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Saying that their aim is to give customers more control over their long-distance, wireless and Internet accounts, AT&T unveiled a new customer service online site Tuesday.

The General Services Administration has picked a favorite bookseller on the Web. The GSA, which handles major purchases for a variety of federal government agencies, signed a contract with barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) to give its employees access to books through the bookseller's Business Solut...

Softbank Corp., Japan's No. 1 software distributor, said last week it will pump $1.6 billion (US$) in three venture capital funds that will only invest in Internet-related startups.

Saying that their aim is to give customers more control over their long-distance, wireless and Internet accounts, AT&T unveiled a new customer service online site Tuesday.

Perhaps responding to plans by two other major drugstore chains to expand their Internet presences, Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) announced Monday it will launch an online pharmacy in September.

As the epic antitrust trial drew to a close, Microsoft was taking care of other business as usual, which included announcing a series of steps aimed to strengthen security for e-commerce and other online activities.

BuyItNow.com's command was apparently Snap.com and XOOM.com's wish, as the two popular Web sites announced Monday that they have entered into partnership agreements with the e-commerce retail site.

CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) and NetGravity, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETG) have created a new online advertising process that aims to enable online sales to be completed within an ad banner, eliminating the need for the Web surfer to connect to the advertiser's Web site to close a deal.

For e-commerce companies, raising brand awareness through offline promotion can be an extremely costly yet crucial part of their marketing strategy. On Friday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it had scored a significant coup in that regard.

Electronic commerce and communications are taking center stage in Washington, DC as the weeklong E-Gov conference and exposition kicks off.

Michael Milken could be proving that the Internet, like the U.S. western frontier of the 1800's, is a place a person with a past can get a fresh start.

A panel of top high-tech executives met this week in London at the Wall Street Journal Europe's CEO Summit and critiqued some e-commerce powerhouses.

North Carolina-based Red Hat, Inc. this week announced that they are making on-site professional services available for Corporate users of the Linux operating system (OS).

With online commerce now a hit for nearly every conceivable product category, from baseballs to diamonds, health insurance to Hot Wheels cars, Adshop Online is taking the next step: selling an entire Web site via the Internet.

For first-time automobile buyers, one of the few things as frustrating as visiting a car dealership is figuring out which insurance company to use. On Thursday, online auto retailer Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) announced a partnership that could help customers avoid that hassle.