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Online apparel retailer Styleclick.com (Nasdaq: IBUY) has signed a broadband content syndication agreement with Intertainer Inc., an interactive network that provides entertainment-on-demand to both cable and telecommunications companies. Styleclick.com's content will appear on Intertainer's service...

German media giant Bertelsmann AG announced Tuesday that it has sold nearly $700 million (US$) of its stake in America Online (NYSE: AOL). The move is at the center of a concerted effort to build up its multimedia unit.

AXA Placement Innovation, the investment fund of AXA, has added fuel to the open-source operating system (OS) movement by completing an equity investment in Linux vendor MandrakeSoft.

As 16 to 24 year-olds continue to emerge as a dominant e-commerce force, Student Advantage, Inc. and Embark.com have staked a claim to the Internet-savvy college market.

The antitrust case against Bill Gates & Co. is often the subject of this column. Gates, the world's richest man, attracts an exorbitant amount of admiration and loathing -- as do most giants of industry.

One day after trumpeting the launch of a subscription-free Netscape Online service in the United Kingdom, America Online (NYSE: AOL) announced that it has extended an e-commerce and web-hosting agreement with Verio, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRIO).

As it drives toward its upcoming initial public offering, Akamai Technologies has strengthened its hand by hiring banking veteran Timothy Weller to be its chief financial officer. The company offers content-delivery services that speed up performance for e-commerce sites, portal sites and news sites...

Claiming to be the first company to offer a real-time Internet vehicle service center, Autoweb.com (Nasdaq: AWEB) has launched a pilot program that will allow users to schedule service appointments with their local repair shops.

With less than 129 days until the highly anticipated new millennium, Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced that its Linux operating system (OS) package won't shut down or otherwise adversely affect users due to a Y2K computer glitch.

In a move designed to enhance its e-commerce clout, Exchange Applications, Inc., bought closely held software provider GBI today for $24 million (US$) in stock.

With fraud emerging as the number one threat to their industry, a group of e-commerce development companies are mounting a counter-attack. The new Internet Fraud Prevention Advisory Council, led by HNC Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: HNCS), has won widespread support as it attempts to eradicate consumer fea...

A new study done by Forrester Research Inc. shows that today's 16-to 22-year-olds have willingly embraced the Web in much the same way their parents once embraced cable television. However, unlike their parents, this demographic is a widely untapped resource for those e-marketeers astute enough to e...

American Online, Inc. is attempting to ensure European Internet supremacy by mounting a two-pronged attack against English and German competitors.

Dell Computer Corp. announced today that it has updated and enhanced www.gigabuys.com, its online superstore. These new features, along with recently added Dell Auctions, Dellnet portal and Dellnet ISP, are part of an aggressive campaign to eliminate online shoppers ' needs to look elsewhere for pro...

As part of a year-long campaign to transform itself into a full-service destination site, E*Trade (Nasdaq: EGRP) announced Monday that it has become the leading investor in online mortgage bank LoanCity.com's second round of funding. New Enterprise Associates provided much of the funding for LoanCit...