Cyrus Afzali

Domain registrar Network Solutions Inc.Saturday began installing and testing a new system that will allow competing registrars to set up new domains for their customers. In an announcement issued late Friday, Network Solutions said its registration systems would be intermittently taken offline through mid-morning Saturday so that equipment that will drive the new registry system […]

Just after closing its acquisition of Netscape Communications Corp., America Online Inc. this week lost one of the company’s key employees who also helped lead Mozilla.org, Netscape’s open-source effort. Jamie Zawinski, a client engineer at Netscape, left the company Thursday. In a posting explaining to the open-source community explaining his reasons for leaving, Zawinski was […]

Yahoo! Inc.’s $5.7 billion purchase of Broadcast.com helped Internet stocks close up higher Thursday in advance of the Good Friday holiday. Internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed up 14.23, or 2.60 percent, to 561.17 while the Nasdaq Composite ended up 32.32 to 2,493.72 and the Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.35 to close at 9,832.51. Yahoo! […]

The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers this week named eight individuals from seven different nations to its independent review advisory committee. The committee, which is required by ICANN’s bylaws, will advise the group’s board of directors on the creation of an independent third-party that will review its decisions. Committee members are: Linda Wilson, […]

After jumping early Wednesday following bullish comments from analysts, Internet stocks lost most of those gains late in the session. Internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed up 1.85, or .34 percent, to 545.39 while the Nasdaq Composite closed down 18.69 to 2,461.60, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 126.26 to 9,787.00. The gains came after America […]

Credit.com LLC, the publisher of personal finance network credit.com, said Wednesday it has filed a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against CreditComm Holdings in a California federal court. Credit.com alleges that CreditComm Services LLC, a unit of Loeb Holdings, is causing it to lose money and is confusing Internet users. Credit.com said people looking […]

The maker of a database used to search MP3 files is facing a lawsuit from a London-based recording industry group. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry this week sued Oslo, Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer ASA in what is the latest battle between the music industry and proponents of the emerging format. The Motion […]

While systems administrators are still trying to sort out the effect of the Melissa virus, a leading vendor of antivirus software has discovered a similar virus that could be even more dangerous. Network Associates late Monday said the new virus, nicknamed Papa, is an Excel virus that is transmitted in the same manner as Melissa. […]

Positive news from a number of Internet leaders sent shares of those companies higher on a day that saw the markets overall take a breather from Monday’s hectic pace. Internet.com’s Internet Stock Index dipped 10.71, or 1.93 percent, to 543.63 while the Nasdaq Composite shed 12.55 points to close at 2,480.29 and the Dow Jones […]

Internet stocks started off a holiday-shortened week by surging Monday, helped by continued optimism that also gave the Dow Jones industrial average the nudge it needed to close above the 10,000 mark for the first time. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 184.54 to 10,006.78 while the Nasdaq Composite gained 72.78 to 2,491.95. Internet.com […]

In another sign the battle among Internet brokers is likely to continue unabated, Discover Brokerage Monday added online municipal bond trading. The addition gives the brokerage’s customers the ability to buy and sell municipal bonds and receive current price quotes. Tom O’Connell, Discover Brokerage’s executive vice president, said the addition will give investors the ability […]

The Microsoft Network Monday began a Digital Subscriber Line trial in two U.S. cities and detailed plans of a major DSL deployment in the fall. MSN started DSL trials Monday in Atlanta and Seattle. The company said customers in Chicago and San Diego will begin testing the service soon. Digital Subscriber Line uses conventional telephone […]