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The use of Napster by young people may make headlines, but Americans 50 years of age and older are apparently the real aficionados of music on the Web.

Controversial Internet advertising firm DoubleClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCLK) announced Monday that it will acquire online market research firm @Plan (Nasdaq: APLN) in a deal worth approximately $120 million (US$).

A proposed law that would have forced businesses operating in California to charge sales tax for online transactions within the state was vetoed Monday by Governor Gray Davis.

A number of leading U.S. e-commerce merchants and payment processing companies announced Monday the formation of the Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network, an industry coalition aimed at reducing Internet-based fraud.

Retailers relying on a combination of physical stores, catalogs and Web sites tend to do more business than those that offer just one option, according to a study conducted for the National Retail Federation (NRF), the trade group representing the retail industry.

More than 4,800 employees of dot-com companies lost their jobs in September, making it the busiest month so far this year for pink slips in the Internet economy, according to a new report.

Texas officials have moved to prevent bankrupt e-tailer Living.com from selling the personal information of its customers, reaching a settlement agreement concurrent with a lawsuit filed Monday against the Amazon-backed company.

Despite mounting evidence that Web auctions provide a fertile ground for fraud, sellers continue to open new auctions and bidders continue to ante up, according to a study released Monday by Greenfield Online.

In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy.

Sooner or later, Big Sports must come to grips with the Internet. As the industry lines up its lawyers in a goal-line stand to prevent its scrappy little competitors from making it into the lucrative online end zone, it is painfully clear that no one understands what the Internet can do for sports. ...

Not so long ago, the dot-com startup myth held that a young entrepreneur with great ideas, access to the Internet and not much else could step into a world of venture capital. A company would make or sell or provide something, and then hold a much-publicized IPO or, better yet, be acquired by a larg...

Moreover, if traditional retailers are in fact looking before they leap online, then the Net startup community had better become accustomed to it.

In an effort to halt the sale of firearms over the Internet, President Bill Clinton announced on Saturday the launch of the "eZ Check'' firearm license verification system on the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Web site.

Back-to-school activity boosted online spending in August, according to a new study released by the National Retail Federation and Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR).

It's not news that profits are the latest craze in the world of e-commerce and high-tech in general. Chances are you're sick of hearing the word given the number of times it's been uttered since the Nasdaq tried to buck loose all the profitless cling-ons earlier this year.