Elizabeth Clampet

Domain name registrar Register.com Inc. Tuesday restructured its services to address the different needs of corporate and individual users. The company will split its business into retail and wholesale units. Wholesale will target ISPs and other large volume partners. Register.com said it can offer those customers domains at substantially lower costs than is currently offered […]

Leading bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. Tuesday expanded its online efforts by investing in publishing portal iUniverse.com, Inc. iUniverse is a site devoted to writers. It provides a community site for writers to submit manuscripts online, browse books, learn about writing, participate in writers’ chat rooms, and have their books marketed, distributed and sold worldwide. […]

The popularity of e-commerce has led Consumer Reports to develop a ratings system to measure their performance. e-Ratings can be found on Consumer Reports Online. It systematically rates online retailers in areas such as security, privacy, shipping and handling, returns, and customer service policies; ease of use when browsing for products, searching for specific items, […]

Satellite company Teledesic LLC Monday received a $121 million investment that will help the firm bring its high-speed Internet services to the Middle East. Teledesic is a licensed satellite communications network that is working to enable affordable, worldwide access to advanced telecommunications services such as computer networking, broadband Internet access and interactive multimedia. The investment, […]

Level 3 Communications Inc. and Bell Atlantic Corp., who had been feuding over fees for sharing phone lines, Thursday reached a billing agreement. The two companies have established new reciprocal compensation rates, reducing the rates each company pays to one another for completing calls which include calls to Internet providers. No financial details of the […]

ProSci Research Wednesday released its KnowledgeDisk tool, a Web application for file sharing. KnowledgeDisk is designed to provide a secure way for businesses to organize, store and share files and documents over the Internet or via corporate intranets. Users can access the data via passwords for different levels of access, and an e-mail is automatically […]

Spam, or unsolicited e-mail, has been around since the advent of e-mail, and its widespread annoyance has prompted federal legislation against those who send online junk mail. A number of bills have been proposed in Congress, the latest being an opt-out plan aimed to emulate the U.S. Postal Service’s direct mail policy. Sponsored by Rep. […]

Telecommunications firm Nortel Networks took steps to increase its electronic commerce offerings Tuesday by acquiring Clarify Inc., a provider of online business software and tools, in a $2.1 billion stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Clarify (CLFY) shareholders will receive 1.3 Nortel Networks common shares for each share of Clarify common stock. The […]

Nokia AG and Swiss telecommunications firm diAx this week formed a partnership to supply Nokia’s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network to infrastructure in Switzerland. GPRS offers packet-switched connections to data networks via mobile technology. It is designed to allow faster and easier Internet access with continuous connectivity, and enables applications including multimedia messaging, wireless […]

The success of its city guides in 60 metro areas around the country prompted America Online Inc. Monday to extend its Digital City local content sites to more than 200 cities over the next few months. The markets have not yet been determined, the company said, but will be chosen based on population size and […]

In an effort to capitalize on the growing demand for wireless communications, Intel Corp. Thursday announced its acquisition of DSP Communications, a supplier of digital cellular communications tools, for $1.6 billion. Under terms of the agreement, Intel (INTC) will acquire DSP (DSPC) for $36 a share in an all-cash deal. DSPC will become a wholly […]

Travel reservation company Priceline.com Inc. Wednesday filed suit against Microsoft Corp., claiming Microsoft’s Expedia hotel booking service infringes on its patent. Priceline’s (PCLN) “name-your-price” hotel service is protected by three U.S. patents. The company alleges that Expedia’s new hotel offering too closely resembles its system, and accuses Microsoft (MSFT) of stealing Priceline’s commerce system technology […]