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Content delivery service Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) and capital investment firm CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that they have reached a broad agreement to collaborate on developing technologies to deliver Internet content and applications.

NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the newly-created Internet division of the NBC network, put its media synergy to work today by announcing a multi-year, multi-million dollar (US$) agreement with job search site Headhunter.net (Nasdaq: HHNT).

America Online and Wal-Mart Stores announced a wide-ranging strategic alliance today that will create a new co-branded online service and numerous cross-marketing initiatives between the two companies.

Online consumers made a spirited run on toys, electronics and books last week, as overall online sales surged up by 35 percent over the same period last year.

At the beginning of this week, French and Swedish Internet executives met to focus on cooperation between the two countries' technology firms and ended up launching a full-board complaint session about the U.S. domination of e-commerce.

In the United States, where as many as 80 percent of all new businesses fold within the first five years, many dot-com startups are finding that they need some form of assistance to survive.

Working and going to school full time left Jim precious few hours to take care of ordinary chores like buying tires for his car.

In the midst of a flurry of co-promotion agreements between retailers and Internet brands, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Best Buy Co.,(NYSE: BBY) announced a strategic alliance today that includes Internet, broadcasting and in-store promotional projects.

Business-to-business e-commerce firm Navarre Corp. (Nasdaq: NAVR) has entered into distribution agreements with Cybernet Systems Corp. and Loki Entertainment Software, significantly adding to a current Linux lineup that includes Caldera, Corel and Red Hat.

Online book and music retailer barnesand noble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) announced today that it has cemented its alliance with magazine subscription company Enews.com by acquiring a 32 percent stake in the company.

Once the holiday sales boom subsides and online spending settles down, e-commerce is likely to shift into the mergers and acquisitions mode. However, predicting who will be left standing once the dust settles is almost impossible.

Online postage provider E-Stamp (Nasdaq: ESTM) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to expand the strategic alliance between the two companies.

As the third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) wraps up today in San Francisco, California, a group of brick-and-mortar retailers is claiming that a recent national poll indicates that more than 60 percent of respondents believe that online retailers should be subject ...

While market watchers and industry analysts monitor the day-to-day progress -- or lack of progress -- in online holiday sales, powerful sources from the world of academia and industry have announced moves to bolster the position of e-commerce.

Technical services and support provider Linuxcare disclosed this week that it received $32.5 million (US$) in backing from Dell Computer Corp., Motorola, Oracle Corp, and Sun Microsystems.