Online marketplace eBay Inc. on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that more than doubled on growth in international operations, but offered a full- year forecast below bullish Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down 5 percent in after-hours trade.

The white-hot wireless technology known as 3G UMTS - short for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - is finally making its U.S. debut.

Australia says its tough laws punishing businesses responsible for unsolicited "spam" emails with hefty fines were working and should be used as a global blueprint.

Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal with Comcast Corp. to provide news and children's Internet programming as part of the cable company's effort to distinguish its high-speed Web product, the companies said.

Monster Government Solution came to the Capitol this week in an effort to help federal recruiters find qualified job candidates online.

Verizon Communications is scheduled to launch its fiber-based broadband service, offering up to 30 mebabits per second to homes and small businesses and starting at a monthly rate of $34.95, the company has announced.

Britain's Internet advertising market topped 350 million pounds ($650 million) in 2003, putting the industry solidly on track to surpass commercial radio within the next three years, an industry trade group said on Tuesday.

Last week, self-proclaimed Spam King and ladies underwear seller Scott Richter, was staring down the barrel of a $20m fine courtesy of New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer. Now, Richter has agreed to play by the rules and Spitzer has agreed to drop his price by £19.95m.

Spam might be big business for junk e-mailers and spam-fighting companies, but something is shrinking: the number of anti-spam vendors.

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's No. 1 retailer, on Tuesday said it launched clothing lines on its Web site, walmart.com.