InternetNews Staff

New report predicts the online medium will have added 10 million digital and traditional jobs to the economy in the United States and Europe by 2002. The booming Internet economy is a giant job factory, and by 2002, it will employ more than 10 million people across a variety of industries in the United States, […]

Microsoft Corp. scored a win for its Microsoft Reader when Amazon.com selected the e-book software as the preferred format for its planned e-book store. Microsoft said it will create a customized Amazon.com version of Microsoft Reader, giving consumers the ability to purchase and download e-book titles directly from Amazon.com and read them in Microsoft Reader […]

Network Commerce has taken a step towards providing an easier unified shopping process through an acquisition which will provide customers with personal digital wallets and unified checkout. The Seattle based company yesterday announced the acquisition of IveBeenGood.com of UberWorks, a subsidiary of Trilogy, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Network Commerce acquired UberWorks through […]

Interhack Corp. a Web security tools company, this week accused Internet privacy organization TRUSTe of violating its own privacy policy, because of its use of a third-party visitor counter from internet.com Corp.‘s thecounter.com. The allegations center around the technology used by thecounter.com, a free service from InternetNews.com parent company, internet.com , that allows Web sites […]

Interhack Corp. a Web security tools company, this week accused Internet privacy organization TRUSTe of violating its own privacy policy, because of its use of a third-party visitor counter from internet.com Corp.‘s thecounter.com. The allegations center around the technology used by thecounter.com, a free service from InternetNews.com parent company internet.com, that allows Web sites to […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] Many of the numerous newly established B2B platforms in Germany will not survive, a study says. Two-thirds of the 80 marketplaces established by start-ups are not likely to be able to survive on their own, business consultants Boston Consulting stated yesterday in Munich. In the long run, they either have to link up […]

It’s like growing up… really. They started as young and hungry companies, dismissive of authority. Now many MP3 music sites are starting to change their tunes and their attitudes are starting to reflect that age-old adage: “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!” Some of the first to submit to pressure from Recording Industry Association […]

Business Internet Zone has announced that it has partnered with Vancouver, Washington-based New Edge Networks to offer high-speed, or, Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) technology to its subscribers in the Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa area. The service offered by the wholesale DSL provider will bring a faster DSL technology than has formerly been available in […]

The Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. , to stream and help market its 13 radio stations. The Hispanic Broadcast Corporation currently owns or programs 45 radio stations in 13 markets, including 12 of the top 15 Hispanic markets in the United States. CLBN will start with 13 radio stations located in several Texas markets including Houston, Dallas, […]

With prices for registering domain names generally ranging from $30-40 a year, marinating a number of domain names can get expensive. eNIC Corporation, the worldwide registry for the Dot-cc Top Level Domain, yesterday announced a change that may prove valuable for those looking to buy domain names. The Seattle-based company has begun offering dot-com, dot-net […]

By Patricia Fusco Digital subscriber line service provider Phoenix Networks, Inc. is ready to talk about its revamped Web site with its subscribers. The national broadband carrier Wednesday debuted its real-time chat feature for contact with sales, service and technical support representatives. The new site was redesigned to improve each customer’s experience with Phoenix Networks, […]

Markette.com, a provider of integrated Internet technology for the sales and small business professional, today announced the launch of LeadSwap.com. The new site is a 24-hour lead exchange network that offers sales and small business professionals the ability to access, submit and swap sales leads online. According to Michael Markette, President of Markette.com, Leadswap.com is […]