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Microsoft Corp. and Andersen Consulting announced an estimated $1 billion (US$) joint venture today to provide midsize to large-scale customers with e-commerce applications built on the Microsoft enterprise platform and Windows 2000 operating system.

In a deal that underscores the notion that many Internet-oriented technology companies are wildly overvalued by the market, business-to-business (B2B) software giant i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO) has agreed to purchase supply chain services company Aspect Development (Nasdaq:ASDV) for $9.3 bil...

One has to commend the Clinton administration for its earnest efforts to combat cybercrime and investigate the spate of denial-of-service (DoS) hacker attacks that have plagued e-commerce and other Internet sites over the past several weeks.

Last week, in an open letter posted on his company's Web site, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos responded to allegations that the e-tail giant's use of patents is unfair and stifling to competition.

McDonald's Corporation (Nasdaq:MCD) has taken a baby step into e-commerce by investing in San Francisco, California-based Food.com, a company that offers an online food takeout and delivery service.

Music e-tailer CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW) announced Monday that its proposed merger with music distributor Columbia House has been scrapped.

New high speed Internet access services like DSL and cable modems are opening the door to a new vision of computing. Many software companies are looking to develop new e-commerce-based sales channels by putting their programs on a Web site and only charging customers to use them rather than selling ...

After enduring months of criticism over his company's protective patent policies, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos suggested Thursday that the United States undertake a fundamental retooling of the current patent system.

Many e-tailers have lost sight of the forest for the trees. In some cases, they invest several million dollars into development and technology, but forget to employ the basics of sound retailing.

It was reported earlier this week that America Online CEO Steve Case has been engaged in serious alliance talks with AT&T. Case told reporters that AOL and AT&T could work together in various ways -- although he quite characteristically declined to be specific.

After putting 22 million shares up for sale Friday at an asking price of $12 (US$) per share, HomeGrocer.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOMG) is facing widespread industry speculation that it will fail to attract investor enthusiasm in much the same way that rivals Peapod (Nasdaq: PPOD), Streamline (Nasdaq: SLN...

Instead of moving closer to a consensus on the issue of Internet taxation, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) appears to be approaching deadlock as individual U.S. states discuss taking the matter into their own hands.

Number two auto manufacturer Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced Thursday that it will partner with B2B auction site ZoneTrader.com to sell its surplus capital equipment at online auctions.

Hoping to offer one stop shopping for customers anxious to develop a Web presence, San Francisco, California-based Wells Fargo announced eStore Business Solutions, which will provide an end-to-end e-commerce solution for mid-sized (companies with revenues between $10 and $250 million US$) companies.

A survey released this week by Forrester Research, Inc. reports that e-tailers are now using electronic mail as a major means of generating repeat business from customers.