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China's head regulator of foreign investments recently delivered a frank message to all Western companies who have been planning to pump billions into the Communist country's Internet infrastructure: Foreigners need not apply.

Excite@Home announced today that it has formed an alliance with privately held AirFlash.com to provide content for wireless handheld devices. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

A new report by Forrester Research, Inc. predicts that mobile phones -- not PCs -- will drive the growth of Italian e-commerce. Over the next three years, Italy is expected to narrow its e-commerce gap with other European players through a combination of new mobile services and partnerships.

Last week, while testifying before the Advisory Commission of Electronic Commerce, a group of bureaucrats -- also known as state and local government officials -- sang a familiar tune. They hummed a few bars, did a little soft-shoe, and claimed that public safety and public education will deteriorat...

A new report by Forrester Research, Inc. predicts that free Internet access in the U.K and the rest of Europe will collapse by 2002.

Instill Corp., a provider of e-business services for the foodservice industry, announced today that it has raised an additional $24.3 million (US$) in venture capital financing.

Last week, when shares of America Online, Inc. fell 6.3 percent amid investor fears that its competitors would soon be giving Internet service away, AOL announced that it expects to meet profit forecasts.

Woburn, Massachusetts-based FairMarket Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft, Dell, Excite@Home and other e-commerce portals to stage an all-out attack against eBay, Inc., the reigning online auction champion.

According to a new report from Forrester Research, Inc., 90 percent of Web sites fail to comply with basic privacy principles.

FirstLook.com, a new music-sampling Web site, was launched today by MusicNow, Inc. The new site, based on GoTo.com Inc.'s e-commerce model, gives top billing to artists and companies who are willing to pay more per click-through.

Last week, following a supposed off-the-cuff remark made by E*Trade's Chief Executive Christos Cotsakos, rumors flared that online brokerage E*Trade Group, Inc. might soon strike up some type of alliance with a brick-and-mortar financial firm.

3Com Corp., the second largest maker of computer networking products, has announced that it will spin off its PalmPilot unit.

America Online (NYSE: AOL) and online florist 1-800-Flowers.com (Nasdaq: FLWS) announced today that they have extended and expanded their partnership until 2003.

Last week, Microsoft Corp. and government lawyers met to make their final rebuttals before the judge renders his initial ruling on the antitrust case against the software giant.

According to a new study by Mercer Management Consulting, e-tailers will crash and burn this holiday season if they fail to improve their service.

Gay.com announced today that it has partnered with GAYBC Radio Network to co-develop and distribute both live and on-demand radio programs for its users.

Seeing Prodigy Communications Corp. back in the news again brought back fond memories.

Online auctioneer FreeMarkets, Inc. will attempt to raise as much as $70 million (US$) from an initial public offering.

A couple of weeks ago, online bookseller Fatbrain.com introduced a new model for selling books, magazine articles and other documents that it says will radically change the publishing world.

As part of a direct push into the data-storage market, Dell Computer Corp. agreed to buy privately held ConvergeNet Technologies, Inc. for stock valued at $340 (US$) million.