Elizabeth Clampet

The recent heat wave affecting the eastern part of the country caused problems for people without air conditioning and Internet service providers, particularly Netcom. Netcom, a division of MindSpring Enterprises, Inc., experienced a power outage in the Northeast Wednesday that affected service in three states. Because of a forced power company shut-down to all non-emergency […]

In an effort to go head-to-head with e-tail competitors, online bookstore barnesandnoble.com Wednesday debuted its Music Store, offering music from a variety of genres. The Music Store features 16 categories of music in its All-Music Guide database. Categories include alternative, blues, show tunes, country, dance, folk, jazz, kids, new age, pop, r&b, rap, hip-hop, rock […]

After starting the day in a bullish mood, Internet stocks gained Tuesday while other indices fell, with financial site Edgar Online gaining 95 percent on news of an expansion. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed up 6.10, or 1.08 percent at 571.05, while the Nasdaq Composite ended the day down 4.56 at 2736.46 and the Dow […]

America Online Tuesday announced several key partnerships, leading a boost in the Internet sector. At midday, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 29.34, or 5.2 percent to 594.29. The Nasdaq Composite was up 45.86 to 2786.88 and the Dow Jones industrial average gained 91.18 to 11230.42 — both were in record territory. America Online (AOL) […]

Yahoo! Inc. Tuesday formed a relationship with the Bank of America designed to bring account information directly to users in California. Under terms of the agreement, Yahoo! will provide Bank of America checking, savings, credit card information and transaction history on its Yahoo! Finance and My Yahoo! channels. The service is available initially only in […]

Domain name registrar register.com Tuesday teamed with Concentric Network Corp. in a co-marketing agreement designed to appeal to newly registered domain name holders. Concentric will invest $5 million in register.com, and the two will jointly market applications for building a customized Web site and e-commerce storefronts. Once registrants complete their domain name registration with register.com, […]

Looking to broaden its offerings, women’s online community iVillage Inc. Thursday acquired Online Psychological Services Inc. for $25 million worth of cash and stock. iVillage will pay $1.5 million in cash and $23.5 million in iVillage common stock. The company’s Online Psych mental health Web site features articles and discussion forums covering many aspects of […]

Netscape Communications Thursday added a slew of the Net’s most popular search engines to its newly-launched Netscape Search utility. Joining the program as premier providers are Excite, Google, GoTo.com, HotBot, Lycos, Looksmart and Snap.com. Financial terms were not disclosed. When visiting the search site, users have the option to search from each of the partners. […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. Wednesday signed a marketing agreement with intranet company HotOffice Technologies Inc. to promote intranet services. Under terms of their agreement, H-P will promote HotOffice on its Covision homepage by offering a free trial of the product suite, as well as through e-mail newsletters and direct mail. The services are targeted toward small business […]

Diving into a controversial arena, Lucent Technologies said Wednesday it will work with Lydstrom Inc. to develop a recording and storage device for downloadable music. Lucent will license its Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (ePAC) to Lydstrom Inc. who will manufacture and sell the product. Users can retrieve, store, catalog, and play multiple streams of audio […]

The group formed to combat digital music piracy Tuesday reached an initial agreement to protect downloadable music. The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), made up of more than 100 music industry, electronic and multimedia players, adopted a specification for portable devices used to play and record digital music. According to the plan, a two-phase system […]

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday acquired semiconductor firm StratumOne Communications Inc. in a stock transaction valued at approximately $435 million. Under the terms of the agreement, between 6.31 and 7.72 million shares of Cisco common stock will be exchanged for all outstanding shares and options of StratumOne. Cisco said the acquisition will equip service providers with […]