Clint Boulton

MyPoints.com Inc. Thursday posted some dismal financial news and let a third of its work force walk. The Internet marketing outfit said it estimated the pro forma loss for the third quarter is expected to be between $14 million to $16 million, or a loss of 39 cents per share to 45 cents per share. […]

Those that had TurboLinux on life support may take the company off now. A source close to the company told InternetNews.com Wednesday it would be going public in the next few weeks, saying that the funding, which consists of many of its original financiers, was a “kind of top-off round.” The firm reeled in $30 […]

Lycos Inc. Wednesday unleashed its long-ago-announced voice portal in five major locations. Featuring the security of voice recognition from Mobilee, Lycos is bringing its “anywhere” access pledge to Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the form of a voice portal that provides telephone users with free access to the Lycos Network […]

IntraNet Solutions Inc. Tuesday extended its arms to the real estate industry when it offered its top product to RESoft Inc., a Web-based document management company. Financial details were not disclosed. IntraNet Solutions’ Xpedio Content Management system, which automates business content from desktop applications, business applications and templates, will be added to RESoft’s new document […]

Apple Computer Corp. Tuesday offered onlookers previews of the latest version of its popular streaming audio and video Internet content software. The perennial computer specialist unveiled its QuickTime 5® and QuickTime Streaming Server 3® tools at the second-annual QuickTime Live! conference in Los Angeles. QuickTime 5’s new features include an updated media player with a […]

Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. Tuesday snagged SiteSmith Inc. in a stock deal worth about $1.36 billion. The purchase is a slam dunk for Metromedia Fiber Network, which has quietly been rolling out scads of dark fiber, or, unused fiber optic cable, to firms such as StorageNetworks and WinStar, as well as significant expansion in Europe […]

Lycos Inc. and several other firms Tuesday agreed to offer BMG Entertainment’s digital music downloads on their sites. The Bertelsmann AG unit said it chose Lycos as the first destination to offer more than 100 singles and albums from its catalog, and hopes to make as many as 2500 albums and singles available from its […]

Yahoo! Inc. Monday tapped a few more firms to license its Corporate Yahoo! for global intranet and extranet portal solutions. The portal giant inked separate enterprise services agreements with Honeywell, Applied Materials Inc., Intellinex, an e-learning venture of Ernst & Young LLP, and TCW Group. Financial details were not disclosed. Corporate Yahoo! is a customized […]

Networking superpower Cisco Systems Inc. Monday rolled out a complete IPsec virtual private networking solution. Based on the new Cisco VPN 5000 concentrator and client, the new VPN platform securely connects remote users and branches to their corporate networks and business partners. The VPN 5000 solution brings service providers a new revenue generating opportunity by […]

In what is part marketing push and part of a push to expand its presence online, The Princeton Review Friday said it was launching a free online SAT preparation course. The test is full length and consists of two hours of multimedia lessons and drills. As with many things that take flight on the Internet, […]

Electronic business integrator eFORCE Inc. Thursday joined Sun Microsystems Inc.’s iForce e-integrator program. The deal, for which financial terms were not made public, calls for FORCE’s to blend Sun’s Java technology expertise with its own design and integration of Java architectures for its e-business clients. The alliance will combine eFORCE’s global centers and eBusiness Rapid […]

Judging by the lower-than-expected sales results many Internet firms have reported since September, it seems that the PC makers aren’t the only firms seeing a depreciation in the New Economy. Marimba Inc., Razorfsh Inc. and Snowball.com Inc. — an infrastructure management firm, a digital solution provider and an online network for young adults, respectively — […]