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“Portals” are back in favor with investors amid the proposed “merger of the century” between America Online (AOL) and Time Warner (TWX). The hubs, or networks as they should now be called, are recovering from a rough year in 1999, after blossoming in 1998. In 1999, investors grew increasingly skeptical over these companies’ primarily advertising […]

EarthLink Network Inc. and Mail.com Inc. Thursday partnered to produce a new Web-based e-mail service. EarthLink members can get their e-mail from anywhere there’s an Internet-ready computer. Using Mail.com (MAIL) Web technology, EarthLink (ELNK) members may access their e-mail accounts from any computer connected to the Internet. Tom Andrus, EarthLink director of consumer product management, […]

Hiwire Inc. (formerly Rocketradio) Thursday introduced its desktop application Internet radio tuner with audience-measuring capabilities. Since the Hiwire tuner provides an audience measurement system, broadcasters will have access to anonymous user demographics that will enable insertion of local audio spots anywhere. An advertiser can work with a large number of stations by specifying certain criteria […]

Multilingual Internet provider Lionbridge Technologies Thursday bought e-commerce service company INT’L.com in a $190 million stock exchange. Lionbridge will issue approximately 9 million shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of INT’L.com. Lionbridge (LIOX) plans to create the world’s largest provider of solutions for developing and maintaining multilingual Web-based […]

Free ISP LibertySurf’s most recent head count listed 610,000 subscribers, the company said, making it a serious competitor to regional portal favorite Wanadoo. LibertySurf CEO Pierre Besnainou announced that LibertySurf had enlisted 608,990 opened accounts with 813,855 opened mailboxes. However, only 338,000 subscribers are shown to have used their account in the past 40 days. […]

Not to be outdone by the increasing volume of intranet providers, WebPerfect Solutions Inc. this week launched an intranet service, billing it as the world’s “fastest-to-install” enterprise system. According to WebPerfect, businesses can set up their own “Web within the Web” in a matter of minutes by inputting their name and address, the amount of […]

A slew of earnings reports, most beating estimates, sent Internet issues higher on Wednesday. The positive reports drove many analysts to upgrade estimates and price targets for upcoming quarters. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 16.92, or 1.98 percent, to 872.47, the Nasdaq Composite gained 20.48 to 4151.29 and the Dow Jones industrial average lost […]

StarMedia Network Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. Wednesday formed a cannily familiar content, Net access and cable marriage, but this time targeting the Latin American and Spanish audience. In a deal structure vaguely reminescent of last week’s AOL-Time Warner merger, StarMedia will contribute Spanish- and Portuguese-language content for WorldGate’s (WGAT) Internet access service, which operates […]

Internet auctioneer eBay Germany, which claims to be the current “undisputed market leader”, has reacted to recent security problems and user complaints by improving its existing security features. The first step is the introduction of a new type of certificate called an “eBay tested member guarantee”, with which each auction user can be positively identified […]

Internet issues finished higher on Tuesday, gaining strength on a number of deals. Also boosting Net shares were positive comments from several analysts and optimism about the leading online advertising agency turning a profit by the end of this year. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 22.38, or 2.69 percent, to 855.55, the Nasdaq Composite […]

Free broadband purveyor Broadband Digital Group Tuesday bought browser accessory Winfire in the hopes of connecting clients with its network more efficiently. Financial details were not disclosed Tuesday. The deal more than doubles the number of BDG employees, which now totals more than 90, in addition to filling some key management positions at BDG that […]

With more than 350 Internet focused companies jockeying for market positions and high public market values picking long-term winners in the Internet space is no easy task. Reporter@Large believes that only a fraction of the stocks listed in WSRN.com’s Internet sectors), including business-to-business e-commerce stocks will ultimately survive. Most companies will either consolidate or fail. […]