Clint Boulton

Excite@Home Tuesday added a new high-speed on ramp with the launch of digital subscriber line-based Internet service through a partnership with Rhythms NetConnections Inc. Excite@Home’s (ATHM) service will pass by an additional 15.3 million homes, expanding Excite@Home’s worldwide coverage to 87.3 million households. Ultimately, about two-thirds of US households will be served by Excite@Home. In […]

America Online Inc. launched the latest volley in the instant messaging war Monday by adding voice communication and image sharing to version 4.0 of its AOL Instant Messenger. Released for Windows and Macintosh, AIM 4.0 features AIM Talk, which enables online voice communication between AIM users from any Internet-enabled PC. This feature is integrated into […]

CMGI Inc. Monday took a 4.9 percent stake in software firm Netcentives Inc. and the two companies established an online loyalty program. Netcentives (NCNT) agreed to become the infrastructure provider for CMGI’s (CMGI) up-and-coming points program, in which people are rewarded for conducting transactions on CMGI network sites. The points program will roll out with […]

OK, so you’re at the helm of a perennial firm. You enjoy a track record to die for, you’re stacked with blue-chip talent topped off by a sublime business model. Life seems great until slowly but surely the people who work for you are borne off like dust in the wind by trendy startups. Apparently, […]

Healtheon/WebMD Corp. Friday made an exception to its trading restrictions so that directors Jim Clark and John Doerr could purchase about $220 million in stock from the open market, giving the online healthcare firm a reprieve from languishing stock prices. Clark, who co-founded the online healthcare firm in 1995 and Netscape in 1994, said he […]

Network Solutions Inc. this week got into the stats game by launching NSOL.com/statistics, a new site on which the Net registrar will feature figures on who is registering what. The stats will be updated on a monthly basis. Network Solutions created the site to track the Net’s impact on the world’s economy. In January 2000, […]

JFAX.com bought rival eFAX.com in a stock exchange worth about $75 million. JFAX (JFAX) will issue approximately 18.5 million shares of its common stock to the holders of eFAX.com (EFAX) common and preferred stock, subject to an adjustment of this number in certain circumstances. In a merger of the world’s largest unified messaging services providers, […]

E-mail payment firm X.com Corp. won $100 million in a financing round led by private investment firm Madison Dearborn Partners. New investors include include Singapore-based Temasek, Vertex and Development Bank of Singapore; Japan-based Compass Partners and Hikari Tsushin; and TAMC of Taiwan. Additional investors include LabMorgan, J.P. Morgan’s e-finance unit; funds managed by Capital Research […]

America Online Inc. Wednesday coupled its highly-anticipated Netscape 6 launch by teaming with PC titan Gateway Inc. to roll out a suite of Net appliances featuring the world’s largest online service A manifestation of AOL’s (AOL) “anywhere” plans, the devices will deliver AOL’s content, features and services to consumers in every room of their homes. […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday tacked on an additional $200 million to its venture fund and announced plans to expand its focus to the Middle East, Europe and Asia. First seeded with $200 million last October, the fund will continue to collaborate with leading venture firms and investment banks to identify companies around the world innovating […]

Continuing its business-to-business buildout, Internet Capital Group Monday took a $29 million stake in DNI Holdings Inc. DNI operates Blackbird, an electronic over-the-counter derivatives trading system. Chris Klein, managing director of operations at ICG (ICGE), will join the DNI board of directors. Blackbird was co-founded in 1996 by Raymond May and Shawn Dorsch, two former […]

Looking to fortify access to its e-commerce services, NBC Internet Inc. Monday bought privately-held Flyswat Inc. for about $100 million in stock. Flyswat’s technology establishes links to Internet content and commerce services on any Web site or personal document. Specific financial details of the purchase were not given. NBCi expects the deal to close by […]