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[ASIA] The Internet arm of one of Hong Kong’s most popular broadcasters has cut staff and will discontinue updating its own news feeds, Chinese-language news reports said Friday. Although the site will still feature streaming news reports from its parent, television network TVB, TVB.com will no longer produce its own news, hongkong.internet.com reported Friday. The […]

ATLANTA – Worldspan announced an agreement with WebMap Technologies Inc of Tel Aviv, a developer of visual Web navigation software, to develop and launch a customized Web solution designed to help travel agents and other users locate specific Internet travel sites and content useful in travel planning. WebMap will license its Web navigation technology to […]

[LONDON, ENGLAND]The BBC is to set up a new independent commercial subsidiary, BBC Technology Limited, which will provide a number of Internet, broadcast and media services. The announcement comes further to approval from Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, after the BBC announced its intention to launch the service in […]

[JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA] – An international non-profit organization, Bridges.org – believing South Africa to be central in digitally empowering the developing world – has opened an office in Cape Town. “We believe that by helping South Africa succeed, we can have the greatest impact in the broader region and around the globe,” said Teresa Peters, […]

It has been said that no business hides its gems like the utility business, and for Shell Australia, the current lack of inertia with their bid for Woodside petroleum has been offset by yet another e-commerce acquisition for the petrochemical giant. Announcing the acquisition of 50 percent of e-fill, Shell Australia’s Bruce Rosengarten said today, […]

Despite a drop off in spending by Internet companies, Hopkinton, Mass., data storage leader EMC expects revenue growth of between 25 percent and 35 percent for 2001. “Overall demand from large global companies, deployment of networked information storage, and the growth of international business continue to be strong,” the company said in a statement. “EMC […]

[22 February 2001] – The debate at this week’s Internet World Wireless (IWW) conference is whether the omnipresent cell-phone is truly synonymous with the wireless revolution and whether its ultimate function is to make the Net more accessible. “No one should care about Internet on phones,” said Jack Powers, a speaker at the Internet World […]

[FEBRUARY 21] TEL AVIV – Valis, a wireless entertainment company, received $7 million in first round financing from AOL-Time Warner Investments in the U.S. and Polaris Venture Capital, an Israeli firm. Valis is the developer of CellmaZe, a youth-oriented application that provides users with an interactive cellular community featuring a variety of interactive activities. Features […]

[February 22] Taiwan’s first online newspaper, tTimes.com.tw Wednesday announced it has ceased operations, as the company failed to raise sufficient funding to continue. Launched two years ago, on February 21, 1999, tTimes.com.tw was the first online publication providing daily news and information. With 200 reporters and 100 technicians and executive members, its staff was the […]

Application Technologies Inc. (AppsTech), an information technology (IT) consultancy for multinational corporations and governments, is naming Muyiwa Idowu as chief operating officer. Raised and educated in Nigeria, Idowu speaks English, French and Yoruba. He will direct the company’s global expansion, targeting multinational corporations and foreign governments and will oversee the deployment of the company’s services […]

Internet service provider NetZero Inc. Thursday employed GoTo.com Inc. as its keyword search provider. As part of the agreement, GoTo.com will provide its 7 million custom search listings to NetZero’s users to assist them in finding information online. For customer ease, GoTo will be featured on NetZero’s on-screen navigational tool as well as on its […]

With much of the hype surrounding the Microsoft anti-trust case fading, the software giant has taken another step in extinguishing anti-trust concerns, settling yesterday with Connecticut-based Bristol Technology regarding litigation that began between the companies in 1998. The litigation began in August 1998 when Bristol filed its lawsuit against Microsoft. The trial ended with a […]