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Ailing online pharmacy PlanetRx.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX) took another hit Thursday when William J. Razzouk resigned to become a venture partner at Paradigm Capital Partners LLC of Memphis, Tennessee.

High-speed Internet access for Americans jumped dramatically last year, according a government report released Thursday.

At an emergency hearing in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Robertson declared moot a public advocacy group's petition calling for public disclosure of the FBI's e-mail surveillance system because, the court said, the FBI had already agreed to handle the request shortly before t...

British e-commerce is being hampered by consumer fears about Internet security, according to a report released Wednesday by the United Kingdom's National Consumer Council.

There is a perception in some quarters, generated and fed by the jittery souls among us, that e-commerce is in its death throes, or at the very least, is not what it was cracked up to be.

JCPenney is the largest national "three-tailer," utilizing traditional brick-and-mortar stores, catalog operations and the Internet to drive sales of its products. Nielsen//Net Ratings ranked JCPenney.com as the top apparel and home site, and a top ten site overall, in May and June 2000.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and big name musicians like Metallica are so intent on fighting bloody skirmishes in the Internet music wars, they haven't gotten the latest news flash: The revolution is over, folks, and technology won.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced Thursday it has formed a strategic alliance with e-business software and service provider Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq: VIGN) in an effort to meet growing e-marketplace demands in the dot-com, retail and financial sectors.

Financial services giant American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) and Ventro Corporation (Nasdaq: VNTR) announced an agreement Thursday to create MarketMile LLC, an Internet-based marketplace from which businesses will be able to purchase products and services.

Although a sharp rise in ownership of personal computers (PCs) worldwide is translating into widespread Internet usage, the digital divide is not closing at the same rate, according to a new study from Roper Research.

Although more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are venturing into the free service market, a new study by International Data Corp. adds further evidence to the belief that the free services may not yet be worth the cost to consumers.

Universal Music Group (UMG) said late Tuesday that it will begin offering digital downloads later this week. The announcement comes less than one week after a U.S. appellate court allowed controversial music swapping site Napster to remain online until a trial in the landmark case is completed....

The dire shortage of high-tech and business professionals is now forcing many dot-coms to dole out mega-salaries and non-monetary perks, according to a report released Tuesday by job search site WetFeet.com and global management and consulting firm Hewitt Associates.

The leading global Web site in June was Yahoo!, but eBay kept visitors the longest, according to the "Global Internet Index" from the Nielsen//NetRatings audience and measurement analysis service.

April's e-commerce bloodbath had a dragging effect on the amount of money raised by venture capital-backed companies in the second quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by research company VentureOne.