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For decades, Allstate Corp. has reminded its policyholders that they are in good hands with their Allstate agents.

"If you build it, they will come" may be true for baseball, but when it comes to e-commerce, it's how long it takes customers to get to what you build that really matters.

With the recent finding of fact issued by Judge Jackson in the landmark Microsoft antitrust trial, Linux has been thrust into the spotlight.

Leading online computer seller Dell Computer Corp. announced today that it has launched a global redesign of its Web site, adding new features aimed at making interactions easier and more tailored to individual customers' needs.

In an apparent attempt to counter America Online's recent brick-and-mortar alliances, Microsoft announced yesterday that it has signed a five-year pact with Tandy Corp.'s Radio Shack to deliver online service to consumers through the chain's 7,000 outlets.

About three quarters of new car dealers in the United States have Web sites, and that number is expected to grow to nearly 90 percent during the next six months.

Office supply superstore Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today that it has sold a five percent stake in its e-commerce unit and has appointed an advisory board to guide it toward its goal of $1 billion (US$) in online sales by the year 2003.

Linux software vendor Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has entered into a new strategic agreement with RSA Security, Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS) to enhance security for professional users of the Red Hat Linux OS package.

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, I never would have predicted that Internet usage would become completely mainstream by November 1999.

Web portal Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) is attempting to cash in on a lucrative e-tail niche by lending its name to a new computer and software retail site.

Earlier this week, privacy advocates testified before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and asked it to stop Web sites from tracking and compiling the visits of their users.

Lost amid the hoopla and hyperbole of the e-commerce explosion is the nagging reality that few e-businesspeople seem to know how and when they are going to make a profit.

As the battle for Web survival intensifies, e-tailers are finding it increasingly necessary to ask themselves a most fundamental question: What do online customers really want?

While there has been much ado about how e-commerce is re-shaping the lives of consumers, the advent of business-to-business purchasing has been largely overlooked.

Genealogy.com announced today that it will assist in providing an online resource to track the journeys of millions of immigrants who came to America at New York Harbor's Ellis Island.