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Toysrus.com violated its own privacy policy by providing marketers access to its customer data, according to a charge leveled against the online toy seller in a class action suit filed July 28th in a San Francisco federal court ...

British e-commerce is being hampered by consumer fears about Internet security, according to a report released Wednesday by the United Kingdom's National Consumer Council ...

In what the company is calling the "first wave of a new global campaign" against Net piracy, Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has taken action to remove 7,500 Web site postings in 33 countries that were allegedly selling counterfeit and other illegal copies of Microsoft software ...

The dire shortage of high-tech and business professionals is now forcing many dot-coms to dole out mega-salaries and non-monetary perks, according to a report released Tuesday by job search site WetFeet.com and global management and consulting firm Hewitt Associates ...

Random House, the largest English language publishing house in the world, announced Monday that it plans to jump on the e-publishing bandwagon with two e-book initiatives. The first, a new imprint called AtRandom, will publish new nonfiction and fiction as e-books. The second will offer digitized versions of the company's Modern Library backlist through online retailers...

Further fueling the debate over whether cybercriminals should be allowed to benefit from their crimes, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Money told a crowd of cyber-vandals in Las Vegas, Nevada Friday that they should give up their destructive ways and help the U.S. government fend off cyberattacks from foreign governments ...

Following an uproar over Toysmart's intention to break the privacy promise it made to its customers, the defunct e-tailer has done an about-face, deciding not to sell its database of customer information, after all ...

U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel granted a request by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for a preliminary injunction against online music swapping company Napster, ordering the company to stop making files of copyrighted music available for download as of midnight Friday ...

According to a study released Wednesday by Andersen Consulting and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), many chief financial officers (CFOs) believe their companies lack the necessary structure and culture to account for e-commerce effectively ...

The U.S. Treasury Department announced two e-commerce initiatives Tuesday designed to streamline the process of doing business with the government ...

The judge who in May ordered Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) to block French access to auctions of Nazi memorabilia being sold through its U.S. auction site granted the Santa Clara, California-based Web giant a three week reprieve on Monday ...

Under the terms of a settlement announced Monday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), adult entertainment company Xpics Publishing, Inc. will make refunds to online consumers who were improperly billed after providing their credit information ...

China plans to tax sales over the Internet rather than give a tax advantage to e-commerce businesses, according to statements made Sunday by the country's top taxman ...

Sega of America has taken action to shut down more than 60 Web sites and 125 auction sites that the company accuses of selling pirated versions of Dreamcast video games ...

Software giant Microsoft is about to release new features for its Web browser that will allow surfers to delete "cookies," the computer implants used by Web companies to track personal information. The features will be part of Internet Explorer 5.5 (IE) and will provide more selective user alerts when cookies are delivered, as well as a number of cookie management options not previously available...

Portals are increasingly leading their massive audiences to the e-commerce watering hole, according to June ratings just released by Nielsen//NetRatings ...

After meeting in Brussels with European Commission officials on Wednesday, U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Robert LaRussa said that e-commerce issues related to Internet taxation and data protection should be the subject of ongoing international dialogue ...

Barnes & Noble.com announced the launch of its online video store, which the company says will feature tens of thousands of movies in both DVD and VHS format ...

Barnes & Noble.com announced the launch of its online video store, which the company says will feature tens of thousands of movies in both DVD and VHS format ...

Barnes & Noble.com announced the launch of its online video store, which the company says will feature tens of thousands of movies in both DVD and VHS format ...