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Israeli Internet company Hotbar.com Inc. this week formally launched its site and a free flagship service that allows users to create their own browser design. The site offers more than 1,000 skins, which change the look of the browser. The company expects that, by offering prettier browser interfaces, the entire online experience will become “more […]

Priceline.com Inc. customers will soon have an extra edge as they name their price for leisure airline tickets or hotel rooms, when they sign up for Internet access from Prodigy Communications Corp. Prodigy (PRGY) and Priceline.com (PCLN) Tuesday teamed to introduce an innovative customer acquisition model for Prodigy that allows priceline.com customers to enroll in […]

StarMedia Network Inc. and Dell Computer Corp. Tuesday signed a joint marketing and e-commerce agreement to increase the computer maker’s presence in Latin America. The alliance will effectively bring Dell (DELL) products and services to StarMedia’s users throughout Latin America. Dell will pay StarMedia (STRM) an unspecified amount for the one-year contract. StarMedia will promote […]

Internet stocks continued higher Monday and the Nasdaq finished with another record, thanks in part to a reversal in strategy by AT&T Corp, which will enable more Internet providers to offer high-speed cable access. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index jumped 23.78, or 3.23 percent, to 760.09, the Nasdaq Composite climbed 25.42 to 3546.05 and the Dow […]

Spyglass Inc. Monday inked a software licensing and professional services agreement with Rockwell Collins Inc. to help bring airline passengers in-flight entertainment systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rockwell Collins (ROK), a worldwide leader in electronic controls and communications, licensed Spyglass’ (SPYG) Device Mosaic, Spyglass ThinGUI Library and Spyglass MicroServer, for use […]

France Telecom ISP Wanadoo has announced it has enlisted 1 million subscribers. Wanadoo claims it has a 35.3 percent share of the French ISP market with 3.3 million page views each day. The announcement came a few days after two complaints were issued by ISPs AOL/Cegetel and Club-Internetto to the council of concurrence. “We won […]

In an effort to counter the ever-increasing Internet data explosion, Sun Microsystems Inc. Monday introduced an enterprise-class tool that addresses tape back-up requirements. The Sun (SUNW) StorEdge L700 tape library is designed to enable customers in data-intensive environments to access stored data within seconds. In addition, the high-capacity Sun StorEdge L700 tape library works to […]

Vstream Monday raised $100 million of private capital from investment partners Centennial Funds, Highland Capital Partners (HGUBE)) and SOFTBANK Venture Capital. In addition, Vstream has added new strategic investors in this round, including Excite@Home, GE Equity, Nexus Group, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic), Pequot Capital and Viventures Capital. Vstream will use the funds to […]

Only days after the launch of StarCite.com as a B-to-B e-commerce site for the meeting planner crowd, the competition, MeetingCity.com, said it will launch a consortium site for corporate, association and independent meeting planners. MeetingAlliance.com, set to launch Jan. 16, aims to be a gathering place for meeting professionals, offering service and assistance. “We have […]

A new survey shows that less than a third of Internet users in the UK have made purchases online, with 64 percent of men and 80 percent of women yet to place an order. The figures, from the latest wave of Fletcher Research’s UK Internet User Monitor, show that British women are still not eager […]

Internet stocks were higher for the third straight day and the Nasdaq finished at another record high on Friday as strong employment data tamed investor fears’ of inflation. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in November and the economy added 234,000 jobs last month. The job additions came […]

Investors who have until this point shunned the business-to-business (B2B) sector for consumer oriented issues, have recently taken notice of the emerging wave. It’s hard to ignore a sector that will do 10x the amount of revenues that the B2C market will do in 2003 (B2B=$1.3 trillion vs. B2C=$108 billion). Whether we’re talking books or […]