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Computer manufacturer Gateway (Nasdaq: GTW) announced Thursday that it has formed a major strategic agreement with top Internet incubator CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) that will result in new investment and e-commerce opportunities. Gateway has also agreed to invest $200 million (US$) for an ownership stake i...

Cisco Systems, Inc. has signaled the worldwide high-tech community that Y2K might not be the menacing profit-killer that many gloom and doomers have been predicting

Two of the Internet's leading coupon providers reached an agreement this week to settle a patent lawsuit which has tied the Internet coupon industry in knots.

They were aiming for $46 million (US$) and they obtained $41 million after expenses, which makes Intelligent Life's IPO Thursday less than remarkable, but surely a success of some kind for the North Palm Beach, Florida-based publisher of Web personal finance sites.

The Internet continued its rapid infiltration of academia this week, with an announcement from the highly regarded Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley that it is adding four new e-commerce classes to its curriculum.

A new office of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is slated to open Friday to oversee Internet transactions, commerce and advertising, despite objections from major Internet players. Arguing other FTC divisions play the same consumer protectionist role in non-electronic commerce, the FTC says the ne...

Expanding the global reach of its online auctions, Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) rolled out its popular service Thursday in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Microsoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSFT) got a boost in the high-stakes race to supply software for downloading music when Sony Music Entertainment selected MS Windows' digital format to sell downloadable songs on the Net.

Department store powerhouse Sears, Roebuck and Co. made a big push today to become the top retailer of appliances online. Today, Sears launched the largest selection of major appliances on the Internet at its Web site. Sears.com now sells more than 2,000 brand-name appliances, and the company says t...

Leading networking company Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) bolstered the status of newly public Portal Software (Nasdaq: PRSF) on Wednesday, with an investment and a strategic alliance.

Banking on more doctors relying on "virtual offices," e-commerce network ephysician.com is launching the first mobile Internet link that will enable physicians to tap into patient information and order lab tests and prescriptions using a handheld computer.

While the effort to battle unsolicited e-mail ads rages on, a coalition of electronic junk mail opponents and companies has launched the Spam Recycling Center (SRC).

Despite the blaring headlines, the madcap rush to the top and the frenzied race to the IPO starting gate, not everything on the Internet is focused on growth and gain. In fact, one Ft. Lauderdale, Florida-based company is making its name promoting loss. Weight loss, that is.

The recent blockbuster deal AT&T made to buy MediaOne could have the unintended consequence of sparking an alliance between two of its biggest rivals -- plus energize a technology that's been slow to take off.

The recent blockbuster deal AT&T made to buy MediaOne could have the unintended consequence of sparking an alliance between two of its biggest rivals -- plus energize a technology that's been slow to take off.