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Internet heavyweight Yahoo! announced agreements today with broadband Internet access providers Covad (Nasdaq: COVD) and NorthPoint (Nasdaq: NPNT) that will attempt to encourage Internet users to adopt DSL (digital subscriber line) broadband access.

EBIZ Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of Linux-based computer systems, has re-designed and re-launched its e-commerce Web site, TheLinuxStore.com, and boosted online offerings with the added value of the recently acquired JustLinux.com open-source community site.

Snap.com and Xoom.com announced today that they have signed a three-year, $75 million (US$) agreement with Healthgate Data Corp., a health and medical resource site.

Earlier this week, when RealNetworks, Inc. admitted that its software had been secretly gathering and transmitting personal information about consumers' listening habits, the company gave privacy advocates a big bone to chew on.

Recognizing e-businesses' concerns about privacy and security, professional services firm Ernst & Young has launched the Center for Trust Online (CTO) to foster trust and confidence in electronic commerce.

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and AT&T found themselves traveling down different legal paths this week, as Amazon settled a lawsuit out of court while AT&T found itself arguing to overturn a court decision that would force it to open its cable lines to other Internet service providers.

In a broad three-year alliance between two leading interactive media and entertainment companies, America Online (NYSE: AOL) will invest $30 million (US$) and take an equity stake in Viacom subsidiary Blockbuster.com.

Boston, Massachusetts-based Inc. Magazine announced today that it has launched a Web site that is designed to deliver management resources to small business owners. As part of a cross-marketing agreement, the new portal will showcase content from the E-Commerce Times, and the E-Commerce Times will f...

House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley's move to push the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act through the House of Representatives without the blessing of House leadership has backfired and resulted in defeat.

With an increasing body of research indicating that brand name awareness is a key to success on the Internet, e-businesses are finding that their real challenge is educating the consumer about what products and services are available online.

Last Friday, when U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson decided to delay the first phase of his verdict in the Microsoft antitrust case, I wondered how the hiatus affected the personal comfort level of one William F. Gates III.

Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM), two of the big three U.S. automakers, have announced separate but similar initiatives to broaden the supply side of their businesses by establishing links with their suppliers over the Internet.

Industry titan Microsoft has entered into strategic online distribution deals with utility software vendors Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro, Inc. in an attempt to help businesses that use the Internet get ready to handle Y2K-related viruses and other potential mayhem.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), one of the computing industry's early innovators but now a company playing catch-up in the online shopping business, has launched its new MSN eShop in an effort to reach out to consumers and merchants alike.

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has entered into a strategic OEM alliance with PC Chips to help build a customer base for its new distribution of the Linux operating system (OS).