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Consumer auctions on the Web are booming, and they're spawning a variety of dubious practices, from outright scams to the posting of deceptive information. Though many of these tricks are...

One of the star surgeons at Stanford Hospital is somewhat shifty. Some might even call him a little slimy. An outright worm. But his ability to drain excess blood from...

What happened in June on the frontiers of Internet postage resembled nothing so much as a medieval joust that left the two knights bloodied but still standing. A few days...

It's a popular notion that a pure e-commerce company is inherently superior to an older-style business, that mouse clicks inevitably will bring down brick and mortar. But David Pottruck, president...

With Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. poised to rewrite the rules for high-end computers, IBM moved last week to strengthen its hand by acquiring pioneer Sequent Computer Systems Inc. for...

On the Internet, instant messaging goes by names such as ICQ, Buddy Lists, I M Here and Yahoo! Messenger. From humble, text-based roots, instant messaging has evolved into one of...

Tucked at the bottom of more and more Web sites are the words "Privacy Policy"--a seeming promise of protection that in fact may be nothing of the kind. The policies,...

Just two years ago Moon-Lith Press saw its sales grow 45 percent, almost entirely from customers finding their way to the Mountain View, Calif., shop through word of mouth. Those...

Apple Computer Inc. plans this month to unveil the missing piece in its product line--a stylish and speedy portable computer described as an iMac laptop that industry observers consider vital...

Widely known as a "Father of the Internet," Vinton G. Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP-IP protocol, the computer language that gave birth to the Internet and is commonly...