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According to a new study by Andersen Consulting, a staggering 27 percent of attempted online sales failed because Web sites couldn't handle the crush of holiday orders ...

Last week, when Time magazine named Amazon.com chief executive and founder Jeffrey Bezos its "Person of the Year," I greeted the announcement with a measure of ambivalence ...

According to published reports, Microsoft Corp. has forged an alliance with the largest mall owner and operator in the United States to advertise and sell its MSN online service ...

Last week, two scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sued popular search engine Ask Jeeves, alleging that the company violated two U.S. patents that were issued to them in 1994 and 1995 ...

What an incredible week for America Online ...

America Online and Wal-Mart Stores announced a wide-ranging strategic alliance today that will create a new co-branded online service and numerous cross-marketing initiatives between the two companies ...

Online consumers made a spirited run on toys, electronics and books last week, as overall online sales surged up by 35 percent over the same period last year ...

At the beginning of this week, French and Swedish Internet executives met to focus on cooperation between the two countries' technology firms and ended up launching a full-board complaint session about the U.S. domination of e-commerce ...

Working and going to school full time left Jim precious few hours to take care of ordinary chores like buying tires for his car ...

Retail analyst Lehman Brothers Holdings is predicting that holiday season failures will cause online merchants to fold or go up for sale at a rapid rate in the new year ...

According to a new report from Deloitte & Touche, e-commerce will revolutionize the way that consumers will purchase energy ...

According to published reports, Yahoo! and Kmart will announce tomorrow that the two companies have forged a wide-ranging distribution pact that will include a co-branded free online service ...

This week, Canadian startup Zero-Knowledge Systems began selling a service that will allow Internet users to choose fictitious names for such activities as sending e-mail, visiting Web sites or joining newsgroups ...

Last week, VA Linux Systems exploded on Wall Street with the largest first-day stock market gain ever recorded ...

Earlier this week, when privacy advocates once again took their fight against online profiling to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), they brought the specter of subliminal advertising along with them ...

According to Web traffic numbers by Media Metrix, the apparel category has continued to surprise many observers by posting a 60 percent increase in traffic for the week ending December 5th ...

The European Commission, the executive agency of the 15-country European Union, proposed specific initiatives yesterday that would cause e-commerce to skyrocket on the continent -- that is, if they are implemented ...

A group of brick-and-mortar businesses from South Carolina to Michigan have united in an effort to push for the taxation of electronic commerce ...

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews ...

AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews ...