Cyrus Afzali

A Nashville, Tenn., judge late Friday declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former executive of the online women’s network iVillage Inc. and ruled it will proceed in a New York court instead of Tennessee as the company had requested. The ruling means the potentially damaging case will move forward as the company prepares […]

Netscape Communications Corp. Monday launched My Netscape Network, a program that will allow Web publishers to create channels of content for the company’s My Netscape personalized start pages. My Netscape Network is one of the customization features on the Netcenter portal. The first companies to join the network include Garden.com, JavaWorld and Red Herring. Others […]

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Friday announced CitySearch Commerce, a new service enabling small and medium-sized businesses to set up storefronts on the Web. Merchants will be able to list products and services, take orders through their Web sites and securely process transactions. CitySearch will build the e-commerce sites and will provide marketing support to help merchants increase […]

SurfMap Inc. this week released SurfMap Search, the latest addition to its suite of visual search and navigation tools for Web and intranet designers. SurfMap is designed to harness the power of visual maps which makes sites more navigable and information easier to find. SurfMap makes it possible to preview the contents of pages using […]

Online broker Charles Schwab Corp. has settled complaints from about 300 investors who said they ended up buying shares of theglobe.com at market prices far above the offering price. According to Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, the affected investors had losses that could add up to $1.2 million on orders they were unable to cancel before […]

Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are among several famous names combining to invest $11 million in Audible Inc. Audible specializes in the secure delivery of spoken audio over the Internet. Joining Intel and Microsoft in the investment were New York Life Insurance Co., CSK Venture Capital and C. Blair Asset Management. Audible offers a variety […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. and cable modem consortium Road Runner Wednesday sealed a three-year, $10 million high-speed data pact. Road Runner will gain access to Qwest’s nationwide fiber optic backbone. Qwest will also provide Road Runner with flexibly-priced bandwidth at speeds of up to OC-48, or 2.4 gigabits a second. Qwest will also deploy the […]

Netscape Communications Corp. this week released Netscape Communicator 4.51 which features several browsing and security enhancements. The new release features Quotes Anywhere, an expansion of Netscape’s Smart Browsing capability that allows users to access stock quotes through the Netcenter Finance Channel. To use Quotes Anywhere, a user must type the word “quote” followed by a […]

David Wetherell, chief executive officer of CMGI Inc., Tuesday resigned from the board of search engine Lycos Inc. Wetherell resigned in protest of Lycos’ decision in early February to merge with Ticketmaster Citysearch. CMGI is the largest Lycos shareholder. “After further consideration, it is my opinion that the terms of the USA/Lycos transaction are inadequate […]

VeriSign Inc. Monday announced it has won U.S. government approval to expand the sale of 128-bit digital certificates to a number of new customers. Verisign said it will now be able to offer its Global Server ID digital certificates to online merchants, health care and insurance organizations and overseas subsidiaries of United States corporations. The […]

Free e-mail pioneer Juno Online Services Inc. this week secured $65 million in new financing after selling preferred stock to a number of companies that include some of Silicon Valley’s most famous names. The company, which announced the investment Friday, said the investing companies were Intel Corp., News Corp. and venture capital firms Prospect Street […]

CMG Information Services Thursday acquired Activerse, a provider of Internet messaging technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Activerse develops and markets tools that provide instant access to Internet-connected communities, workgroups and individuals. The company’s products use Internet standards, including Java and HTML. The company makes products targeting both consumers and corporate users. David […]