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MusicBlitz, a music and technology company that funds artists to record new music and video content, has launched MetalBlitz, a heavy metal Web site and accompanying weekly FM radio show. The MetalBlitz features world premieres, interactive features and exclusive music from bands such as Motorhead, Kittie, Biohazard, Static-X, Dio, W.A.S.P. and many others. The radio […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that USA TODAY will be the first publisher to implement the combined Qpass and Proquest Archiver’s electronic archive service. Bell & Howell’s Information and Learning Division has selected Seattle’s Qpass Digital Commerce Service to provide the content commerce solution for the company’s ProQuest Archiver electronic archive service. The agreement will enable Bell […]

Media Lab Monday unveiled PhotoWebber, a new tool for designing interactive Web pages. PhotoWebber automatically converts Adobe Photoshop files into finished Web pages, seamlessly converting each Photoshop file into a Web-ready graphic with complete HTML code. This allows graphic designers to give programmers with pre-assmbled templates. The content will retain the original layout once the […]

Some 275 Seattle area internet industry professionals gathered this past Friday in Bellevue for some serious early morning networking at the monthly Northwest Venture Group’s breakfast meeting. The featured speaker, Chuck Peddis, president of Brand Solutions, Inc. and proud owner of the domain brand.com, provided some interesting tips for dotcoms. According to Peddis, the key […]

Excite@Home Monday launched its co-branded cable broadband service in Japan with leading regional cable company Jupiter Telecommunications Co. and finance giant Sumitomo Corp. The move to the other side of the sun makes Excite@Home the first broadband service to conquer Japan on a national scale. Dubbed @Home Japan, the high-speed Internet service was launched this […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that Q-Research, a local digital imaging technology company, has changed its name to Qbeo. The company, based just east of Seattle in suburban North Bend, has also redesigned their website. According to Qbeo CEO Del Clark, the recent changes reflect a company-wide move towards consumer-friendliness. “The company’s new name, logo, and website […]

With so much focus on technology theses days, some sites have been losing touch with what makes a company run: Customers. Seattle’s Primus made a major move this week to remind businesses of the importance of their customers by announcing a national print advertising campaign with the tag line “Serve them Right.” The company’s initial […]

Visa International launched a new global e-commerce initiative that it says “will make Internet shopping better and safer for both buyers and sellers on the Web.” The initiative is expected to reduce Internet transaction disputes by up to 50 percent, Visa said. The global Visa Secure e-Commerce Initiative includes two major components: The Payment Authentication […]

eStoreManager.com, an Internet and e-commerce services provider for small to medium-sized organizations, has launched a personalized promotions module to its eStoreManager product. eStoreManager is a store builder, manager, transaction processor and hosting service designed specifically for the non-technical users. The personalization module is now available as part of the company’s complete e-store solution. The new […]

Fusion Networks announced Friday that it has signed a one-year contract with to distribute streaming media content via Enron Broadband Services’ fiber optic network to end users through its Latin American portal. The agreement contracts the use of the network to deliver video shorts and other high bit rate, bandwidth-demanding content. Fusion Networks will offer […]

SPEEDUS.COM Inc. Friday signed an agreement with Channelseek to create a broadband portal. Under the agreement, Channelseek will provide SPEEDUS.COM with its guide to streaming audio and video events on the Internet. In return, SPEEDUS.COM will create a broadband portal allowing visitors to access localized, daily program guides of live and prerecorded concerts, sporting events, […]

IKON Office Solutions, a provider of imaging and digital document products and services, and online print shop iPrint.com signed an agreement to develop joint online ordering, high volume digital printing and document delivery offerings. The companies said they would collaborate on a variety of digital printing products and services utilizing online proofing, ordering and routing […]