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Giving the green light for Nevada residents to bet on football games and horse races using the Internet, the Nevada Gaming Board has set the stage for the first online betting sites to operate legally in the United States.

E-commerce in Latin America is expected to rocket to $580 million (US$) in sales by the end of 2000, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

I used to be one of Amazon.com's staunchest supporters, standing firmly behind the Internet bellwether come what may.

Federal policymakers risk weakening their regulatory abilities if they fail to limit the role they play in overseeing the exploding e-finance industry, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday.

Two new software products for connecting cars to the Internet are expected to help drivers navigate congested roads.

The use and abuse of spam and the fight over domain names are the subject of two lawsuits gathering steam in the courts that could affect online business conduct in the future, according to published reports.

Scour, Inc., the high-profile Internet entertainment venture backed by Hollywood heavyweight Michael Ovitz, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced Thursday.

With an eye toward improving its ability to monitor online music downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Thursday that it is working with other industry groups to develop a standardized system for identifying digital files of songs.

It's natural to shrug off the two straight months of slow e-tail growth as the lull before the holiday rush. It's natural as well to believe that once snow starts to fall and Christmas carols fill the air, everything will be all right.

Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL), which recalled 400,000 notebooks with defective memory chips earlier this year, on Friday began recalling nearly 27,000 notebook batteries that the company says have the potential to cause fires.

Several high-tech companies, including WebMD, Motorola (Nasdaq: MOT), Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) and Compaq Computer (Nasdaq: CPQ), saw changes at the top of the executive ladder on Thursday amid a barrage of resignations and retirements.

Although well-intentioned, the U.S. government's Internet initiatives are competing unfairly with the private e-commerce sector, according to a report released Thursday by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA).

According to statistics firm PC Data, the pace of business at the top online retailers in September was virtually unchanged from August, marking the second consecutive month of lackluster activity.

Though California's Silicon Valley is famous for being the world's haven for e-business, local governments need to better help industry management and employees deal with the many challenges of life in the area, according to a report released Wednesday by an area non-profit organization.

Adding haze to what is already a cloudy picture, a trio of new reports asserts that slow delivery, security fears and pricing problems will continue to hamstring e-commerce in the United Kingdom.