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Perhaps the most ironic development in the ongoing struggle of music file-sharing service Napster is that the site spawned an entire industry of digital music ...

E-commerce is suffering from a severe case of nearsightedness ...

If we chronicle the evolution of electronic commerce via the headlines, the conventional wisdom is that online privacy is Job One ...

Of everything e-commerce participants have learned so far, one rather retro lesson has taken on new meaning: ...

It appears there is a whole lot of window surfing going on at e-tail Web sites and not enough buying ...

Some saw it as the greatest test of middle America's potential to shift its collective buying behavior online when Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Kmart (NYSE: KM) debuted splashy Web sites. ...

This could well go down in history as the summer the U.S. government finally woke up and recognized electronic commerce as something more than a passing fad ...

For those wondering why chief executive officer Jeff Bezos of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) still has a smile on his face, this week's answer can be summed up three letters: AOL ...

Will we ever understand the Web shopper? ...

In the world of electronic commerce I may have the best job possible ...

Reports of security glitches and inadvertent revelations of user identities on Web sites no longer carry the shock value they once did ...

Like many regretful TV viewers, I missed the first season of "The Sopranos" on HBO. Not to worry, since the whole season is available for sale on videotape. I decided to use an online shopping bot to find the best price after it became clear that I was going to spend at least US$100 in a brick-and-mortar store. ...

In most parts of the country, it was a news item that was easy to miss, but it was front page news in New Orleans, Louisiana when Lawrence E. Williams became the first person tried under the 1998 federal identity fraud statute. In all, Williams, 22, was charged with 14 counts of identity fraud. ...

In retrospect, all of the signs were there, pointing to the eventual demise of Internet grocery delivery service Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN) ...

Even when a dot-com's departure is less than momentous in the eyes of the general public, the exit can signal a change in direction for electronic commerce ...

Europe quietly took a giant step forward last week, moving a bit closer to the goal of letting consumers shop online without borders. In a reversal of its previous stance, the European Commission announced that it is softening its position on who has the legal authority to govern international e-commerce disputes ...

If the first era of e-commerce was all about survival of the fittest, with all participants operating independently and competing for market share, the new era of online selling may have more to do with collaboration ...

E-commerce industry insiders and pundits are acting out their own version of the reality TV show "Survivor," wondering aloud which dot-com is going to be the next player kicked off the Net. ...

If it feels as if the summer is already racing by, consider how the legislators on Capitol Hill feel. October is just around the corner, and that means somebody has to do something about Internet taxes ...

We all knew the century had officially turned in my town when the local race track started accepting bets via the Internet ...