Clint Boulton

Priceline.com Thursday became the latest major dot-com to face accusations of hijacking intellectual property. Pannell-Christ Inc., an Indiana-based provider of consulting and training services, sued the high-profile firm that provides “name your own price” services for groceries and airline tickets. According to the lawsuit filed in federal court, Pannell-Christ is disputing Priceline’s use of the […]

In the latest development of its electronic book strategy Microsoft Corp. Wednesday won over more than 30 book publishers for its production launch program. Traditional college and mainstream publishers will dispense more than 800 of their books for Microsoft Reader when it launches later this summer. eBooks will also be offered for sale in barnesandnoble.com’s […]

Hypercosm Wednesday rolled out its next-generation 3-D authoring technology for Linux. Previously available only for Windows users, the Hypercosm Studio includes an object oriented modeling, animation and rendering compiler. Rich media applets in the Hypercosm format are smaller, compiled OMAR programs that run identically in Web browsers under Linux, Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS. Hypercosm […]

Ticketmaster Online-City Search Inc. added to its ticket offering portfolio Tuesday by acquiring small rival TicketWeb Inc. for $35.2 million in stock. Ticketmaster Online will issue about 2 million shares of common stock, or about 2 percent of its outstanding shares, for all outstanding TicketWeb equity. With the purchase, Ticketmaster Online-City Search will tap into […]

Intranets.com Tuesday inked a deal with computer supplier Insight Direct Worldwide Inc. to provide Insight’s small- and medium-size business customers a free intranet solution. With the deal, of which financial terms were not disclosed, the Insight Enterprises Inc. subsidiary hopes to boost customer relations, increase stickiness on their corporate Web site and build brand awareness. […]

A federal court’s ruling to grant eBay Inc. an injunction against Bidder’s Edge Inc. led the popular auction portal to seek a stay of the preliminary injunction Friday. Bidder’s Edge made the announcement after a federal judge for the Northern District of California handed down an injunction to staunch the auction portal’s creation of auction […]

Web application provider Ulead Systems Inc. Thursday rolled out the latest version of its Web graphics compression and production tool. Functioning as a Photoshop plug-in or a stand-alone application, SmartSaver Pro gives users the choice of working in their favorite image editing application or as a stand-alone program. Version 3.0 introduces new features that make […]

Looking to bring more people online, PC supplier Gateway and the Consumer Financial Network Thursday agreed to provide PCs, Internet access and financing to help firms establish corporate portals. Gateway will invest $150 million in iXL Enterprises. subsidiary CFN, which provides firms with employee benefits and human resources. Rishi Sood, principal analyst for vertical markets […]

Corporate portal supplier Plumtree Software Wednesday kicked off a free 13-city corporate portal seminar series featuring portal analysts from Gartner Group and META Group. Some of Plumtree’s partners, including IBM, Screaming Media, eRoom Technology and MicroStrategy, will also be discussing application integration at select seminars. The half-day seminar features separate technical and executive tracks. In […]

Internet Capital Group and IBM Corp. Wednesday formed a new company that will create an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of intellectual property. ICG said it will invest $35 million in the joint venture. IBM did not disclose how much it would invest. The new company, which has not yet been named, has acquired […]

UUNET Wednesday took aim at the small business sector with a a new service that helps entrepreneurs fine tune their dot-com strategy. The WorldCom Co. communications unit said its Small Business Plus service offers the hardware, software, Internet access, hosting and customer support services a company needs to become e-business enabled. Small Business Plus was […]

So much for dog-eared pages and watermarks. Microsoft Corp. Tuesday teamed with Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble.com to test the offering of electronic books on pocket PCs. In its latest play in e-books since opening an electronic book superstore with Barnes & Noble.com last January, Microsoft has arranged for 15 Star Trek titles, […]