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Taiwanese PC maker Acer Corp. plans to use $1 billion (S$2.78 billion) of its 24-fold revenue increase of $5.16 million (S$8.62 million) to launch two new Internet business groups. Acer last week announced that it will split $400 million between a digital services project and a venture capital group, but Acer chairman Stan Shih Friday […]

Logitech Monday made an equity investment in AudioSoft International, a Swiss software developer that specializes in the dissemination and management of secure MP3 music titles on the Internet. Logitech is also bundling AudioSoft’s Virtuosa, an end-user application, with several of its newest interface devices designed to help users access and manage audio and other multimedia […]

Harte-Hanks Inc. and Digital Impact formed an alliance in which Digital Impact will provide e-mail marketing services to Harte-Hanks, which offers direct marketing services in a variety of industries. Harte-Hanks also made an undisclosed equity investment in Digital Impact. The partnership “marks a critical intersection where traditional and Internet direct marketing expertise will combine into […]

The No. 1 reason among online users who have yet to make an e-commerce purchase: lack of trust. In a new survey, a staggering 69.4 percent of reluctant e-shoppers cited fear that personal information would not be kept private by e-tailers as the major reason they shy away from purchasing via the Internet. The NFO […]

The link to AdCast’s Web site is www.adcastdelivers.com. It had been incorrect in a previous version of the story, “AdCast Teams With AboveNet, VIDS Technologies,” and has since been corrected.

PeopleSoft Brasil has released PeopleSoft e7.5, an e-business solution for that forms part of the company’s Web Gate strategy. PeopleSoft’s goal is to integrate company and market information into a single screen which can be accessed via the Web, allowing a broader group to participate in analysis and decision making. PeopleSoft’s version e7.5 allows customized […]

JB Oxford Holdings Inc. Friday became the latest online broker to offer after-hours trading to its customers. After-hours trading is provided by Instinet Corp., the world’s largest electronic communications network. JB Oxford customers can now place limit orders via Instinet on stocks included in the Nasdaq 300 Composite Index 45 minutes before and after traditional […]

Mortgage broker IPI Financial Services Inc., through an equity investment arranged by ING Barings LLC, launched MortgageIT.com on a national scale. The rollout, due to be completed by September 1999, will be supported by an extensive marketing/advertising campaign aimed at first-time homebuyers, repeat homebuyers and homeowners looking to refinance. The capital (specifics were not disclosed) […]

NameSecure.com signed a deal to become the exclusive provider of domain name registration services for WebSideStory’s HitBOX.com measurement site. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. The deal will help Webmasters, who are a large percentage of HitBOX.com’s audience, find NameSecure.com as a reliable domain name registration company, the firm said. The agreement will include strategic banner […]

MaMaMedia Inc., creator of an Internet destination with activity-based learning products for kids 12 and under, signed a new three-year placement deal with America Online. MaMaMedia’s educational programming will be available to users of AOL’s Kids Only Channel. Under the terms of the new agreement, MaMaMedia will obtain anchor tenant status for a period of […]

Consumer “infomediary” PrivaSeek announced the general availability of Persona Valet, a tool that empowers consumers to control and gain added value from their personal information on the Internet. The tool is also aimed at reducing spam and is free for the download. The company defines infomediary as a “trusted third party who is working on […]

Gator, a smart online companion that remembers passwords and fills in order forms for consumers “at every site on the Web,” has been used at more than 25,000 locations in its first month of usage, Gator.com said. The software was made available for free download in mid-June. “The initial feedback is overwhelmingly positive, customers love […]