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Dominant online auction site eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is talking with the major U.S. television networks about creating a show featuring the site's products and the people who put them up for auction, according to published reports.

Many an e-commerce company has spent untold amounts of time and money making sure their Web sites nail down marquee spots on the results pages of various search engines.

A study released Wednesday by Active Research revealed that the majority of Americans would spend less online if their e-purchases were taxed.

Controversial Internet music download site MP3.com has tentatively agreed to pay up to $30 million (US$) to the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and its licensing subsidiary, Harry Fox Agency, for the use of over one million songs on its network, the companies said Wednesday.

E-tailers stand to lose up to $14.7 billion (US$) in sales this holiday season unless improvements are made in the overall online shopping experience, according to a new report by consulting firm Creative Good.

Online businesses unmistakably want to augment their customer relations with everything from instant messaging to real-time online voice conversations, as studies, analysts and experience have convinced the industry that high-tech customer service is key for retaining customers.

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), the third largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S., said Monday that it has filed suit in a Manhattan federal court to overturn a New York state law banning the sale of cigarettes on the Internet.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced Monday it has ruled in favor of entertainer Madonna, ordering businessman Dan Parisi to hand over the reins of www.madonna.com to the Material Girl.

Officials from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and other government groups said Monday that they need to take more of a role in protecting cyberspace from outside attacks -- even though huge portions of the American economy are now operating on secure information networks held by the private...

According to a report released Monday by research firm Gartner, high-speed Internet and network connections will spur the average American family to spend 20 times as much money online within six years as they do presently.

Signaling a possible narrowing of the digital divide, more Americans can readily access the Internet than ever before, according to a new report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).

A Florida appeals court ruled Monday that Internet service providers (ISPs) must reveal the identities of eight people who anonymously posted allegedly defamatory messages in a Web chat room.

The planned acquisition of Lycos, Inc. by Spain's Terra Networks (Nasdaq: TRRA) is set to close this month with Lycos shares valued at $65 (US$) apiece, the companies said Tuesday.

The Internet is now in everything from cars and taxis to airports and malls. It's crammed into cell phones and personal digital assistants. The Japanese wear the Net on their wrists, and the Koreans are putting it in refrigerators, washing machines and soon, microwaves. Yawn.

Two new software products for connecting cars to the Internet are expected to help drivers navigate congested roads.