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Although Toysmart.com is now free to sell its online customer database in a bankruptcy asset sale, just who will be willing to step into the harsh limelight surrounding Toysmart's demise and pick up its customer list remains to be seen.

Some people love the thrill of roller coasters and keep getting back in line for more, but others can hardly take a single stomach-churning ride. When the torture is finally over, they stagger toward the nearest bench and breathe deeply, savoring the simple pleasures of life on solid ground. For dot...

The judge who in May ordered Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) to block French access to auctions of Nazi memorabilia being sold through its U.S. auction site granted the Santa Clara, California-based Web giant a three week reprieve on Monday.

Twelve Internet industry giants are among a group of 36 firms that are partnering with non-profit privacy seal organization TRUSTe to kick off Privacy Partnership 2000, a grassroots public service campaign designed to teach consumers how to navigate the Web safely and effectively.

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee heard conflicting testimony Monday over whether the Internet surveillance system being operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the code name "Carnivore" threatens privacy in an age when government intrusion into personal communications...

One of the immutable laws of life, love and electronic commerce is that the haves will seldom give to the have-nots, unless forced to at gunpoint or knife-point -- or coaxed from the far side of a tax loophole. That is why I am constantly amazed by the bewilderment expressed by leaders of underdevel...

Under the terms of a settlement announced Monday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), adult entertainment company Xpics Publishing, Inc. will make refunds to online consumers who were improperly billed after providing their credit information.

According to data released Monday by Chicago, Illinois-based employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 24 of the 122 dot-com companies that have laid off workers in the past eight months subsequently ceased operations.

Name-your-price pioneer Priceline.com announced Monday that it cut its second-quarter loss to a bare penny per share, excluding special items, as revenues topped $352 million (US$). The Norwalk, Connecticut-based retailer of airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, gasoline, telephone long distanc...

E-tail powerhouse Amazon.com has been selected by novelist Stephen King to provide a secure payment system for monthly downloads of "The Plant," the latest electronic book to be made available over the Internet by the best-selling author.

China plans to tax sales over the Internet rather than give a tax advantage to e-commerce businesses, according to statements made Sunday by the country's top taxman.

To some e-commerce watchers, Bertelsmann AG has not been maintaining an appropriate demeanor for the fourth largest media company in the world, of late. As it voraciously scoops up book and magazine publishers all over the world, the German media giant is looking more and more like a spoiled kid try...

Under increasing fire from critics, the Group of Eight nations said it will appoint a special task force to make recommendations on how to help poor nations bridge the growing global divide in Information Technology (IT).

Garden.com was launched in September 1995 by Cliff and Lisa Sharples, Jamie O'Neill and Andy Martin with an eye toward creating a virtual store offering a "garden of products, plants, gifts, and services that could grow and bloom on the Internet." The company had its initial public offering in Septe...

Online banking is growing in popularity, with nearly 23 million Americans expected to pay their bills and access their financial accounts online by 2004, according to research firm IDC.