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$ECURE-IT-e, a new service that promises to secure credit card transactions made over the Internet, added a new wrinkle to the e-holiday shopping season by launching its Web site earlier this week.

A group of brick-and-mortar businesses from South Carolina to Michigan have united in an effort to push for the taxation of electronic commerce.

Moving to increase its presence in the market for open-source e-commerce software solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced this week that it is releasing a version of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) for Linux.

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews.

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews.

While the court's decision could have huge ramifications for current state motor vehicle laws, it could also decide whether auto manufacturers will face resistance throughout the United States. Joseph Marino, an analyst for Sterling, Virginia-based Current Analysis, told the E-Commerce Times tha...

Once the excitement and big sales of the holiday season are over, e-tailers will have to get down to the serious business of keeping the momentum going strong.

Of all the roadblocks that e-tailers encounter on their way to success in the new electronic frontier, shopping bots may become the most formidable.

There is still a large e-commerce nut left to crack on the Internet: Small to medium-sized business.

Australian media giant News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Internet healthcare company Healtheon/Web MD (Nasdaq: HLTH) announced today that they have joined forces in a $1 billion (US$) partnership.

While e-commerce is turning white hot and dot-com IPOs continue to soar out of the box, cooler heads like Yale School of Management's Jeffrey E. Garten are taking it all in with a note of caution.

Online Latin America network StarMedia (Nasdaq: STRM) announced today that it has formed a one-year e-commerce and marketing agreement with Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) to promote Dell's products and services throughout StarMedia's properties.

In an effort to beef up its online customer service offerings, Kana Communications, Inc. announced yesterday that it will pay $230 million (US$) in stock to acquire Business Evolution, Inc. and NetDialog, Inc.

Depending on whom you talk with, at what hour of the day, you'll get a different picture about the '99 holiday sales season and the future of e-commerce in general.

As e-businesses contemplate their next move in the new electronic marketplace, many are finding great prospects in affiliation.