Fall of wine sites symbolizes e-commerce hangover
Back in the glory days of 2000, it seemed like Wine.com had it all -- cash from top venture capitalists, the cachet of Napa, everything it took to make it in a dot-com world drunk on its own success.

Razorfish sets more job cuts
The cuts, which will hit workers in Razorfish's London, Boston and San Francisco offices, are part of a "voluntary termination" program, a company spokeswoman said Monday.

BlueMeteor for sale, lays off 50
Chicago-based BlueMeteor Inc., an Internet software and services provider, said Monday it has laid off 50 people and is looking for an outside corporation to buy the company

CDWorld to shut down
CDWorld.com will be closing its online store on Friday because of the weakening economy, company Chief Executive Bruce Pettyjohn said. The Campbell, Calif.-based company, which sold CDs, DVDs, software and video games, has laid off seven employees from its 10-person staff over the past five months, he said.

Neoplanet chooses an old strategy -- layoffs
The layoffs, which represent 16 percent of the company's workforce, come one week after No. 1 online retailer and Internet book sales pioneer Amazon.com announced plans to furlough 1,300 workers, or 15 percent of its staff.

Barnes & Noble.com Lays Off 350, Reports Loss
The layoffs, which represent 16 percent of the company's workforce, come one week after No. 1 online retailer and Internet book sales pioneer Amazon.com announced plans to furlough 1,300 workers, or 15 percent of its staff.

Stamps.com Cuts Staff
In what it dubbed a "new start," Stamps.com announced Wednesday that the Internet postage service is laying off 150 employees in an effort to--now this should sound familiar--streamline operations and achieve profitability.

Amplified slashes staff by 50 percent
Amplified said Wednesday its head count has been reduced from 80 to 40 staff members as a result of its acquisition of OneBigCD.com and Checkout.com. The layoffs were across the board in Amplified's various offices.

Infospace cuts 250 staffers
A week after announcing a major restructuring, Bellevue-based Infospace yesterday laid off 250 workers, or 21 percent of its employees.

Voter.com pulls plug, fires 45
Voter.com's owners pulled the plug on the all-politics Web site yesterday, ending one of the most heavily promoted attempts to find an audience for public discourse online.