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A consortium of 36 of the Web's biggest companies -- led by IBM, Ariba, and Microsoft -- announced plans Wednesday to create an online business directory that will make business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce simpler and more efficient.

IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) unveiled a wireless laptop computer on Thursday that features a local area network (LAN) chip built directly on the computer's motherboard. The chip allows users to connect to the Internet and peripherals, such as printers, cell phones and other mobile devices, without using ca...

In a ruling that could forever alter the digital copyright landscape, a U.S. District Court found Wednesday that Internet music download site MP3.com willfully infringed the copyrighted works of Universal Music Group and is liable for damages of at least $118 million (US$).

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos seems to be gambling that when it comes to Internet privacy, honesty and ignorance may be a winning combination. Ever since George Washington felled the cherry tree, Americans have embraced the peculiar notion that being up front about one's evildoing diminishes the wrong. If o...

Launching yet another offensive against Internet fraud, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Wednesday that it has filed 15 separate suits against 33 companies and individuals accused of bilking investors of more than $10 million (US$) in "pump-and-dump" schemes.

Online shoppers will spend almost $20 billion (US$) this holiday season, according to a study released Tuesday by Gartner Group.

U.S. businesses widened their lead over their European competitors in the e-commerce arena last year, though there are signs that European companies hold advantages that could turn things around, according to a new survey from Andersen Consulting.

The majority of online gamblers -- some 60 percent of those surveyed -- believe the sites they visit are "fixed," according to a survey released Tuesday by online market research firm Greenfield Online.

Days after choosing a voluntary dismissal of their case from federal court due to the judge's "aggressive scheduling," the civil rights group suing Kozmo.com, Inc. has announced its plans to re-file their discrimination suit in Washington D.C. Superior Court instead.

It's a slightly chilling e-mail to receive. First, it comes from the legal department of Amazon.com, making it the Internet equivalent of a crisp envelope bearing a law firm's lengthy name. Second, it spells out a change in Amazon's privacy policy that, at first glance, appears to be bad news for co...

A powerful new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tool has surfaced in as many as 400 hosts, creating a new threat of crippling cyber assaults, electronic security management firm Internet Security Systems (ISS) said Tuesday.

Moving even further into the e-business arena, telecommunications giant AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T) announced Tuesday that it has inked a $450 million (US$), multi-year Web hosting deal with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM). IBM will contract for up to several hundred thousand square feet of Internet hosting faci...

With a decision due as soon as Wednesday in the copyright infringement case pitting Universal Music Group (UMG) against MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP), the record label is asking the judge hearing the case to "sting" the file-sharing company with a stiff monetary penalty.

Samsung Electronics, Inc., the world's largest memory chip maker, said Wednesday it expects chip shortages to last another two years and pledged $5.2 billion (US$) to expand production.

Moving even further into the e-business arena, telecommunications giant AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T) announced Tuesday that it has inked a $450 million (US$), multi-year Web hosting deal with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM). IBM will contract for up to several hundred thousand square feet of Internet hosting faci...