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E-commerce in Latin America is expected to rocket to $580 million (US$) in sales by the end of 2000, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

I used to be one of Amazon.com's staunchest supporters, standing firmly behind the Internet bellwether come what may.

Federal policymakers risk weakening their regulatory abilities if they fail to limit the role they play in overseeing the exploding e-finance industry, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday.

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

Recent U.S. government security lapses have made Americans less confident in the security of their personal data online and may have weakened trust in new e-commerce authentication devices like digital signatures, according to a study released Monday by the Information Technology Association of Amer...

eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and the Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE: DIG) launched a co-branded auction site Monday called Disney Auctions, as part of an agreement between the two companies that will see the mammoth auction site offer ESPN and ABC merchandise in the future.

With more Americans going online each day, the typical online consumer is no longer the "Internet geek" of lore, according to a report released Monday by Yankee Group, a Boston, Massachusetts-based research and analysis firm.

Although well-intentioned, the U.S. government's Internet initiatives are competing unfairly with the private e-commerce sector, according to a report released Thursday by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA).

The use and abuse of spam and the fight over domain names are the subject of two lawsuits gathering steam in the courts that could affect online business conduct in the future, according to published reports.

Scour, Inc., the high-profile Internet entertainment venture backed by Hollywood heavyweight Michael Ovitz, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced Thursday.

With an eye toward improving its ability to monitor online music downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Thursday that it is working with other industry groups to develop a standardized system for identifying digital files of songs.

It's natural to shrug off the two straight months of slow e-tail growth as the lull before the holiday rush. It's natural as well to believe that once snow starts to fall and Christmas carols fill the air, everything will be all right.

Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL), which recalled 400,000 notebooks with defective memory chips earlier this year, on Friday began recalling nearly 27,000 notebook batteries that the company says have the potential to cause fires.

Several high-tech companies, including WebMD, Motorola (Nasdaq: MOT), Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) and Compaq Computer (Nasdaq: CPQ), saw changes at the top of the executive ladder on Thursday amid a barrage of resignations and retirements.

Though California's Silicon Valley is famous for being the world's haven for e-business, local governments need to better help industry management and employees deal with the many challenges of life in the area, according to a report released Wednesday by an area non-profit organization.