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If you think it's a bad time to be a stuck-in-the-mud dot-com, imagine holding the bag for about 70 of them. That's the situation that high-tech incubators Internet Capital Group (ICG) and CMGI find themselves in right now.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and e-commerce software company Mercantec announced Friday that they have formed a partnership to offer the first "pay-as-you-go" e-commerce package to Internet service providers (ISPs).

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HWP) plunged in early trading Monday, losing 5 1/16 to 34 1/16 after the company missed analysts' fourth-quarter earnings expectations and dropped its plan to acquire the consulting division of securities firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) fell 4 3/8 to 37 Friday following reports of a downgrade by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

NetObjects, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETO) lost 3/8 to 2 1/8 Friday after the maker of Internet-based software missed analysts' estimates for the fourth quarter ended September 30th, reporting a wider loss and lower revenue.

Active Voice Corp. (Nasdaq: ACVC) was among the few Nasdaq winners Friday, rising 4 1/8 to 19 1/16 after the messaging software maker agreed to be acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) for about $266 million in stock.

The anticipated online holiday shopping surge has yet to begin, according to a study released Monday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT), with top sites showing little or no growth in traffic during the first week in November.

Although the recent failure of several high profile e-tailers has cast doubt on the viability of e-commerce, data from two new reports shows that experienced shoppers are poised to lead a rebound in the coming months.

Despite the fact that Australia boasts one of the highest online penetration rates in the world, a study released Monday by Jupiter Research shows that marketers, advertisers and e-commerce firms have yet to capitalize on the country's Internet revenue opportunities.

As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major Internet service providers (ISPs), including AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T) and PSINet, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSIX) are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Hundreds of people -- including former James Bond actor Roger Moore -- had their secret Swiss bank account numbers, private addresses and money transfer details exposed to public online viewing because of a technical glitch at Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second largest bank.

Just one week after beleaguered name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com issued a discouraging third-quarter earnings report and slashed 16 percent of its workforce, the company confirmed reports Wednesday that a high-ranking executive has departed amid questions about the viability of auto sales on t...

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Thursday it had reached an agreement to buy Kimo, the top Chinese-language portal in Taiwan, for approximately $146 million (US$) in stock.

While Canadian e-commerce still has a long road to travel before catching up with the U.S., a study released Wednesday by the Canadian e-Business Opportunities Roundtable shows that the divide is steadily closing.

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE), an incubator for business-to-business (B2B) startups, said Wednesday that it will lay off 35 percent of its workers after reporting a third quarter loss that was wider than a year earlier.