Elizabeth Clampet

Online music company MP3.com Inc. opened its first trading day to plenty of fans, who sent the stock soaring more than 200 percent by midday. After a slip in the market Tuesday, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up Wednesday 9.27 or 1.82 percent to 518.74. The Nasdaq Composite was up 8.11 to 2740.29 and the […]

Television network and Internet investor NBC Wednesday formed a strategic alliance with Sandpiper Networks Inc. to deliver content to NBC’s financial portal CNBC.com. Under terms of the agreement, NBC will use Sandpiper’s Footprint application for content delivery on CNBC.com in return will invest an undisclosed amount in the content company. Sandpiper’s Footprint solution expedites the […]

According to the latest report from Media Metrix, America Online lead the list of most popular Web properties in June. Not surprisingly, portals led the list of top sites last month. In addition to AOL, others leading the list included Yahoo!, Microsoft, Excite and Lycos. About.com won kudos as the fastest rising Web property with […]

Portal site Lycos, Inc. Tuesday began hosting content from music magazine and Web site Rolling Stone. Rollingstone.com parent company Tunes.com has created a co-branded site, found at rollingstone.lycos.com. The site combines RollingStone.com artist archives, daily music news, photo gallery, reviews and feature stories with Lycos’ search engine to provide comprehensive music information. No financial information […]

We’re right in the middle of the earnings season, and while many tech companies posted better than expected earnings Monday and Tuesday, the overall market stayed in the red. At midday, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index fell 20.22, or 3.78 percent to 514.16. The Nasdaq Composite was down 83.56 to 2746.73 and the Dow Jones industrial […]

Online messaging community ICQ, Inc. announced Tuesday it entered into a four-year agreement with telephony firm Net2Phone, Inc. to offer ICQ members phone calls via the Internet. ICQ, an America Online subsidiary, will provide branded telephony options to its members, which will be powered by Net2Phone. The companies said the alliance is worth several million, […]

AT&T Monday announced that its secure a2b music format has been modified to support Apple’s QuickTime 4 multimedia files. An alternative to the MP3 format, a2b is designed to let users listen to high-quality songs that can be downloaded quickly while protecting the copyrights of labels and artists. AT&T said it will also develop an […]

Computer retailer Dell Computer Corp. Monday entered another facet of the online retail arena by opening an auction site, DellAuction.com. The site was set up for registered users to sell their old computer systems, bid for used or refurbished Dell systems and buy a variety of computer-related products, the company said. The site features six […]

A software company has developed a browser specifically for those with eBay auction fever. ZCurve Software this week introduced its Auction Browser, a full-featured browser designed around the popular Internet Explorer model. Features include Auction Tracker, which automatically updates information on auctions that a users selects, as well as alarms to alert the user of […]

Internet commerce software company Open Market Inc. is buying FutureTense Inc., makers of e-commerce content management software. The all stock deal is estimated at $125 million. The agreement, announced late Thursday, calls for Open Market to issue approximately 7.23 million shares to FutureTense shareholders, plus 1.12 million options that can be converted into Open Market […]

America Online Inc. Thursday unveiled the latest version of its popular instant messenger service, which lets Internet surfers privately chat in real time. The service is an extension of AOL’s Buddy List service, available to all Internet users via free download from the AOL site. New features of version 2.0 include a search of Web, […]

NetObjects Inc. Wednesday added support for Novell Inc.’s Directory Services to its Authoring Server suite, simplifying user management and access rights to the corporate intranet. With Novell’s support, users can now set the server to automatically update from the company’s NDS. Other features include the ability to allow workgroups to create an intranet that shares […]