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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) encountered another obstacle to their proposed merger this week when the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) called for the release of confidential documents the companies filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

U.S. President Bill Clinton will not bar Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) from purchasing Internet service provider (ISP) Verio, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRIO), the administration announced Wednesday.

In a ruling handed down Wednesday, a federal judge reduced the potential damages that Internet music download site MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) will have to pay the recording industry, saying that any damages will be assessed per CD infringed, rather than per song.

Three of the world's largest automakers, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen, have signed separate contracts with i2 Technologies (Nasdaq: ITWO) to power their private online marketplaces.

Intel Corp. announced Wednesday that it will begin building chips for InfiniBand, the emerging technology that is expected to eventually replace the way servers, networks and storage systems interact.

According to the United Kingdom's National Crime Squad, three men were arrested at their homes north of London on Tuesday in connection with a high-tech heist at Egg, one of the Internet's most high-profile banks.

Music swapping site Napster.com has registered as one of the Web's 50 most visited sites for the first time, according to the July 2000 report from Internet measurement firm Media Metrix.

Auctions.com, which just last month billed itself as the "world's fastest-growing online auction network," is shutting down at the end of August.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday that Compaq Computer Corp. has been selected to build a supercomputer more powerful than the world's 21 existing supercomputers combined.

Hoping to gain exposure for its wireless handheld device business, 3Com has announced that it will loan free Web appliances to fans at National Football League (NFL) games in San Francisco, California starting early next month.

In Part I of this special report, the E-Commerce Times looked back at the first five major milestones in e-commerce history. From the first electronic business transactions to heartstopping e-tail sales figures, e-commerce burst onto the scene in dramatic fashion.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com will add cars to its product offerings with a new link to online auto retailer Greenlight.com, the companies announced Wednesday.

I once hoped -- without any good reason, really -- that the world of online retail would somehow distinguish itself in one small but significant way: I hoped it would obey the calendar. The Roman calendar. The one that has been completely folded, spindled, mutilated and ignored by real-world retaile...

Unless certain key countries take steps to improve their "E-Readiness," world economic expansion will stagnate, according to a report released Tuesday by global policy and technology consulting firm McConnell International.

For anyone who has been involved with e-commerce for any length of time, the experience must feel like a roller coaster ride.