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Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) reported third-quarter results Tuesday that beat analysts' lowered expectations, and said fourth-quarter revenue will grow at a modest rate.

With an eye toward further integrating e-commerce into the everyday routines of consumers, 3Com Corporation released an Internet appliance Tuesday for the "nerve center" of the home.

Online businesses unmistakably want to augment their customer relations with everything from instant messaging to real-time online voice conversations, as studies, analysts and experience have convinced the industry that high-tech customer service is key for retaining customers.

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), the third largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S., said Monday that it has filed suit in a Manhattan federal court to overturn a New York state law banning the sale of cigarettes on the Internet.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced Monday it has ruled in favor of entertainer Madonna, ordering businessman Dan Parisi to hand over the reins of www.madonna.com to the Material Girl.

Officials from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and other government groups said Monday that they need to take more of a role in protecting cyberspace from outside attacks -- even though huge portions of the American economy are now operating on secure information networks held by the private...

According to a report released Monday by research firm Gartner, high-speed Internet and network connections will spur the average American family to spend 20 times as much money online within six years as they do presently.

Signaling a possible narrowing of the digital divide, more Americans can readily access the Internet than ever before, according to a new report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).

A Florida appeals court ruled Monday that Internet service providers (ISPs) must reveal the identities of eight people who anonymously posted allegedly defamatory messages in a Web chat room.

The planned acquisition of Lycos, Inc. by Spain's Terra Networks (Nasdaq: TRRA) is set to close this month with Lycos shares valued at $65 (US$) apiece, the companies said Tuesday.

The Internet is now in everything from cars and taxis to airports and malls. It's crammed into cell phones and personal digital assistants. The Japanese wear the Net on their wrists, and the Koreans are putting it in refrigerators, washing machines and soon, microwaves. Yawn.

E-tailers stand to lose up to $14.7 billion (US$) in sales this holiday season unless improvements are made in the overall online shopping experience, according to a new report by consulting firm Creative Good.

Recent U.S. government security lapses have made Americans less confident in the security of their personal data online and may have weakened trust in new e-commerce authentication devices like digital signatures, according to a study released Monday by the Information Technology Association of Amer...

eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and the Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE: DIG) launched a co-branded auction site Monday called Disney Auctions, as part of an agreement between the two companies that will see the mammoth auction site offer ESPN and ABC merchandise in the future.

With more Americans going online each day, the typical online consumer is no longer the "Internet geek" of lore, according to a report released Monday by Yankee Group, a Boston, Massachusetts-based research and analysis firm.