Elizabeth Clampet

With the holiday season fast approaching, Microsoft Corp. Thursday formed a partnership with brick-and-mortar chain RadioShack, agreeing to pour $100 million into the consumer electionics company’s new online store, RadioShack.com. The five-year agreement calls for RadioShack to create a Microsoft (MSFT) section within its offline stores where customers can see Microsoft demonstrations and sign up […]

Xerox Corp. and digital rights firm Reciprocal Inc. Wednesday joined forces to offer the Xerox/Reciprocal e-Publishing Clearing Service, designed to allow publishers to be a comprehensive digital rights management service. ePCS provides an end-to-end service for publishers wanting to place high-value documents, such as academic course-packs, books and research reports, online in a copyright-protected environment. […]

eBay Inc. Wednesday brought its popular auction content to the local level with the launch of its “Go Local” area. As of Wednesday buyers and sellers can find auctions in 20 metropolitan areas around the country. The local content is designed so eBay (EBAY) community members can easily find items located near them and browse […]

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday redesigned its portal, MSN.com, putting emphasis on its new messaging services and communities. Currently in beta testing, the new MSN.com includes a new interface that incorporates all of Microsoft’s (MSFT) portal services in an easy-to-use fashion, the company said. Its newest feature is MSN Web Communities, which provide access for users to […]

With the upcoming release of its Office 2000 software package, Microsoft Corp. will also make available the software online. Microsoft (MSFT) essentially creates itself as an application service provider, providing small-business customers with the option of using the software from a central Web location. Office Online will be available through the company’s new bCentral Web […]

Friday’s decision that Microsoft Corp. is a monopoly was bad news for the computer giant, but as a result fellow tech companies prospered from the news by afternoon. At midday, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 19.38, or 3.27 percent to 611.41, the Nasdaq Composite rose 15.56 to 3117.85, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

CMGI Inc. reportedly attempted to buy portal site Lycos Inc. for the second time recently, but history repeated itself and the deal fell through. According to the Wall Street Journal, CMGI (CMGI) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Wetherell initiated discussions in August with Lycos (LCOS) CEO Robert Davis, offering Davis the CEO title of […]

Webmasters and Web developers who are unhappy with the current licensing requirements for the GIF image file format are highlighting their cause by setting aside Friday as “Burn All GIFs Day.” The GIF image format is reliant on LZW technology, developed by Unisys Corp. in 1985. Unisys owns the patent for the technology and charges […]

A dispute regarding a new search service from AuctionWatch.com has led eBay Inc. to refuse any AuctionWatch.com servers from reaching the popular auction site. The dispute stems from a new AuctionWatch.com service, universal search, which is designed to find items available for auction across many of the leading sites such as eBay (EBAY), Amazon (AMZN) […]

Critical Path Inc. continued its busy week Thursday with the acquisition of file management firm The DocSpace Co., its second acquisition in as many days. The DocSpace Co. provides Web-based services for secure file delivery, storage and collaboration. It will be used to boost Critical Path’s (CPTH) Internet messaging services. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

barnesandnoble.com made a move in the online bookseller space Wednesday by purchasing the coveted www.books.com domain and trademark. There was no word on how much barnesandnoble.com (BNBN) paid for the domain, which was bought from Cendant Corp. (CD). The site had previously been a small online book retailer run by Cendant. Vistors to the books.com […]

Online travel firm Lowestfare.com will add packaged tours to its list of available services as a result of Wednesday’s acquisition of Maupintour, a privately-held tour company. Maupintour, a division of Global Leisure, Inc., operates more than 150 tours in 50 different countries and 35 states. Special-interest products include MaupinTrek — action-oriented tours that encompass such […]