Thor Olavsrud

Volkswagen of America Inc. Monday set its sights on the Internet with a new marketing program that will allow online shoppers to get exclusive dibs on

Qualcomm Inc. has uncovered a potentially dangerous security vulnerability in its Eudora e-mail program that could open a door for hackers to run code on

Xerox Corp. and Microsoft Corp. allied Thursday to tackle one of e-commerce's most vexing challenges: Content protection. The two companies joined to

Wireless Internet software maker Phone.com Inc. struck at Geoworks Corp. Tuesday, filing a lawsuit the company hopes will allow it to avoid licensing fees

Another chapter was added to the instant messaging wars Tuesday, when iCAST submitted a filing to the FCC arguing the impending AOL-Time Warner merger

Online auctioneer FairMarket Inc. is broadening its service to include private and closed auctions. FairMarket (FAIM) Tuesday launched Manufacturer

Lycos Inc. Monday took a 10 percent stake in Autoweb.com Inc. as part of a four-year strategic alliance. Lycos will acquire an approximately 10 percent

CrowdBurst Corp. went live Thursday with its Crowdburst service which seeks to replace the solitary Web surfer with instantly communicating communities.

The Domain Names Supporting Organization of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers late Tuesday unanimously recommended that ICANN's board of

Nortel Networks is seeking to expand its Preside portfolio by aquiring Architel Systems Corp.. On Wednesday, the two companies announced that Nortel

E*Trade Group Inc. Tuesday took aim at the increasing number of wireless users, signing a deal with Verizon Wireless to provide E*Trade customers with