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Digitas, a Boston Internet consulting firm, has promoted Jeff Cote to chief financial officer, replacing a post left vacant following a management shakeup late last year. Cote, 34, joined Digitas as senior vice president and controller in February 2000 to oversee the company’s finance and accounting practices. In his new role, Cote will handle fiscal […]

After closing down shop in early January as a result of a failed IPO, and inability to raise further private investment, the investors are now getting a small amount of their money back through the dale of Mercata’s content. Sunnyvale, California-based ConsumerREVIEW.com, a source for consumer product information on the Web, today announced the acquisition […]

Seattle.internet.com recently caught up with security expert Ric Steingberger to get the latest on what it takes to keep your business secure. Steinberger is currently responsible for the management, technical oversight, and future direction of NetRadarEWS at Seattle-based Security Portal. Ric has worked for nearly 20 years as a software engineer developing complex applications in […]

Traveling can be an altogether unpleasant experience. Between flight delays, lost luggage, and mysteriously vanishing reservations, a day at the airports can give leave you with quite the headache. Add to that the additional strain one can find when planning your trips online and things can get downright unpleasant. One local online company is taking […]

Tacoma-based InsynQ, Inc. has expanded the company’s Internet services by acquiring multimedia developer, Media Legends. InsynQ technologies provide customers with business software applications, delivered over existing Internet connections, or via a Web-based local, or wide area network Operating as the InsynQ Media Group, Media Legends will bring over 40 years of combined multimedia development experience […]

In its latest round of fighting piracy and unauthorized distribution, Microsoft has announced that it has won two legal battles in Ohio and Texas. The company announced yesterday, that it has been awarded a total of $2,817,828 in settlements and judgments stemming from legal actions against 10 Ohio resellers for the alleged distribution of counterfeit […]

[JERUSALEM] – The months-long soap opera surrounding struggling investment accelerator Yazam appears to have ended on a happy note. U.S. Technologies Inc, which funds and manages emerging growth technology companies, will buy Yazam for $22 million in cash and stock. In addition, Yazam has sold the First Tuesdasy networking franchise back to its franchisees. Many […]

With the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, traditional businesses quickly took advantage of trade opportunities, especially within Mexico. Now the online world is looking to accelerate the Internet trade between the US and Mexico. A number of US companies have been selected by the U.S. – Mexico Chamber of Commerce, including Portland-based […]

[JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA] – Ancillary to the Gauteng provincial government’s recent promise of an e-mail address for each pupil comes news of possible tech training for pupils from grade 9 and up. If the bold GautengOnline.com project defeats red tape and governmental apathy then students may receive tuition in Web design, A+, and even MCSE […]

Canadian equipment manufacturer Nortel Networks Inc., told investors Thursday it will layoff 10,000 employees in 2001, the end result of what officials call a faster and more severe U.S. economic downturn than originally expected. The company also said it was revising its 2001 forecast, a nearly 50 percent drop in revenue and earnings growth. Of […]

Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 412.7 million units in 2000, a 45.5% increase over 1999 results, according to San Jose-based Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group. Despite the growth, however, the future of the industry is not entirely clear. “Persistent rumors of a market slowdown that dogged the industry throughout the year started to prove […]

After announcing a corporate restructuring aimed at creating a more efficient and effective organization last month, Marlin J. Eller, chief executive officer of Sunhawk.com Corporation, has agreed to acquire the assets of the company’s digital sheet music business and resign his position with Sunhawk. “Marlin led the effort to create Sunhawk in 1992, played the […]