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Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) continued its ongoing transformation into a full-fledged media company with the announcement Thursday that it is acquiring online music provider Launch Media (Nasdaq: LAUN) for approximately US$12 million ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Commerce released a report Wednesday recommending that Congress take no action to amend the digital signature law, also known as the Electronic Signature in Global & National Commerce Act (ESIGN), which was signed by President Bill Clinton a year ago. ...

U.S. Congressional lawmakers in the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling upon some of the Internet's biggest e-tailers to help prevent online auction fraud ...

The Consumers' Association, a British advocacy group that campaigns to increase online security, said Friday that it suffered a security breach in its TaxCalcsoftware site that left the credit-card information of nearly 3,000customers exposed to unauthorized third parties ...

Databases at online credit card processing and security provider Anacom Communications were illegally accessed this week, Anacom's parent company ZixIt Corporation confirmed Thursday ...

Despite the fact that more people in the UK are shopping over the Internetthan ever before, a report released Tuesday by Which? Online and theUK Consumers' Association reveals several potential warning signs forBritish e-tailers ...

A month after losing its co-founder and chief executive officer, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company PurchasePro (Nasdaq: PPRO) said Monday that it is slashing its workforce by approximately 50 percent, as part of a new cost control program ...

Online shopping in Europe is unlikely ever to catch up with e-commerce levels in the U.S., in large part because of regulatory hurdles and small domestic markets, a Forrester Research analyst told the E-Commerce Times on Monday ...

Monster.com has earned the title of top-rated online job search site,according to a report issued Wednesday byGreenfield Online ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is implementinga new plan to crack down on Web sites selling fraudulent curesfor terminal diseases such as cancer and AIDS ...

In the latest turn of events concerning the regulation of Nazi and other hate-related memorabilia sales online, a U.S. district court in California Thursday decided not to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) aiming to declare a French court's ruling against the Internet portal unenforceable ...

A drop-off in first-quarter sales by e-commerce firms following the holiday season does not necessarily mean things are all bad for e-tailers, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) told the E-Commerce Times on Wednesday. ...

If the file download numbers released Tuesday by Webnoize are any indication, Napster fans had better keep their fingerscrossed that Napster's potential deal with MusicNet goes through ...

iVillage.com (Nasdaq: IVIL) will remain on the same "street" as its tech stock neighborsafter all. The women's site announced Friday that it will not be kicked off the Nasdaq stock exchange. ...

Hollywood.com (Nasdaq: HOLL) and CinemaNow announced Thursday that they are creating a new, co-branded pay-per-view movie site scheduled to open in June. ...

Bertelsmann AG announced another addition to its online music empire Wednesday, saying it has acquired Internet music collection service MyPlay.com ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday that it has approved a settlement agreement with two adult Websites that had been charged with running deceptive "free trial" offers and placing unauthorized charges on consumer credit cards ...

Career search Web site Monster.com extended its European reach Friday, with the announcement that it intends to acquire one of Europe's largest online professional search companies, Jobline International ...

Adding to the recent flurry of Internet fraud news, the U.S. Federal TradeCommission (FTC) told Congress on Wednesday it received over 25,000 Internet fraud complaints in 2000. ...

Internet travel agency Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) said Wednesday that it has sold its stake in online discount hotel broker Hotel Reservations Network (Nasdaq: ROOM) ...