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Pervasive Software (Nasdaq: PVSW), a provider of e-commerce application development solutions, has released a version of its Tango 2000 Application Server for Linux.

Last week, as the Amazon.com holiday season symphony neared its crescendo, someone sounded a sour note.

According to a new study by InsightExpress, the online arm of market research giant NFO Worldwide, online shoppers may have spent as much as 33 percent of their holiday shopping budgets online.

RealNetworks, a leading maker of software for playing video and audio online, is suing startup Streambox for an alleged violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

With a nod toward the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced plans to use an arbitration panel to resolve disputes over domain name ownership before cases reach the courts.

As the digital economy continues to surge, e-commerce companies are increasingly seeing the wisdom in incorporating customer service into their business strategies and long-term plans. In fact, a 1999 Gartner Group report estimates that companies will soon spend $6 billion (US$) a year on Web-based ...

According to published reports, priceline.com is planning to apply its "name-your-own-price" Web model to the tried-and-true traditional yard sale.

The German unit of eBay has reportedly decided to sell companies online after a recent machinery auction led to the sale of a small construction company.

1999 has been a tough year for Toys "R" Us. Still, despite major problems, it has proved itself a worthy e-commerce player.

Customer support solutions provider Kana Communications (Nasdaq: KANA) announced today that it has opened regional offices in Munich, Germany and Sydney, Australia.

Although the technology is in place to sell insurance via the Net, consumers are not giving up the one night a year when they sit in their living rooms and listen to their insurance agent pontificate about the advantages of "Plan A" versus "Plan B."

While e-commerce is soaring and breaking all records this holiday season, it also appears that Internet scam artists are having a field day.

With mobile phones becoming more popular than PCs, a number of Swedish technology executives have formed a venture capital firm, Startupfactory, to fund and shape promising mobile e-commerce enterprises.

The Radicchio Initiative, an industry coalition established to push public key infrastructure (PKI) based wireless e-commerce security standards, has significantly added to its member list of supporting companies.

A new type of company is attempting to attract online shoppers by providing them with incentives, such as cash, mutual funds and contributions to non-profit organizations, when they shop on Web sites with affiliate programs.