Cyrus Afzali

Search engine company Ask Jeeves Inc. Monday received $25 million in new funding and announced agreements with several companies who plan to use its technology to improve their customer service. The $25 million came from Highland Capital Partners, IVP and an unspecified number of individual investors. Ask Jeeves will use the funds to expand its […]

Ramp Networks Inc. Monday sealed a deal with IBM Corp. for the computer giant to use its Internet sharing technology. Ramp’s technology allows home users to have shared Internet access to more than one computer. Households with only one phone line can have more than one computer connected to the Internet simultaneously. Mary E. Walker, […]

Search pioneer Yahoo! is reportedly considering purchasing Internet broadcasterBroadcast.com. A report published late Friday in Business Week’s online edition said senior Yahoo! executives, including Chief Executive Officer Timothy Koogle and co-founder Jerry Yang, have been meeting with Broadcast.com executives over the past few days. Yahoo! already has a minority stake in the streaming media company. […]

Positive moves from a few well-known Internet plays helped Internet.com’s Internet Stock Index post a small gain Friday. The ISDEX closed up 5.42, or 1.02 percent, to 534.96. Its gain coincided with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s second move across the 10,000 mark although that key index ended off 94.08 to close at 9,903.55. Among […]

Investors showed they still have a hearty appetite for Internet issues Friday as they bid up shares of women’s Web network iVillage Inc. on its opening day of trading. iVillage (IVIL) shares rocketed to close 80-1/8 Friday after being priced at 24. Shares opened early Friday afternoon at 96. Like many Internet-related issues, iVillage continues […]

A group of Web developers is criticizing Microsoft Corp.’s latest browser release, saying Internet Explorer 5 falls short of fully supporting key Web standards. George Olsen, project leader for the Web Standards Project, characterized IE 5 as an “opportunity lost” for Microsoft to come out in support of approved Web standards. “We realize that many […]

A New York federal judge late Wednesday threw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against domain name registrar Network Solutions Inc. PGMedia Inc., sued Network Solutions in 1997 to obtain access to the root server NSI maintains so it could use its software to offer domain registrations. NSI declined, maintaining its contract with the National Science […]

@Home Network Thursday announced a deal with Videon CableSystems Inc., Canada’s fifth-largest cable operator, to provide its high-speed Internet service to that company’s customers. @Home said the deal would give it access to several key Canadian markets, including Edmonton and Winnpeg. The service will be marketed as Videon@Home. Deployment is scheduled to begin later this […]

Cable Internet provider @Home Network Wednesday launched version 1.6 of its client software which is designed to make installation of the service faster and easier. The latest version adds support for the Universal Serial Bus. Most new PCs contain USB ports that allow users to easily add peripherals to their system. USB also supports faster […]

Microsoft Corp. will unveil Internet Explorer 5.0 on Thursday along with several new partnerships that will include a collaborative effort with Real Networks Inc., its rival in the streaming media market. Microsoft claims the new browser will work faster. It is also adding the ability to filter out junk e-mail from Outlook Express, the accompanying […]

RSW Software this week released e-TEST Suite 3.1 which automates the testing of business-critical intranet and Internet applications. The new version includes several new features, including the new e-reporter module which offers enhanced reporting, graphing and statistical analysis of test results. It also has enhanced support for scripts written in Visual Basic, C++ and Java […]

Netscape Communications Corp. Tuesday launched an expanded and redesigned version of its Netscape Store which features a variety of the company’s products. The company plans to significantly expand inventory to include thousands of third-party software, books and merchandise. Netscape also plans to tightly integrate several of its most popular titles into the story, making the […]