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Cable operator MediaOne Group has signed confidentiality agreements with America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp., allowing it to discuss a possible merger with each. Published reports citing people familiar with the negotiations say the agreements had the blessing of Comcast Corp., which is working to get its $4 billion takeover of MediaOne back on track. […]

When you enroll in your ISP’s “unlimited” plan, exactly how much time online is too much? That’s the question that’s got hundreds of Prodigy subscribers scratching their heads. Beginning in March, as many as 300 subscribers to the White Plains, N.Y.-based ISP received e-mail notifications, warning that accounts would be terminated if users didn’t pare […]

Mountain View, Calif.-based iPass Inc. is partnering with government ISP Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) to make iPass Global Internet roaming available in India. This partnership makes VSNL access points in India immediately available as part of the extensive iPass global network giving iPass users Internet connectivity when traveling in India. Simultaneously, VSNL has launched […]

The Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) became the first research network in Asia to connect to the US Internet2 member universities on both the vBNS and Abilene networks when Thursday it signed an MoU with the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). At the same time, SingAREN also announced Project SPRINGi (Singapore’s […]

Infoseek’s portal site, GO Network, Thursday rolled its new GO Network Translator service, enabling users to translate Web sites, e-mail, and other text using 10 common language pairs. The front-end service allows non-English speaking users, 90 percent of the Web according to the company, to translate languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. It […]

“Name your price” e-tailer Priceline.com Thursday said it reached three sales milestones, including achieving $1 million worth of sales on Wednesday. Priceline said its travel services unit recorded its first million-dollar sales day for leisure airline tickets on April 28. Also on the same day, the company sold a record 5,000-plus tickets in a single […]

Yellow pages ad marketer R.H. Donnelley and DoubleClick Thursday announced an alliance to target local users in a Cincinnati/northern Kentucky Web advertising campaign. DoubleClick Local enables Internet advertisers to target prospects by geography and category. The ads will target users on sites within their local network, including branded sites, using DoubleClick’s user recognition system. “This […]

New media content provider MediaX Corp. Thursday announced it has tapped Adsmart to sell advertising on MediaX’s network of entertainment and e-commerce sites. Financial terms were not disclosed. MediaX’s network of celebrity and entertainment-based Web sites includes Rod Stewart Live, DivineMusic and amuZnet, an e-commerce site that sells CDs, DVDs and home videos. Adsmart will […]

Community portal GeoCities is rolling out a new ad serving delivery system, The Gadget Factory, aimed at boosting click-through rates to advertiser Web sites. The new ad delivery system announced Thursday will enable GeoCities members to add free, interactive theme Gadgets to their home pages. Gadgets are interactive, entertaining and functional applications, such a working […]

The industry in Singapore is looking into the formation of a local chapter of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) to advance the Internet as a valuable channel for advertising in South East Asia. IAB Singapore is applying to be a society here this month. When that is approved, it will then apply to be an […]

WinStar Communications Inc. Wednesday launched a global Internet roaming service that provides its dial-up customers with worldwide access to the Internet via local connections in more than 140 countries. The new service enables Internet and corporate intranet access for WinStar customers from more than 4,000 local POPs worldwide. Global network provider GRIC Communications, Inc. enables […]

ServInt Internet Services announced Wednesday that Digital Subscriber Line services are now available to businesses in Baltimore and Washington D.C. “Every business that always wanted a T1 but thought they were too expensive should be very interested in our DSL services that guarantee a high-speed Internet experience for a few hundred dollars a month,” said […]