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Online fashion retailer Boo.com, a splashy symbol of 1999's e-commerce explosion, announced Thursday that it will liquidate its assets after recent failed attempts to get more cash from its backers or find new investors or buyers ...

In a blistering 73-page response filed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 19 states staunchly rejected Microsoft Corporation's proposal for self-imposed remedies to keep its company intact ...

Twelve major chemical companies announced Wednesday that they will form an international business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace ...

America Online (AOL) has been slapped with a cease and desist order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle charges in the amount of $3.5 million (US$) ...

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (TMCS) continued its aggressive move into electronic commerce Monday with the unveiling of a service that will allow users to purchase tickets using such mobile communication devices as telephones, personal digital assistants and pagers ...

With the holiday season dust long settled and several prominent e-tailers fighting for survival, this year's Mother's Day may well prove to be a turning point for e-commerce ...

Although nearly 4 in 10 home buyers now use the Internet as a shopping research tool, few of them actually find the home they will eventually buy online, according to results of a new survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ...

Just weeks after being found liable for copyright infringement, MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily removing "Big Five" record company content from its My.MP3.com database ...

Global steel trade leaders Cargill Steel, Duferco, Samsung Corporation and TradeARBED announced plans Wednesday to create an independent global exchange for trading steel on the Internet ...

As estimates of the damage caused by the "Love Bug" virus hover around $10 billion (US$), the U.S. Congress has launched a probe into the causes, effects, and prevention of such attacks ...

A new survey from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) shows that total Web advertising spending by its member companies has nearly tripled ...

Microsoft Corporation is expected to propose restrictions on its own business practices when it responds Wednesday to the U.S. federal court antitrust ruling against the company and a proposal that the company be split into two firms ...

According to one security expert, the damage wrought by the so-called "I Love You" virus has already totaled nearly $100 million (US$) worldwide, and clones could push the figure over $1 billion by Monday morning ...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday cleared the way for a full House of Representatives vote next week to extend the ban on Internet taxes through October 2006. By a 29-8 margin, the committee approved legislation to extend the existing moratorium on new Internet taxes that had been due to expire in October of 2001 ...

The battle over music copyright infringement on the Internet took a dramatic turn Wednesday, when Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich personally presented Napster with the names of approximately 300,000 users who have allegedly been trading the band's songs online without permission ...

With concern over deceptive online advertising threatening to erode consumer confidence in e-commerce, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report Wednesday saying that existing trade regulations and laws apply to Internet advertising just as they apply to ads in traditional media ...

With an eye toward generating $1 billion (US$) in hardware, software and services revenue over the next three years, IBM announced Tuesday that it has formed new alliances in the Internet banking, retail and insurance sectors ...

Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Gateway, Inc. announced plans Monday to form an alliance with nine computer parts suppliers to create an online marketplace that could cut their annual supply costs by five to seven percent ...

Responding swiftly to news that Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp. and Gateway, Inc. are launching an online marketplace for supply chain management, IBM disclosed Monday that it is developing a similar Internet marketplace for purchasing and inventory control ...

Measures to protect consumer privacy online are not keeping up with technological advancements, President Clinton said Sunday in a commencement address at Eastern Michigan University ...