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America Online and interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts announced a five-year strategic alliance today to create and deliver online games and interactive entertainment content for all AOL properties.

A group of lawyers is reportedly planning to file a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft in a California court today, potentially opening the floodgates to financial damages far costlier than any fine levied by the U.S. government.

Many e-business owners are attempting to ride the limitless wave of the Internet overseas, a prospect that can be rife with dangerous twists and turns. Before a business can get up and running in another country, there are a number of issues that must be considered:

In yet another indication that the B2B Internet industry is overtaking the retail e-commerce sector, leading Internet network CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that it is starting a B2B venture fund that is aiming to reach $1 billion (US$) in capital.

Last week, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that local telephone companies would be required to share their wires with rival data providers, the telephone company CEOs let out a collective wail.

In an effort to eliminate confusion over its strategic path, Excite@Home Corp. will establish a tracking stock for its Internet media assets.

Online computer e-tailer egghead.com announced today that its shareholders have approved a $400 million (US$) merger with auction and surplus site Onsale, Inc.

E-businesses, Internet Service Providers and technology firms are increasingly setting their collective sights on the fastest-growing minority population in the United States: Hispanics.

Prodigy Communications Corp. announced the merger of its consumer and small business units with regional telephone company SBC Communications, Inc. today, becoming one of the first beneficiaries of a recent U.S. government order for phone companies and Internet service providers to share phone lines...

If the likes of Amazon and eBay are destined to forever dominate e-commerce, why are the biggest names in the business working so hard to boost fledgling startup companies?

Tradition met technology today as Amazon.com and Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. launched sothebys.amazon.com, a new online auction site that is jointly backed by the international art auctioneer and the top U.S. e-tailer.

Internet portal Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Inflightonline.com to provide Internet services to airline passengers.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave Internet surfers a shot in the arm yesterday by voting to require major local phone companies to share their lines with data carriers.

Magazine publisher Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. announced today that the Webcast of its Tuesday night lingerie fashion show, known as "Playboy's Club Lingerie," attracted more than 565,000 visits.

After being pushed to the legal brink by online search engine and marketplace GoTo.com, The Walt Disney Co. was granted an emergency stay on an injunction yesterday that would have forced the company to discontinue the use of its Go Network logo.