Elizabeth Clampet

After successfully launching its name-your-own mortgage service in Florida, priceline.com inc. Monday debuted the service to the New York tri-state area. PricelineMortgage is now available to homebuyers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Developed with First Alliance Bank, the service is designed to allow customers to name their own interest rates and cut closing […]

The Walt Disney Co. late Thursday won back the right to use its green light logo for the Go Network portal after losing it earlier in the week during its ongoing legal battle with GoTo.com. Judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a preliminary injunction against the Go Network, which […]

After months of battling over messaging applications, Microsoft Corp. this week abandoned a feature that would connect MSN Messenger users to America Online Inc.’s Instant Messenger. Things heated up between the two companies in July, when Microsoft (MSFT) first launched its messenger service that allowed any Internet user to get a free Hotmail account and […]

The publishing arm of Asian powerhouse Softbank Corp. Wednesday signed an agreement with digital image firm Getty Images, Inc. to distribute Getty’s arsenal of images to Japanese customers. Getty Images Kabushiki Kaisha will be an exclusive distribution outlet in Japan for digital imagery, run by Getty and Softbank Publishing Inc. The new company will distribute […]

A new bill involving e-commerce was announced Wednesday in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament, answering voiced concerns of a lack of online policy. The Electronic Communications Bill, its specifics to be divulged on Friday, outlines policies that would give legal status to electronic signatures and set standards for e-commerce in the U.K. The first draft […]

Stamps.com Inc. Tuesday established a subsidiary to print tickets for events, travel and financial services. The wholly-owned subsidiary, EncrypTix Inc. will allow sellers and distributors of tickets and financial instruments to complete transactions over the Internet through the customer’s existing laser or inkjet printer. Printable tickets are set to include tickets, gift certificates, boarding passes, […]

Customer service software company E.piphany Inc. Tuesday paid $393 million in stock for privately-held RightPoint, a provider of customer communications tools, with the intention of positioning itself as a powerful player in the online customer service arena. E.piphany (EPNY) will issue approximately 3.5 million shares of its common stock to the shareholders of RightPoint. The […]

IBM Global Services Monday launched a chain of e-business innovation centers — brick-and-mortar facilities designed to offer e-business customers a one-stop area for working on both front-end and back-end technology for their sites. Monday was the grand opening for centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C., with plans to bring centers to Boston, Los […]

In a move to expand its question answering services, natural question search engine Ask Jeeves, Inc. Monday purchased Net Effect Systems Inc., a provider of Web-based live help services, in a stock deal worth approximately $280 million. Under the agreement, 1.835 million unregistered shares of Ask Jeeves’ (ASKJ) common stock will be exchanged for all […]

The growth of the Internet in Asia coupled with the growing popularity of broadband Internet access prompted Microsoft Corp. to join with GigaMedia Ltd., a leading cable Internet provider in Taiwan, to offer broadband access to the island. GigaMedia is a leading provider of cable broadband Internet access in Taiwan. It provides cable access to […]

Internet stocks continued their hot streak today, with online brokerages leading the pack as the overall tech sector gave back some of yesterday’s gains. At midday, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 8.57, or 1.40 percent to 619.66, the Nasdaq fell 16.91 from yesterday’s record to 3180.38, and the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

Looking to expand its offerings to small businesses, Excite@Home Corp. Thursday debuted its E-Business Services group, which was created as a result of the company’s recent iMALL Inc. acquisition. The flagship feature of the new services is the Excite StoreBuilder utility, found within the Excite portal. StoreBuilder is a joint venture between Excite@Home (ATHM), First […]