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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 ...

Even as Microsoft fights for its corporate life at its federal antitrust trial, some say it's switching into hyper-drive in a plan to combat the threat of the Linux operating system ...

At the same time a new study by Nielson Media Research and CommerceNet showed that the number of women making purchases online is skyrocketing, elected officials at two separate meetings held last week called for the taxation of the Internet ...

E-commerce could be turned on its head when broadband Internet connections become common place and consumers are hooked to the Internet all day long ...

Last week, just seven months after AOL bought his company, it was announced that Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen will step down from his post as America Online's chief technology officer ...

The Internet can give and the Internet can take away. This e-commerce fact of life should now be crystal clear to top eBay, Inc. executives, in the aftermath of the online auctioneer's 22-hour outage last week ...

The plot thickens as the government antitrust case against Microsoft is revealing through company memos the inner thoughts of its founder Bill Gates ...

Recent statistics from Forrester Research Inc. show that many e-merchants are shying away from exclusively using popular portals to promote their products online -- instead they're turning to traditional media ...

The Internet economy is growing faster than anyone predicted, generating about $301 billion (US$) last year, according to a study done by the University of Texas. But some -- such as Commerce Secretary William Daley -- seem concerned it could leave some behind ...

Microsoft set a precedent this week by announcing on June 8th that it would begin giving its subscribers in the U.K. free Internet access -- a trend that some say could eventually spread to the United States ...

Feeling the pressure from the recent $1.8 billion (US$) merger of TeleBanc Financial Corp. and E*Trade Inc., D.R. Grimes, the chief executive of Net.B@nk Inc., told Reuters this week that he's also interested in forming new partnerships ...

When Red Hat Software, Inc.announced last week it was going public to raise $96.6 million (US$) in a stock offering -- it caught the attention of Linux watchers all over the world ...

Oracle's Chief Executive Larry Ellison said last week that the company would cut its expenses by $1 billion (US$) over the next 18 months -- by increasing the sale of its software over the Internet ...

Over the last several weeks, Yahoo! Inc. has plowed millions into buying companies that will move e-commerce from PCs onto wireless devices. But some industry experts say the wireless market is a china egg that will never hatch ...

Both Merrill Lynch & Co. and Amazon.com took a beating earlier this week -- one for entering the world of e-commerce too late and the other for being a pioneer that's still not showing a profit ...

No matter how Microsoft denies the credibility of their testimony, government witnesses like IBM's Garry Norris do much to make its antitrust case against the software giant ...

Before you drink too many more cups of java, Starbucks Corp. could begin an e-commerce blitz -- instantly transforming itself from a successful bean grinder into an online mass marketer ...

In response to harsh criticism, top online brokers are moving quickly to tone down their ads, according to The Wall Street Journal. Charles Schwab, E*Trade and Datek Online all unveiled plans last week -- which included new television and print ads ...

Fidelity Investments announced this week it's offering its customers two-way wireless stock trades via 3Com Corp's new Palm VII handheld organizer ...