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Reactions to Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s purchase of office productivity software maker Star Division Corp. have been decidedly mixed. While some industry observers see the move simply as an attempt to gain a toehold in the desktop office productivity market, others see it as a direct challenge to the ...

Movie-goers who check the Internet before choosing their movie destination say buying tickets online would be the logical next step in their online excursions. In an AC Nielsen ReelResearch study commissioned by America Online, more than half of AOL members said they would buy tickets online through...

The National Retail Federation is bringing together some of the Internet's biggest commercial technology names to provide guidance for companies looking to create a retail presence on the Web. IBM, Intel Corp., Oracle Corp., Netcentives and Net Perceptions agreed to join the newly-formed Internet Co...

VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a provider of online trust services, and Internet service provider (ISP) MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPG) have announced a strategic partnership to promote e-commerce through an enhanced secure online business offering.

For sports fans across the nation who gripe about the state of collegiate and professional sports these days, the new legal sports site launched by FindLaw, Inc. will add more fuel to the fire.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission came a step closer to allowing federal law-enforcement agencies to use the Internet to tap into your e-mail and voice messages. By giving the high-tech industry another year to come up with a legal way to monitor the packet-mode communications used fo...

While the assets that online brokerage firms manage will soar to a hefty $3 trillion (US$) by 2003, the industry continues to lag far behind other e-commerce players in delivering prompt service to its customers.

Priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Thursday that it is expanding its car buying service to five more states.

Online music retailer Wherehousemusic.com has struck a deal to set up shop on leading Internet service provider EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK). Today, the companies announced that they have forged an agreement to make Wherehousemusic.com a "Premiere Partner" and the exclusive music retailer on EarthLink's...

Online pharmacy PlanetRx.com announced today that it will acquire the e-commerce operations of Express Scripts, Inc.'s yourPharmacy.com. The deal will bring yourPharmacy's 36 million users to the site.

According to the Software & Information Industry Association, more than half of the software being offered on Internet auction sites is pirated. After a six-day study by its anti-piracy division, the SIIA issued a "buyer beware" advisory Tuesday to protect online shoppers and software copyright ...

Name-your-price retailer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced today that it has teamed up with Alliance Capital Partners to offer name-your-price mortgages nationwide. Priceline.com believes that the online mortgage application will save some homebuyers up to $1,000 (US$) in closing costs.

New Internet venture capital firm eCompanies announced Wednesday that a soon-to-be-launched online hobby site will be the first of many investments in Internet start-ups. The financial terms were not disclosed.

Bertelsman Music Group's BMG Direct, Inc. will now allow its customers to decide which songs belong together on a CD. Through an alliance with CustomDisc.com, BMG plans to offer custom-made CDs to the more than 9 million members of its Music Club.

With research firms projecting e-commerce revenues of more than $100 billion in 2003, businesses large and small are considering jumping into the electronic commerce marketplace.