InternetNews Staff

RealNetworks, Inc. Monday announced the availability of RealPlayer 7 Update 1 for Windows, the gold release of RealPlayer 7 for Macintosh, and the beta release of RealPlayer 7 for Unix. The products are immediately available for free download from the company’s Web site or via the AutoUpdate feature in all versions of RealPlayer G2 or […]

A row over trademarks has landed Lastminute.com’s Germany offshoot with a lawsuit on the eve of its ‘conditional trading’ debut. According to reports coming from Hamburg, last Monday German travel company, L’Tur Tourismus – a subsidiary of travel giant Preussag – filed a suit against Last Minute Network Germany, the U.K. online travel operator’s spin-off […]

E-marketplace provider pennNET acquired Global Logistics Partners LLC, an international broker of used and surplus oil and gas and electric power equipment. pennNET said the acquisition expands its e-commerce offerings for the energy industry through its soon-to-launch Oil & Gas Journal Exchange, an e-commerce and e-media portal for oil, gas and power markets worldwide. Financial […]

yet2.com, a privately held Cambridge firm developing an online platform for research and development companies to exchange technology and intellectual property, has added 25 businesses to its list of registered trading partners, including 10 firms in Japan and nine in Europe. The companies, who have committed to offering their technology for license or sale exclusively […]

In a briefing late last week, Internet behemoth Softbank Corp. outlined the strategy of its Hong Kong/China vehicle, Cheung Wah Development. Softbank Corp completed the acquisition of a 61.1 percent stake in Cheung Wah Development, to be renamed Softbank Investment International (Strategic) Limited (“Softbank Strategic”), on Friday for HK$207.4 million (US$26.76 million). The strategy outlined […]

London-based company Last Minute Network Limited, a subsidiary of lastminute.com plc, has announced a joint e-commerce venture agreement with Australian travel site travel.com.au to introduce the site into Australia and New Zealand. The alliance comes just a day after travel site travelshop.com.au made its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange, closing up on yesterday with […]

Internet stocks lost momentum in afternoon trading as analysts remained rather quiet and investors pocketed some of their profits. Still, the Nasdaq remained above the 5,000 benchmark. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was off 11.56, or 1.04 percent, to 1,100.40, the Nasdaq Composite added 1.77 to 5048.63 and the Dow Jones industrial average fell 81.91 to […]

Spanish and Portuguese oriented StarMedia Network and beauty products company L’Oréal launched Cadamujer.com, as an Internet destination and community site for Latina women around the world. Cadamujer.com launched Wednesday in Mexico, to be followed by market rollouts in Argentina and Brazil in the months to come. Cadamujer means “every woman” in English. L’Orial will get […]

Telewest will compensate users of its unmetered Internet deal for the poor quality of the service over the last month. While the news has been full of promises of unmetered services from all corners this week, the operator has been battling with the reality of unmetered access. Telewest’s pay-as-you-go service is so popular that it […]

PRIMEDIA’s B2B Internet company, IndustryClick, acquired a significant equity position in Digital Media Online, investing $14 million worth of promotion, licensing and cash. Digital Media Online operates Web sites for digital media production, including DigitalMediaNet.com, DigitalWebCast.com and DigitalProducer.com. “We are moving aggressively to establish B2B vertical online communities that join our rich editorial content with […]

WebTrends Corp. recently released WebTrends Live, an ASP platform for real-time Web site visitor analysis, e-commerce tracking and online marketing campaign management at high-volume sites. The product provides secure reporting, including patent pending e-commerce tracking functionality for analysis of marketing efforts, visitor demographics, buyer behavior and sales cycles, the company said. In addition, WebTrends Live […]

B2B trading platform provider @TheMoment Inc. launched a new partner program and signed SAS Institute Inc. and VeriSign Inc. as the first members. The company markets what it calls a Live Dynamic Trading Suite, which enables a variety of auction and trading types (auction, reverse auction, catalog, exchange), including live trading that allow users to […]