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Internet startup Autodaq Corp. has launched a wholesale auto auction that allows car dealers to shop online for used vehicles throughout the United States.

In a move to escalate its challenge to Linux vendors Caldera Systems and Red Hat, TurboLinux announced this week that it has pulled in close to $57 million (US$) in a second round of funding.

Using a few simple database commands, developers at Russian Web programming company Strategy LLC found customer credit card numbers, passwords, and even employee records and social security numbers.

A few months ago, America Online had a serious problem.

One of the major questions to arise from the planned merger between America Online and Time Warner is whether the new company will continue to support the position that cable companies be required to provide open access to the Internet.

In a move designed to show that owners of intellectual property are determined to protect their assets, seven large American motion picture studios filed lawsuits last Friday in the United States District Courts for New York and Connecticut.

Now that retail e-commerce is leaving the realm of novelty and moving fully into the mainstream economy, customer loyalty stands as a lingering hurdle between e-tailers and profits.

Baltimore Technologies (Nasdaq: BALT), a United Kingdom-based provider of e-commerce and enterprise security solutions, announced today that it has acquired U.S.-based e-commerce security provider GTE CyberTrust Solutions in a stock deal valued at $150 million (US$).

According to a just-released Jupiter Communications report, 90 percent of online shoppers said they were "largely satisfied" with their 1999 holiday season experiences on the Web.

Rumors that the Justice Department is looking to chop Microsoft Corp. into several "Baby Bills" have been denied as "inaccurate in several important respects." However, by all accounts, the option remains on the table.

Becoming chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) today didn't make Steve Ballmer any more of a diplomat. At a press conference held to announce his appointment to the post, Ballmer addressed rumors that the Department of Justice would press for a breakup of the software giant ...

According to a new report by Forrester Research, e-tailers will have to find a way to use free delivery offers more efficiently.

Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC) subsidiary UCCnet is constructing a giant Web site that will allow companies to exchange Universal Product Code (UPC) information electronically throughout their supply chains.

According to research firm GartnerGroup, Asian B2B e-commerce will top $272 billion (US$) by 2003, with overall Asian e-commerce reaching $340 million.

YouBet.com (Nasdaq: UBET), an online gambling site based in Los Angeles, has reportedly agreed to pay $1.3 million (US$) to California authorities to settle an investigation into the company's online horse racing operation in the state.