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Just one week after beleaguered name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com issued a discouraging third-quarter earnings report and slashed 16 percent of its workforce, the company confirmed reports Wednesday that a high-ranking executive has departed amid questions about the viability of auto sales on t...

Amazon.com-backed pet supplies e-tailer Pets.com announced Tuesday that it is shuttering its operations and laying off 255 of its 320 employees.

Ninety-one percent of those who made an online purchase in the past year plan to conduct e-commerce transactions this holiday season, according to a survey released Wednesday by Deloitte & Touche and the National Retail Federation (NRF).

European companies are not aggressively capitalizing on the potential of electronic marketplaces for fear that they might face legal problems, according to a new study from Forrester Research.

Hoping to crack the lucrative Asian e-commerce market, Amazon.com launched a Japanese-language site Wednesday focused on its core business of selling books.

Online superstore Buy.com and eBay-owned Half.com announced Monday the creation of a joint marketplace that will sell used CDs, videos and DVDs from both companies.

Although part of the recent spike in reports of identity theft can be attributed to the Internet, offline methods of stealing personal data still provide a more significant information stream for criminals, according to National Fraud Center chairman of the board Norm Willox.

Teens are poised to jolt the Web in the coming years as their focus shifts from fulfilling entertainment needs to honing purchasing and investing skills, according to a study released Thursday by Forrester Research.

Backed by six of the largest U.S. air carriers, Hotwire.com launched its discount online travel site Tuesday in a bid to chip away at Priceline's dominant market share in the burgeoning sector.

An online trading exchange backed by such aviation industry giants as American Airlines, United Airlines and British Airways announced Thursday that it will be joining forces with a similar exchange, led by major aerospace manufacturers, in a bid to trim transaction costs between airlines and their ...

Although a court ruling may eventually seal the fate of controversial file-swapping service Napster, the company unveiled an official client for the Macintosh on Wednesday.

Internet users around the world have a greater willingness to buy products and services online than do their U.S. counterparts, according to a report released Tuesday by research firm International Data Corp. (IDC).

Dot-com layoffs are continuing to mount with no indications of a letup, according to a new report released Monday by Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc.

Internet auction giant eBay issued an apology to its customers on Monday for sporadic system and service outages that have hampered the site's functions for the past week.

Internet postage company Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) announced Monday that it has slashed its workforce by 40 percent in a bid to streamline its operations and improve profitability.

Controversial Internet music firm MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) has slimmed its operating costs, according to third-quarter results released Thursday, but the embattled company continues to commit millions of dollars (US$) to its ongoing legal battles.

The Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC), a coalition of about 30 civil liberties and human rights groups, is petitioning the Council of Europe to revamp a draft treaty on cybercrime based on charges that it is riddled with measures that threaten online privacy and free speech.

Even as high-tech companies rethink the scope of their e-commerce investments, optimism about short-term economic and business conditions remains strong, according to a study released Thursday by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Speaking before a group of high-tech professionals gathered in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, U.S. vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman said that, if elected, the Democratic ticket would ward off efforts to impose taxes on e-commerce for the next two to five years.

Controversial Internet music download site MP3.com has tentatively agreed to pay up to $30 million (US$) to the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and its licensing subsidiary, Harry Fox Agency, for the use of over one million songs on its network, the companies said Wednesday.