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IBM, FedEx, Merrill Lynch and General Electric are among companies offering the best Web sites in their industries, according to a report in the current issue of BtoB, a publication devoted exclusively to the growing business-to-business e-commerce marketplace. The BtoB report, an annual independent ranking of B2B Web sites called NetMarketing 200, covers 15 industry […]

Atom Corp. VS. Atom-Bomb.com Atom Corp. of Seattle, who run the online film company AtomFilms, and Venice, California-based Atom-Bomb.com Inc., another online entertainment community, announced late yesterday that they have settled their trade name, trademark and service mark dispute on mutually acceptable, confidential terms. Due to the terms of the settlement agreement, neither party could […]

RealNetworks, Inc. and DreamWorks Pictures today launched a new streaming video website to promote the Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. The launch of the site coincides with the movies world premier of the film tonight at The Toronto International Film Festival. The collaboration announced today represents the first time RealNetworks has partnered with a major […]

audiohighway.com , an online media destination, Wednesday announced it has signed a letter of intent to merge with nicheMusic.com Inc. Under terms of the proposed transaction, audiohighway.com will merge with nicheMusic.com and its online and offline properties — World Entertainment Network and 75 Ark Entertainment — in an all stock transaction. The proposed merger is […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] The Internet portal Web.de has worked its way from seventh place in absolute coverage in the German Internet to fourth place, according to the sixth wave of the Online Monitor of the Society for Consumer Research (GfK). Within six months, Web.de has been able to make the leap into the “Top Five” of […]

Cahners Business Information Tuesday launched its new Internet division, Cahners Digital, to strengthen its position in key market sectors. “Creating an Internet division enables us to increase our speed to market and expand our impact in key market sectors,” said Marc Teren, CEO of Cahners. “In the coming weeks we expect to accelerate our rollout […]

If e-commerce firms can not convince skeptical consumers that their online goods and serves are secure, the holiday shopping season on the horizon could flat-line online sales this year. At least that’s the theory behind Electronic Data Systems Corp. addition of cyber-security services to its high-tech portfolio Tuesday. The IT consulting firm launched its Global […]

Global online sales for the upcoming holiday season, spurred by “explosive” growth in Net access, are predicted to reach $19.5 billion in 2000, says a new industry report, an 85 percent increase over last year’s estimates. The forecast report from research and consulting company Gartner Group Inc. said that last year’s online holiday sales reached […]

With over 3 million unique visitors monthly, few would question the AskMe Corporation’s lead in the consumer knowledge sharing market. Seattle.internet.com has learned that the Seattle-based company has begun marketing a version of their application, which will allow corporations to incorporate the same technology that drives askme.com into their corporate intranets and extranets. “Corporate America […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] Deutsche Telekom’s Internet service T-Online is taking over Ya.com, the second largest Internet portal in Spain, for approximately Euro 550 million (almost US $490 million) in stocks and cash. As the company announced in Darmstadt today, the acquisition will be completed by this fall. T-Online is currently active in France and Austria and […]

WorldCom Corp. reportedly is in talks on a transaction that will allow it to take a controlling stake in web hosting company Digex. WorldCom is finalizing a deal to buy telecommunications provider, Intermedia Communications Inc., for $39 a share in cash and stock, or about $3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Intermedia holds a […]

Loudeye technologies, Inc. yesterday announced support for the Advanced Audio Coding digital media standard. According to company officials, this move represents the company’s continuing commitment to embrace the latest technologies and processes to meet customer needs. AAC has already been incorporated into Loudeye’s Digital Media Center and is available immediately for Loudeye’s customers to add […]