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Victims of identity fraud got a high-profile spokesperson this week when veteran actor Jerry Orbach, best known as detective Lennie Briscoe on NBC's "Law and Order," sued online auctioneer eBay for posting his social security number on the Web ...

Cybercrime is booming right along with e-commerce, according to a report released Wednesday by the Computer Security Institute ...

Online grocer Peapod, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPOD), which recently lost its CEO and $120 million (US$) in funding, was slammed with a class action lawsuit Monday over claims that misleading statements artificially inflated the company's stock price ...

Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of laws that limit the use of spam ...

According to venerable information resource Consumer Reports, auto sales over the Internet are fraught with pitfalls, problems and overhype ...

McDonald's Corporation (Nasdaq:MCD) has taken a baby step into e-commerce by investing in San Francisco, California-based Food.com, a company that offers an online food takeout and delivery service ...

Number two auto manufacturer Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced Thursday that it will partner with B2B auction site ZoneTrader.com to sell its surplus capital equipment at online auctions ...

Hoping to offer one stop shopping for customers anxious to develop a Web presence, San Francisco, California-based Wells Fargo announced eStore Business Solutions, which will provide an end-to-end e-commerce solution for mid-sized (companies with revenues between $10 and $250 million US$) companies ...

A survey released this week by Forrester Research, Inc. reports that e-tailers are now using electronic mail as a major means of generating repeat business from customers ...

Online travel sites Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) and Preview Travel (Nasdaq: PTVL) announced the completion of a merger today that reportedly creates the largest travel site on the Web and the third-largest e-commerce site overall ...

While new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that low prices continue to lure U.S. shoppers to the Internet, data from @plan (APLN) indicates that U.S. consumers are taking security issues seriously enough to consider abandoning e-commerce for the safety of the real world ...

China Commodity City, which has been appraised as the largest commodities market in China, has formed a partnership with Tianrong Internet Products and Services, Inc. (TIPS) to develop China Commodity City's global B2B e-commerce site, expand the English language portion of the company's current site, and upgrade the site's infrastructure to international B2B standards...