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Two of the Internet's leading coupon providers reached an agreement this week to settle a patent lawsuit which has tied the Internet coupon industry in knots CouponSurfer.com and CoolSavings.com reached an undisclosed agreement to put an end to the patent infringement suit filed by CoolSavings.com against its Bedford, Massachusetts-based competitor...

Cisco Systems, Inc. has signaled the worldwide high-tech community that Y2K might not be the menacing profit-killer that many gloom and doomers have been predicting The San Jose, California-based maker of network hardware also reported record earnings, a two for one stock split -- and announced a $39 million (US$) investment in a company that track...

Computer manufacturer Gateway (Nasdaq: GTW) announced Thursday that it has formed a major strategic agreement with top Internet incubator CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) that will result in new investment and e-commerce opportunities. Gateway has also agreed to invest $200 million (US$) for an ownership stake in CMGI The companies will now collaborate to find ...

The recent blockbuster deal AT&T made to buy MediaOne could have the unintended consequence of sparking an alliance between two of its biggest rivals -- plus energize a technology that's been slow to take off Both AOL and Bell Atlantic stand to lose a great deal of high-speed modem capacity if the $58 billion (US$) deal to make AT&T the largest U.S

The recent blockbuster deal AT&T made to buy MediaOne could have the unintended consequence of sparking an alliance between two of its biggest rivals -- plus energize a technology that's been slow to take off Both AOL and Bell Atlantic stand to lose a great deal of high-speed modem capacity if the $58 billion (US$) deal to make AT&T the largest U.S

Despite the blaring headlines, the madcap rush to the top and the frenzied race to the IPO starting gate, not everything on the Internet is focused on growth and gain. In fact, one Ft. Lauderdale, Florida-based company is making its name promoting loss. Weight loss, that is eDiets.com has announced that it is unveiling a personalized diet program c...

While the effort to battle unsolicited e-mail ads rages on, a coalition of electronic junk mail opponents and companies has launched the Spam Recycling Center (SRC) The goal of the organization is to, among other things, promote responsible e-mail marketing strategies and practices.

Banking on more doctors relying on "virtual offices," e-commerce network ephysician.com is launching the first mobile Internet link that will enable physicians to tap into patient information and order lab tests and prescriptions using a handheld computer With the launch of ePhysician 1.0, 10,000 qualified health professionals will get a chance to ...

Leading networking company Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) bolstered the status of newly public Portal Software (Nasdaq: PRSF) on Wednesday, with an investment and a strategic alliance Cisco announced that it has purchased three million shares of Portal Software, which provides customer management and billing software for providers of Internet-based s...

Department store powerhouse Sears, Roebuck and Co. made a big push today to become the top retailer of appliances online. Today, Sears launched the largest selection of major appliances on the Internet at its Web site. Sears.com now sells more than 2,000 brand-name appliances, and the company says that is more than four times the size of the nearest online competitor...

Microsoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSFT) got a boost in the high-stakes race to supply software for downloading music when Sony Music Entertainment selected MS Windows' digital format to sell downloadable songs on the Net Sony will become the first major music label to go with the Windows Media 4.0 format developed by Microsoft, which is struggling to catch ...

Expanding the global reach of its online auctions, Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) rolled out its popular service Thursday in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada Each of the new Yahoo! Auctions -- Yahoo! UK & Ireland, Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand and Yahoo! Canada -- will be free to registered users and offer access to local...

A new office of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is slated to open Friday to oversee Internet transactions, commerce and advertising, despite objections from major Internet players. Arguing other FTC divisions play the same consumer protectionist role in non-electronic commerce, the FTC says the new Internet office will simply keep a closer eye on whether online businesses are being honest in ads and other online statements...

Another software giant has stepped up to the plate hoping to knock in an e-commerce home run. But some analysts say even if it hits one out of the park -- it could be too little too late Waldorf, Germany-based SAP AG, the fourth-largest software firm in the world, fired off a string of dazzling announcements last week at an annual European conferen...

Midlife isn't a time for crisis, it's a time for commerce. That is the approach Women First HealthCare, Inc. is taking to the aging of America's largest consumer group: female baby boomers With the launch of its new womenfirst.com site, the San Diego specialty health care company hopes to advance midlife women's interest in self preservation and im...

Wednesday, May 12 is day to remember for Lycos. First came the announcement that the planned merger between Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) and USA Networks unraveled like a ball of yarn after Lycos shareholders roundly rejected the deal. Then came the announcement that the two had salvaged some pre-merger work with the announcement that Ticketmaster Online - City Search -- 61 % owned by USA Networks -- and Lycos reached a distribution and content agreement...

Leading PC manufacturers and technology suppliers announced The PC Y2000 Alliance this week, featuring the launch of a Web portal to provide information regarding Y2K hardware readiness, and to demystify the issue by describing it in non-technical terms According to Microsoft Corporate Year 2000 product manager Mark Light, although achieving Y2K re...

USA Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAI) said Wednesday it abandoned plans to buy Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS), quashing a complex merger that would have created an e-commerce powerhouse worth $22 billion In the face of vehement opposition from Lycos shareholders, the companies said they mutually agreed to call off the deal, which would have combined Lycos ...

One day in the near future the world's largest Internet bank intends to partner with an online broker -- becoming a total financial-services-portal So said Deborah Newman, director of marketing for Arlington, Virginia-based Telebank, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times last week. But that's not all. "We plan to have a virtual insurance agency...

Many frequent-flyers would likely say that they deserve a reward for flying America's domestic network these days, and an Internet promotional company which offers perks to do so might be the first to agree with them Netcentives, a San Francisco, California-based provider of Internet direct-marketing and promotional campaigns announced Monday that ...