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The highly anticipated deal between portal power Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and leading streaming media aggregator Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) was made official Thursday, when Yahoo! agreed to buy Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion (US$). The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this yea...

Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) made its second announcement this week regarding strategic plans to focus on e-commerce, presumably hoping to regain marketshare that has been going quickly and directly to Dell Computers.

First they offered "name your price" airline tickets. Then hotel rooms. Now, home mortgages. This week, Priceline.com is back in the news, offering home buyers a chance to log-on and save money, by naming their own interest rate and mortgage terms.

America Online (NYSE: AOL) continues to wow shareholders and analysts with record quarterly results and yet another stock split, announced late Wednesday. Net income, total revenues and membership were all on the upswing, setting new records also for advertising and e-commerce growth.

Web auction site eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) reported impressive 1998 year-end and fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, along with plans for an upcoming 3-for-1 stock split. In fact, the company's release was filled with good news for investors.

eMarketer, the authority on business online, and the E-Commerce Times, an online publication offering breaking news and analysis, jointly announced a news syndication and advertising alliance that brings together the highest quality business information resources for the Internet industry.

CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) made two announcements today, including 1998 year-end results, and release of enhanced payment software for Microsoft Site Server -- the second bit of news coming, perhaps, to soften the impact of a $31 million loss (US$).

Small businesses and entrepreneurs selling online may find welcome relief from their shipping woes when iShip.com goes live next month. At least, that's what the young company's founders are hoping for, as they launch a Web-based shipping service designed specifically for e-commerce.

WorldGate Communications Inc. has developed a new technology called Channel HyperLinkingSM that enables TV viewers to connect from a television program or commercial directly to the corresponding website. Over the past year, the company has been signing up TV stations to carry hyperlinked content; a...

In conjunction with the RSA Data Security conference this week in San Jose, California, Baltimore made a number of announcements regarding its new e-commerce security technology, new customers and partnerships. Though you probably never heard of the company before, it looks like Baltimore will be a ...

Were holiday online shoppers satisfied with their e-commerce experience or not? The answer is different, depending on whom you ask.

On Tuesday, Internet retailer and auctioneer Onsale, Inc. announced a major shift in its e-commerce strategy. In addition to selling excess computers and accessories through its popular auction site, the company will now also sell new PC equipment virtually at cost, meaning at a margin just $5 to $1...

Fujitsu Software's i-Flow division and DMR Consulting Group are offering a free U.S. seminar series for companies entering the e-commerce market. The series is designed to help large and mid-size companies integrate e-commerce into their existing business, in an effective and profitable way.

The E-Commerce Times today announced that it has expanded its news headline syndication deal with iSyndicate, to include full-text news story distribution, in addition to headline syndication.

In a new report, Internet research firm Jupiter Communications indicates that online shoppers were less satisfied with their shopping experience during the holidays than they were six months ago. The Report also found that 44% of US online households shopped online during the November/December holid...