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Beleaguered Internet health network Drkoop.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: KOOP) announced a $20 million (US$) cash infusion and the appointment of new management Tuesday, just as it was disclosed that the company is under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Online consumer spending has stagnated at a mid-summer plateau, according to figures released Friday by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Forrester Research.

In separate industry forums being held in Beijing and Seoul this week, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung offered optimistic assessments of the ability of the Internet and e-commerce to change their countries' futures.

A strong majority of U.S. Internet users want a guarantee from Web sites that their private information will not be resold, and more than 90 percent favor punishment for executives responsible for privacy violations, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Web portal Lycos took a big step toward making the wireless Internet more accessible when it hooked up with Boston, Massachusetts-based Mobilee to develop a voice portal to the Net. The companies plan to unveil the talking portal before the end of the year.

Citing horror author Stephen King's e-publishing efforts as proof that consumers are ready for digital publishing, electronic book provider NetLibrary, Inc. has filed to raise $82 million (US$) in an initial public offering.

Chip titan Intel Corp. will unveil two new lines of microprocessors this week, including the Pentium 4, the first major upgrade of the Pentium chip since 1995.

A ruling from a federal judge that bars a Web site operator from distributing software to descramble DVD codes is being hailed as a major blow against video piracy. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan likened his ruling to "eliminating the source" of a contagious disease.

In order to succeed on the Net, major music labels must quit fighting the digital music revolution and implement their own digital distribution model to support single-track purchases, according to a report released Thursday by the Gartner Group.

I don't believe in reincarnation. That's too bad, because I'd like to be around in a thousand years or so when a more highly evolved human race pokes through our dismal digital remains and concludes that we were clearly out of our minds.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other opponents of gun control can relax and save their breath. Regardless of the degree to which firearm sales may be regulated in the brick-and-mortar world, anything goes on the Internet. No one has reliable statistics, or even an educated guess as to the ...

E-marketplaces are not safe from the current dot-com shakeout that has seen numerous e-tailers fold and others merge, according to a report released Thursday by Forrester Research.

A team of University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists said Thursday they have come up with a microscopic switch that will speed development of cheap and super-efficient "molecular machines" that could eventually replace computers.

UK-based online auctioneer QXL (Nasdaq: QXLC) will go ahead with its planned acquisition of Germany's Ricardo.de AG, the companies said Friday, after agreeing on a lower price to reflect a decline in Ricardo shares and financial performance since the deal was first announced in May.

The Internet hosts over 700 online gaming sites, generating billions of dollars (US$) in revenue, yet you can bet that this is one industry your local officials are not likely to woo.