Cyrus Afzali

Members of the Boston Working Group Thursday talked with outgoing Clinton administration Internet advisor Ira Magaziner and other senior officials to give input on how upcoming changes in the domain system can be improved. The move comes as members of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers are meeting Friday with those officials to […]

Digital Subscriber Line technology, which so far has only been rolled out in small pockets of the United States, got a big boost Thursday in its battle with cable companies to win the high-speed Internet access market. MCI WorldCom Thursday announced it will offer DSL service at 400 points of presence by the end of […]

Opera Software this week released the latest version of its Web browser which features Java support and a variety of other new features. Opera 3.50’s 32-bit version for Windows 95 and NT allows Web surfers to view Java documents after installing a Java plug-in. Opera admits that the current installation process for the plug-in is […]

America Online Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. are reportedly discussing a variety of new partnerships, including a possible deal that would put Netscape’s Navigator browser into AOL’s software — either as a replacement for Internet Explorer or as a second choice. According to The Wall Street Journal, the talks began about two months ago and […]

Infoseek Corp. Tuesday released two products designed to make it easier for corporations to find and categorize information stored on intranets. Infoseek’s Ultraseek Server Content Classification Engine organizes content stored on intranets into topics for faster and more accurate search results. The server also returns a list of related topics which helps users expand their […]

Broadcast.com Inc. accelerated its expansion into the small business market Tuesday by acquiring Web hosting firm Simple Network Communications Inc. for $20.75 million in stock. Broadcast.com said it would introduce self-service audio and video streaming to SimpleNet’s customers, allowing them to create their own personalized audio and video programming and broadcast them over the Internet […]

Gabriel Battista, chief executive officer of domain registrar Network Solutions Inc., announced Monday he was leaving to take the top spot at long distance company Tel-Save.com Inc. Battista will become Tel-Save’s chairman, chief executive officer and president when he formally joins the firm in December. Daniel Borislow, Tel-Save.com’s current chairman and chief executive officer, said […]

Internet provider EarthLink Monday announced a new service that will give small and medium-sized businesses an affordable way to establish storefronts on the Web. EarthLink’s Entrepreneur e-commerce solutions will enable businesses to build full-featured storefronts on the Web for as little as $20 a month. The service, to launch in December, will allow businesses to […]

America Online Inc. has now passed the 14-million-member mark, a milestone the company attributes to continued growth momentum and a successful launch of the new AOL 4.0 access software. The company, which gained a reported 2 million members since April, also set several other milestones in October. AOL sent more than 1 billion e-mail messages […]

Netscape Communications Corp. is buying Web services company AtWeb Inc. to expand the range of services offered to small businesses and Web publishers on its Netcenter portal. Terms of the deal, announced late Wednesday, were not disclosed. Netscape said the acquisition will enable it to offer online publishers an integrated suite of online products and […]

Looking to increase its already successful online shopping business, America Online Inc. Wednesday acquired PersonaLogic, maker of personalized, interactive consumer buying guides. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PersonaLogic’s technology is designed to allow AOL members to create personalized profiles. The service will then use a customized list of best matches and links to […]

SoftQuad International Inc. said Tuesday it was selling SoftQuad Inc., its Web publishing tools unit, to a group of current employees and a private investor for just over $900,000. In addition to the publishing tools group, known for such products as the HoTMetaL Pro Web editor, the group will also take control of SoftQuad U.K., […]