Elizabeth Clampet

Holiday shoppers this year are realizing the value of the Internet as a commerce tool and will spend $2.35 billion for the 1998 holiday season, according to a new report from market reseacher Dataquest Inc.. Its study, “The Web Shopping Trip: Are We There Yet?,” examines the current state of online retailing. E-commerce success is […]

Labrador Software, Inc. Tuesday launched its E-Retriever 1.0 software, made to retrieve content and applications on corporate intranets. E-Retriever is distributed as a “black box” solution, connecting directly to a network. It offers immediate, one-to-one direct document or application retrieval, without having to type in lengthy, intricate URL addresses, said John Furrier, Labrador’s chief executive […]

In an effort to promote e-commerce to a wide audience, Primecom Interactive, Inc. developed Quicksite, an automatic order-taking Web site program. The storefront software is designed to target those without HTML experience. Features include pre-designed templates, a video step-by step-guide, instant updating and credit card processing using SSL encryption. Also included is a search engine […]

Discussion group firm Supernews Inc. Monday changed its name to RemarQ Communities, Inc. as part of a strategy to promote Usenet discussions to mainstream Internet users. The company currently provides a portal site to various discussion groups in categories such as computers, humanities, entertainment, government, science, classifieds, sports and health. The goal is to make […]

In an effort to speed up its service, Internet service provider Orconet is teaming up with modem manufacturer and Hayes Corp. to provide high-speed asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) products and services to California Internet users. Under terms of the deal, Orconet will offer its subscribers ADSL access, as well as Hayes’ ADSL PCI modem. […]

Online firewall management company WebTrends Corp. this week released updated versions of its Professional Suite, Enterprise Suite, Suite for Lotus Domino and Log Analyzer. New features include improved scalability, as well as alerting and monitoring cartridges. Included with the updates is a new utility, WebTrends Site Manager, a content management solution that features graphical utilities […]

Looking to expand its services overseas, online investment service E*TRADE Group, Inc. signed a licensing agreement Thursday to establish a subsidiary in France with CPR, a French investment and asset management bank. The new company, called CPR E*TRADE, adds France to the 31 other countries E*TRADE already serves. “E*TRADE’s entry into the French market is […]

Independent Internet service provider PSINet Inc. Wednesday sped up service for its customers in the New York area, activating a recently-acquired fiber network. The company had acquired the network, which spans from New York to Washington D.C., in May from Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The New York strand operates at OC-48 […]

Asia Pacific Internet service provider OzEmail Ltd. will soon begin trials of high-speed, direct-to-home satellite Internet services, with support from regional pay-TV provider AUSTAR. The service is designed for Internet content to be delivered via the same satellite service that provides AUSTAR customers with pay-TV content. The service will allow Internet subscribers to achieve download […]

“Push” broadcaster PointCast Inc. Monday extended its service to the European market by launching new editions of the PointCast Network for the UK and Germany. The PointCast Network is a free Internet news service that broadcasts personalized news and information directly to the user’s computer using the Internet. Users select categories they want to follow […]

Just in time to attract holiday shoppers, online retailer Egghead.com Monday launched a redesigned Web site that consolidates the company’s three online stores. The new site combines the old Egghead.com site with SurplusAuction and SurplusDirect and will offer separate buying venues for merchandise, surplus liquidations and multiple auctions. “This is the most significant step the […]

Aiming to secure ever-increasing intranet applications, NovaSoft Systems, Inc. Wednesday unveiled Novation Secure Content Server. Part of the Novation product line, the server is designed to let authorized users easily find and retrieve critical information contained in electronic files across the enterprise. The server can be customized using any standard HTML authoring. It also provides […]