Beth Cox

11 CORINFO Research today announced the release of the 1998 Canadian Internet Marketplace, an up-to-date compilation of Internet research that provides some of the most comprehensive coverage of the Canadian online industry and marketplace. The 1998 Canadian Internet Marketplace sponsors an expanded companion Web site with two unique features: “The Canadian Internet Probability Table,” which […]

UK Yellow Pages Web site Yell announced that voting has started for the UK Web Awards, and will continue until May 8. Winners will be announced at a special ceremony in the BAFTA theatre in London’s Piccadilly on July 9. The UK Web Awards are organized by Yell and co-sponsored by The Computer Channel, Marketing […]

Royal Bank and AT&T Canada are now offering small businesses a competitive, one-stop Internet package. Royal Bank connect@work allows small business clients to do their banking and get started doing business on the Internet in a cost-effective, convenient, and secure way. No other Canadian service delivers the power of the Internet with the resources of […]

Tokyo Consultancy Predicts Internet Spending Increase in Asia Internet technology diffusion is coming of age in most developing economies in the Asia Pacific, according to a study by Tokyo-based consultancy Access Media International. Internet technologies will continue to make modest inroads into corporate businesses despite gloomy predictions for the infotech market. In six out of […]

British Telecom announced this week it is investing another 300 million UK pounds ($490 million) in data network modernization in an effort to support the “rapid growth in Internet and data communications services.” “Our goal is simple–to help our customers to take advantage of the ‘data wave’ and the tremendous business opportunities offered by the […]

For the first time in a live Internet forum, a Canadian bank will publicly answer tough questions about personal credit from one of the country’s most important and influential group of people–Canadian women. Royal Bank Financial Group will sponsor “Personal Credit Matters for Women,” the first Internet live chat focused on personal credit issues and […]

Auto-By-Tel Corporation has formed an international division and has taken a first step in launching Auto-By-Tel UK by appointing Kevin Turnbull as Chief Executive. Auto-By-Tel is already responsible for over $500 million in vehicle sales per month in North America, and hopes to extend this when the UK site becomes active at the end of […]

Net Shepherd has been nominated for a 1998 Computerworld Smithsonian Award in the Business and Related Services category. The nomination is for “Filtered Search,” the intelligent Internet filtering technology co-developed and launched by Net Shepherd and Digital Equipment Corporation’s AltaVista Search Service. The Filtered Search technology combines Net Shepherd’s competency in characterizing and filtering Internet […]

Copenhagen, Denmark-based The Lego Group has introduced programmable building bricks in a significant expansion of its children’s construction products. It is adding two new items to its range of Lego brick packs: Mindstorms Robotics Invention System and Technic CyberMaster. They will allow children to build robotic pets, vehicles and other intelligent toys, and to program […]

IBM UK has announced that China Airlines, based in Taiwan, has implemented an online booking system, enabling frequent flyers to book flights over the Internet. To achieve this, the airline is using IBM’s Airline Control System (ALCS) Web Server. “We are pleased to be able to offer this online booking service to our frequent flyer […]

The federal Departments of Industry and Justice have released a public discussion paper entitled “The Protection of Personal Information: Building Canada’s Information Economy and Society.” The paper outlines the various issues which must be addressed in developing legislation. In Canada, the Privacy Act protects personal information collected by the Government of Canada, but there is […]

Ramp Networks, the US manufacturer of the popular WebRamp family of ISDN and modem connectivity products, is moving into Europe. It has appointed Logitek as sole UK distribution partner in what is described as “a multi-million pound deal.” “With the rapid adoption of the Internet in Europe there is an increasing need for connectivity products […]