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InterVideo, Inc. Thursday revealed its DVD player for PCs, WinDVD, has received Dolby Headphone certification from Dolby Laboratories. The certification enables InterVideo to offer Dolby’s leading-edge headphone technology to WinDVD users, re-creating full movie theater surround sound via standard audio headphones. Dolby Headphone, a proprietary sound processing method licensed by InterVideo through Dolby from Lake […]

Auction Action is once again heating up in Bellevue. See what some local companies are doing to tap into the global market. BidCrawler.com has announced the launch of their wireless Internet auction search capabilities. The Mobile.Bidcraler.com site will allow for the availability of personalized auction information using WAP enabled wireless phones. Using the keypad on […]

RocketVox, a provider of special interest video content and rich media application services, and NeoInformaticsT, a provider of interactive Web content and technology, announced today an exclusive agreement to deliver a new streaming media experience to Websites and portals across the Web. Under the terms of the agreement, the two Seattle companies will create and […]

As the cost of bandwidth falls, the market for free Internet access services will more than triple by the year 2005, says a new study from market research and consulting firm The Strategis Group. Today, more than 12 million users access the Internet via a free, advertising-supported service, the study says. That number is expected […]

Solbright Inc., which offers Web-based software for the management of online advertising, on Wednesday teamed with measurement firm Nielsen//NetRatings in a bid to make their products work together. The two companies aim to let customers move planning information, created with the help of Nielsen//NetRatings data, directly into Solbright’s Dispatch system. Dispatch helps with the buying, […]

Nortel Networks, Inc. Tuesday struck a $300 million deal with application service provider ClearData Communications, Inc. ClearData plans to construct a series of Internet data centers and a nationwide optical network based on Nortel Network’s fiber optic systems. The deal validates Nortel Networks’ intentions to be a formidable player as an essential equipment supplier to […]

Internet trust services company VeriSign launched a fraud screening service that allows online merchants to distinguish between legitimate shoppers and fraudulent users in real-time. The Payflow Fraud Screen Service, aimed at reducing merchant liability for stolen goods and services, is based on the eFalcon intelligent fraud scoring technology from HNC Software . Financial arrangements between […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] At the UMTS license auctions today in Mainz, four German mobile radio operators are at the head of the pack. On the third day and at the 21st round of auctioning, the e-network operators VIAG Interkom and e-plus have placed the highest bids at DM 750 million (US $355 million) each for three […]

Now that the Internet advertising industry has asked for (and won) the hand of customers, companies are looking to maintain those relationships, with the latest evidence being Excite@Home‘s acquisition on Wednesday of database management company DataInsight. Excite@Home will use the company’s technology to enhance its MatchLogic database marketing division. Financial terms of the acquisition were […]

XML is a hot topic of Web developers these days. Extensible Markup Language is quickly becoming an essential part of the web, as it allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between organizations. Quickly trying to keep up with the need, Microsoft […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] A short time ago, British journalist Duncan Campbell spoke before the German Parliament at a non-official meeting about the U.S. Echelon-spy system. Campbell emphasized the dangers resulting from Echelon, where 120 satellite-interception systems scans billions of e-mails, telephone conversations and faxes. de.internet.com spoke with Dr. Bernd Rohleder, General Manager of the Federal Association […]

Communications networking company Lucent Technologies has selected the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform as a solution to achieve supply chain efficiencies with its suppliers via the Internet. Lucent signed an 18-month licensing agreement with Ariba Inc. and will use the Ariba Buyer solution as one of a variety of measures aimed at improving the management of […]