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Wireless applications provider Aether Systems Inc.’s Aether Intelligent Messaging 2.0 is slated to become the first wireless data solution to support the Linux operating system. AIM 2.0, launched last week, is a wireless communications software and development platform that makes it easy for corporate enterprises and content providers to develop applications that deliver their data […]

A narrower loss than expected and a hot IPO brought Internet issues back to life on Thursday. Meanwhile, cautious comments from Merrill Lynch Internet analyst, Henry Blodget had AOL shareholders on their heels. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index gained 20.95, or 2.63 percent, to 816.13, the Nasdaq Composite vaulted 93.11 to 3715.06 and the Dow Jones […]

Cendant Corp. Thursday joined forces with Liberty Media Corp. to develop Internet services for Cendant’s travel, mortgage, real estate and membership businesses. Liberty Media (LMG) has agreed to purchase 18 million shares of Cendant (CD) stock worth $400 million and two-year warrants to purchase approximately 29 million shares of Cendant stock at $23 per share. […]

CMGI Inc. enters B2B: Wait they’re already there. Reporter@Large spoke with @Venture’s General Partner, Brad Garlinghouse about CMGI’s past success in B2B and the implications of its new @Ventures $1 billion B2B fund. Aside from being an online advertising agency, e-business solutions provider and an operator of leading web companies such as top-tier portal, AltaVista, […]

Internet issues were pushed lower for the second straight day in wake of skepticle future growth forecasts at Cisco Systems Inc. and profit taking by investors. Still, a series of analyst reports and deal makings brought some Internet stocks higher. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index lost 9.79, or 1.22 percent, to 795.18, the Nasdaq Composite jumped […]

Aimed at helping businesses maximize the Internet, Websense Inc. Wednesday launched Websense Enterprise 4.0, the latest version of its Net management utility. The new product — now available for download here — is a server-based software application that gives corporations the ability to completely and easily manage their employees’ use of the Internet in the […]

A California-based Internet provider is waging its final sortie in the battle for leased access to proprietary cable networks in the United States. Don Janke, Internet Ventures Inc. president, Tuesday filed an ex parte letter with the Federal Communications Commission after meeting with four commissioners earlier this week. Internet Ventures Inc. filed its original petition […]

AT&T Corp. Wednesday made a move for the Spanish language audience by adding a Spanish version of its WorldNet service and teaming with Starmedia on a co-branded site. AT&T WorldNet en Espanol will also offer in-language customer service, chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, classified ads and games. The service also offers personal Web […]

Internet issues suffered on Tuesday amid profit taking and on news of an imminent announcement from Yahoo! and K-Mart. The portal and retailer are widely expected Wednesday to announce an agreement that will offer users free, advertising supported, Internet access. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index plunged 40.41, or 4.78 percent, to 804.97, the Nasdaq Composite lost […]

Lycos Germany is now offering a free short message service (SMS) entirely financed by advertising. User registration is not required to use the new feature, and there is no daily limit on the number of messages sent. Users can send unlimited SMS messages over the Lycos network to all German GSM 900 networks, and no […]

Zap.com, the owner of the Word and Charged Web sites, has chosen DoubleClick to serve ads across its network. The announcement, made late Monday, comes on the heels of the launch of Zap.com, the company’s first real move on the Internet since acquiring Word and Charged. The company made headlines last year when it entered […]

After launching its broadband services to six European countries in March, chello broadband n.v. has grown by 190 percent to more than 106,000 subscribers. Touting that it is the first broadband Internet company in Europe to achieve the six figure milestone, chello provides always on, cable broadband Internet service for a flat monthly fee. It […]