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Andersen Consulting announced Thursday that it is partnering with the state of North Carolina and Yahoo! to develop a Web portal called North Carolina@Your Service ...

A new study by international management and information technology (IT) consulting firm Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. shows that while most U.S. distributors acknowledge the impact the Internet will have on their businesses, not all of them are prepared for the changes to come in the digital age ...

The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) announced Wednesday that 13 computer and video game companies have gone to court to shut down six Web sites that they say are selling pirated versions of their software ...

The Electronic Commerce and Consumer Protection Group, a working group comprised of seven of the world's leading Internet and e-commerce companies, proposed a set of guidelines Tuesday designed to protect online consumers and "inspire global discussions of legal issues related to consumer transactions in the borderless, instantaneous new medium." ...

A plan by the British government to monitor business e-mails and obtain data encryption keys could harm the United Kingdom's chances of becoming an e-commerce leader, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) ...

American Express (NYSE: AXP), Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) and VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) announced Monday that they have formed a strategic partnership to develop an integrated card payment processing utility for online business-to-business (B2B) transactions ...

In yet another high-profile controversy over intellectual property abuse on the Web, the City of Los Angeles is threatening legal action against a Web site that sells apparel emblazoned with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) emblem ...

According to new research from PricewaterhouseCoopers, U.S. teens are spending a considerable amount of time online, but rarely spend it shopping ...

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Thursday that it has acquired online games company Verant Interactive, Inc. in a bid to expand its Internet gaming business ...

Palo Alto, California-based computer manufacturer Hewlett- Packard (NYSE: HWP) announced an agreement Wednesday to provide e-tail giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) with 90 percent of its computer hardware and related systems ...

Eighty-five percent of Internet users are also Internet shoppers, according to a new survey, "The Interactive Consumer: Charting the Online Shopping Revolution," commissioned by Parade Magazine ...

Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed an information technology bill Friday designed to promote the growth of Florida's emerging IT industry ...

Internet pure-play toy retailers continue to outdo their brick-and-click competitors in performance and value, according to a report issued Friday by Forrester Research ...

The raging debate over online music moved to Capitol Hill Wednesday, as several music industry insiders testified before the U.S. House Small Business Committee ...

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson dropped a bombshell in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case Wednesday when he revealed that he is leaning toward splitting Microsoft Corp. into three parts, rather than the two proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICGE) announced Wednesday that it will collaborate with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to form an online marketplace for intellectual properties ...

E-commerce business-to-business (B2B) platform provider Ariba and logistics software provider Descartes inked a deal on Tuesday that will connect buyers, suppliers and marketplaces on Ariba's B2B Commerce Platform with transportation carriers and shippers in Descartes' Global Logistics Network ...

Amid reports that a number of dot-coms are on the brink of failure, GartnerGroup and Consumer Reports are recommending improved customer service and privacy statements as key ways to avoid the e-commerce shakeout ...

A French judge on Monday gave Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) until July 24th to "make it impossible" for residents of France to access auctions of Nazi paraphernalia through the Web giant's U.S. auction site ...

Bank of America and BroadVisiona provider of personalized e-business applications, announced Monday that they are forming a new company to develop customized business-to-employee (B2E) portals for corporate intranets ...