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Controversial Internet advertising agency DoubleClick, Inc. disclosed Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an inquiry into its methods of gathering and using information about online consumers.

At a brief meeting with supporters from the computing community this week, President Bill Clinton laid out a plan for the U.S. government to respond to the national security threat that has been highlighted over the past two weeks by hacker attacks on popular Internet sites.

New research data shows that women who regularly shop online are much more concerned than men about the safety of e-commerce after the recent spate of hacker attacks on such well known sites as eBay, Yahoo!, and CNN.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc., all online sales should and will be taxed just like brick-and-mortar sales. "The buyer's physical location at the time he or she takes possession of the goods should determine sales tax liability," the report says.

U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno told the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Wednesday that cracking down on cybercrime is "one of the most critical issues that law enforcement has ever faced."

It was reported yesterday that Microsoft Corp. has asked the U.S. Congress to intercede on its behalf, as talks to settle the government's antitrust case against the software giant have failed to produce an agreement.

The U.S. government and many states are now passing Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA) laws that recognize the legal validity of electronic signatures and transactions. While the UETA does not affect basic business-to-consumer (B2C) shopping on the Internet for products like books, CDs, c...

Fast-growing Latin American Internet portal and shopping site StarMedia Network (Nasdaq: STRM) has reached a deal to create a Spanish and Portuguese language online pharmacy with Rx.com.

Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with e-commerce consulting firm Windward Consulting Group, Inc. to push Linux-based solutions to application, Internet and telecommunications service providers.

Inprise/Borland Corp. (Nasdaq: INPR), a provider of Internet access tools and services, announced a strategic alliance Wednesday with software vendor TurboLinux, Inc. to work cooperatively on integrating their products for Linux users worldwide.

With an eye toward making online bill paying the norm rather than the exception, Internet billing and payments provider CheckFree Corp. announced Tuesday that it has forged a deal to buy TransPoint in a stock deal valued at well over $1 billion (US$).

In an effort to jump-start e-commerce, the European Commission (EC) has warned European Union (EU) member governments that they must foster competition for local telephone lines that connect homes and businesses to the Internet by December, or be forced to do so.

As the E-Commerce Times predicted last December, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into whether e-tailers violated its Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule during the just-completed holiday shopping season.

When controversial Internet advertising firm DoubleClick, Inc. unveiled its online privacy initiatives Monday, the company immediately received a cynical reception from privacy advocates.

Reports suggest that Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) will formally reject the Department of Justice's (DOJ) plans to break up the company, saying that the requirement is a "regulatory death sentence." Today's Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said, however, that Microsoft is willing to concede on other points...