts that mobile phones -- not PCs -- will drive the growth of Italian e-commerce. Over the next three years, Italy is expected to narrow its e-commerce gap with other European players through a combination of new mobile services and partnerships.

PC Week has issued an open challenge to hackers everywhere by offering $1,000 (US$) to anyone who can penetrate the security of a special Web site that is running both Windows NT and Linux.

JB Oxford & Co. (Nasdaq: JBOH), one of dozens of stock brokers that have added an online trading arm to their standard Wall Street trading services, has further expanded its purview by becoming an Internet service provider.

Last week, while testifying before the Advisory Commission of Electronic Commerce, a group of bureaucrats -- also known as state and local government officials -- sang a familiar tune. They hummed a few bars, did a little soft-shoe, and claimed that public safety and public education will deteriorat...

Excite@Home announced today that it has formed an alliance with privately held AirFlash.com to provide content for wireless handheld devices. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.