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InfoSpace (Nasdaq: INSP) gained 11/64 to 11 43/64 Wednesday after the company, which provides Internet infrastructure services, reiterated its fourth-quarter forecast calling for revenue of US$66 million and pro forma net income of $4.9 million. "InfoSpace continues to experience momentum across al...

Register.com on Wednesday launched an online auction service allowing businesses and individuals to bid for any of the 20 million Internet domain names already in use. The service, dubbed the Afternic Virtual Broker, will act as a middleman between bidders and the current owners of all ".com," ".n...

True, the further telecommuting spreads, the closer we come to the demise of an institution that has been sacred since Man first discovered fire-- Happy Hour with the work crowd. But assuming a way can be found to replicate those means of releasing workday tension, telecommuting really might be th...

Despite the fact that high-speed Internet access has yet to take a firm hold with the vast majority of the wired public, measurement firm Nielsen//NetRatings reported Tuesday that streaming media consumption soared 65 percent over the past year. According to the report, a record 35 million online...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed Wednesday that it is investigating a case involving the alleged online exposure of up to 55,000 credit card numbers as a result of hacking into the Web site of Los Angeles-based merchant processing firm Creditcards.com. "The FBI is looking in...

CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: CSCC) was given the green light to purchase the assets of Internet entertainment firm Scour, Inc. Tuesday by a Los Angeles bankruptcy court. The high-profile Scour -- which operated a controversial multimedia file-sharing and searching network -- was placed...

Despite reports of hard times in the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sector, executives remain confident about the outlook for online marketplaces, according to a survey released Tuesday by consulting firm Arthur Andersen. The survey, which builds on the findings of a similar poll Andersen ...

Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA) sank 10 3/16 to 76 11/16 Tuesday after Lehman Brothers began coverage of the stock with a neutral rating. Lehman analyst Patrick Walravens reportedly said Ariba shares, trading at 431 times projected earnings, are too expensive at current levels to warrant a higher invest...

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) was down 23/32 at 20 13/256 early Wednesday, as the computer maker became the latest to warn of a shortfall in revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter. According to the Houston, Texas-based firm, revenue for the quarter is likely to range from US$11.2 billion t...

America Online (NYSE: AOL) rose 0.16 to 48.65 Tuesday after the Dulles, Virginia-based Internet giant said worldwide membership passed the 26 million mark. AOL attributed the growth to the popularity of its new version, AOL 6.0, which is used by 35 percent of AOL members. AOL 6.0, introduced in Oct...

It probably surprised no one sitting at a desk to hear that Nielsen//NetRatings reported that 46 percent of all online shopping is done from work. The recent study simply confirmed what many people knew first-hand. There are few places more convenient for Net shopping than work, where the connection...

Online retailers sold US$222 million worth of products on December 11th, establishing a new single-day sales record, Web measurement firm BizRate.com said Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based comparison shopping service predicted that the combined sales total for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this we...

Possibly indicating a consumer cooldown in the e-tail arena, online spending during the week following the Thanksgiving holiday topped out at about US$1.3 billion -- representing just a 50 percent increase over last year's figures for the same period -- according to a new study released Monday b...

Under the terms of an agreement announced Tuesday, Covisint principals Ford and General Motors will take a combined equity stake of US$1.2 billion in e-commerce infrastructure provider Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC). As part of the deal, Commerce One will share in revenues generated by the busines...

E-tailers should not pin their hopes on strong holiday sales of big-screen TVs and high-end stereo systems, because shoppers have become dissatisfied with online consumer electronics customer service and are not looking to the Internet for these purchases, according to a survey released Tuesday by c...