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Predictions for the growth of electronic commerce throughout the world vary, but almost all are extremely bullish, as more and more consumers gain access to computers and the Internet.

When there's been millions upon millions of words written about you, it's probably only fair that you be allowed to put in your two cents worth.

Where will the online shoppers be in the next several years? Three separate Internet studies this week offer a glimpse.

Can mainframes really make a comeback? The current browser/server model being touted as a "new" solution looks exactly like the mainframes of the 70s.

Toys "R" Us rocked the e-commerce world earlier this week when it announced that the hand-picked chief executive officer it had chosen to run its online operations wouldn't be coming on board after all.

The major record labels have already vowed to fight back against MP3 digital music compression. So, Friday's announcement that leading online music retailer, CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW), and major record label, Atlantic Records, have paired up with Microsoft to offer secure promotional downloads comes as n...

Leading portal site Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) continued its run of exceeding Wall Street's expectations when it announced its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the U.S. stock markets closed.

While it might lag behind in the Nielsen ratings, television network CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is definitely out in front of the pack when it comes to building an Internet presence. The company added to its online portfolio Thursday, with the announcement that it acquired a 35 percent stake in Med...

After a string of months highlighted with huge capital investments, and a number of acquisitions, Go2Net, Inc. is putting the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together for all to see.

College, private high school and distance learning students may soon find some relief from the textbook price gouge they endure each semester if a new program from VarsityBooks.com takes off. The online textbook seller has launched a new partnership program, aimed at fulfilling book sales for school...

Last week, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it's preparing to ramp up its Internet efforts by cutting a deal with Books-A-Million Inc. to supply and deliver books for its online store. This action has resurrected the legion of analysts, who have been howling in unison for months, predicting that ...

A Boston start-up called Verbind Inc. has developed one of the many new software products to help e-commerce sites predict their customers' actions.

Advertisers and investors should be tuning into Internet audio if they want to get in on the next big online boom, a new study out this month says. According to market research firm Frost & Sullivan, the Internet audio market will grow to more than $100 million (US$) in revenues this year.

Network Solutions, Inc., aka NSI (Nasdaq: NSOL), moved into the holiday weekend with something of a bang last Friday -- albeit a bang without a celebratory tone to it. Hackers hit the IP address allocation company's Web site, rerouting traffic and fueling an existent controversy.

When Go2Net, Inc. announced last month that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his venture capital firm, Vulcan Ventures, had purchased an aggregate $426 million (US$) of Go2Net stock since last March, it didn't take a genius to figure out that the company would go on a shop 'til you drop excursion...