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New research released Wednesday by Jupiter Communications predicts that in five years, every Internet user will be exposed to more than 950 marketing messages every day. The report also predicts that $16.5 billion (US$) will be spent on online marketing by 2005.

A new poll by Gartner Group-owned cPulse shows that nearly a quarter of Web shoppers are extremely dissatisfied with their buying experience, leading to worries that online retailers could lose a hefty chunk of business this holiday season.

Responding to a judge's order to expedite the release of information related to Carnivore, its controversial e-mail snooping technology, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is preparing to hand over as many as 3,000 pages of documents to the Internet privacy watchdog group that has been a...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that it has taken action against three men it says fraudulently sold securities in a phony online art gallery and jewelry store.

Online grocer Streamline.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLNE) has warned that it will likely run out of money unless it receives new financing within "several weeks."

With all the recent dot-com burnouts, a lot of young high-tech workers are wondering where they can find stable jobs. Many are shying away from startups. They want secure -- make that rock-solid -- positions on career paths that can be measured in generations rather than months.

This year's Internet cause celebre, the Pets.com Sock Puppet, goes one better than last year's major ploy, viral marketing.

Industry giant IBM (NYSE: IBM) and e-commerce software company Kana Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: KANA) announced plans Wednesday to help companies that do business on the Internet improve their customer service.

To the casual surfer, the Internet may seem like a limitless ocean, but to e-tail firms whose cash is swirling down the drain, it may seem more like a little fish tank that is fast losing its water. The situation is about to get a lot worse: The land sharks are coming.

While Europe is widely believed to have a vast lead over the United States when it comes to wireless e-commerce, or "m-commerce," new data from market analysis firm Datamonitor suggests that the gap is closing rapidly.

Close to 300 million use the Internet worldwide -- over half of whom log on outside North America -- and yet the challenges of conducting international business online still discourage many U.S. businesses from profiting from global e-commerce.

A poll of high-tech and e-commerce leaders released Wednesday shows that a majority believe President Clinton should appoint a computer security czar to serve as a "watchdog" on Internet security issues.

Living.com, the online furniture and home products vendor, announced Tuesday that it will shut down its operations. The company, which will file for Chapter 7, will be forced to lay off its 275 employees.

Online wine retailers Wine.com and WineShopper.com announced Tuesday that they will merge and operate a redesigned site at the Wine.com address.

Two U.S. companies Tuesday announced plans to enter the growing Japanese e-commerce market, with online travel service Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) forming a partnership to sell travel products and services, and Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) setting up a subsidiary Web site.