Patrick Thibodeau

Privacy certification organization Truste has toughened its licensing requirements and boosted its ability to monitor the privacy practices of Web sites that display what some critics have seen as a toothless seal of approval.

The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) specification was released in April, and so far nearly 20 per cent of the top 500 Web sites are making use of it. But the rate of new adoptions is now moving glacially: about 1 per cent per month among leading sites.

A lawsuit contending that Southwest Airlines Co. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because its Web site was inaccessible to the blind has been rejected by a federal judge.

The federal judge overseeing a remedy in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case will issue her opinion late Friday afternoon, the court said Thursday.

ERealty Inc. calls its e-commerce Web site an intranet. Access is controlled, and customers must log on to see real estate listings

The U.S. federal government is turning to the Web to help train its 1.9 million employees.

The federal government is turning to the Web to help train its 1.9 million employees, a move officials believe will save money and improve productivity and the attractiveness of government services.

WorldCom Inc.'s CEO, John Sidgmore, Monday promised a quick recovery from the company's bankruptcy, but until that happens, end users see months of uncertainty ahead.