InternetNews Staff

Messaging solutions provider Software.com, Inc. Tuesday acquired San Francisco-based Web application developer, Mobility.Net. Financial terms were not disclosed. Software.com said the acquisition provides it with high-performance, customizable Web applications and server technology supporting Web mail, address book, calendar and task management applications. The company plans to incorporate the applications with Software.com’s InterMail line of products, […]

At least five Infoseek Corp. managers have resigned in recent weeks, including Barak Berkowitz, who was in charge of the Go Network with partner Walt Disney Co. In addition to Berkowitz, the management defection includes Jim Morouse, Infoseek’s vice president of marketing, and other managers involved with customer service, communications and international partnerships, according to […]

Technical problems with Network Solutions’ systems kept some domain name holders from making modifications over the weekend. According to published reports, some domains started disappearing over the weekend, although NSI still hasn’t determined how many domain holders were affected. Some customers said none of the contact listings appear for some domains, although an NSI spokesman […]

Burgeoning e-tailer Amazon.com went on a shopping spree, acquiring three e-commerce companies in an all-stock deal totaling $645 million. The Seattle giant late Monday purchased three privately held companies, including Cambridge, Mass.-based e-commerce marketplace Exchange.com, which operates Bibliofind an antiquarian and used books site and Musicfile, a site featuring hard-to-find music and memorabilia, with 3 […]

As summer advances in India, the ISP price war is heating up. In response to the new Internet Service Provider (ISP) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited’s (MTNL) introductory tariff, pegged at 15 percent lower rates, the ISP monolith Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) reduced its tariff by 20 percent. The new tariff structure is expected to […]

North Carolina-based KOZ.com said it has completed its acquisition of the ichat product line and customer base from Acuity Corp. and will make ichat’s real-time chat, message boards and instant messaging products available from its Web site. KOZ.com helps real- world communities extend themselves onto the Internet. It sells its flagship Community Publishing System (CPS) […]

Reston, VA-based e-commerce technology and services company CyberCash Inc. said that Compaq Computer Corp. plans to include CyberCash electronic payment solutions across its current and future e-commerce offerings. Houston-based Compaq’s recent move into the e-commerce market has included partnership agreements with INTERSHOP, Microsoft, Oracle and INEX, all of which offer CyberCash services for real-time payments. […]

Houston-based Intermallamerica.com said it is creating an online International Marketplace to be integrated with its current online mall, The Great InterMall of the Americas. The International Marketplace will be devoted exclusively to international merchants exporting products to the United States and will provide U.S. consumers the opportunity to purchase European products directly from European companies. […]

The General Electric Co. PLC Monday purchased networker FORE Systems Inc. for $4.5 billion in a stock deal in an attempt to capitalize on the Internet’s rapid growth. The $35 a share purchase price represents a 43 premium over Fore’s closing price on Friday. GEC, which has no connection to the U.S.-based General Electric, said […]

In an effort to reach the growing e-commerce industry globally, Web hosting and e-commerce firm Verio Inc. Monday formed an agreement with CyberSource to offer electronic commerce solutions in a variety of individual currencies. Verio has agreed to resell CyberSource’s multi-currency payment processing services through Verio’s distribution channels. The service will be available in 29 […]

Online brokers turned in their strongest showing yet in the first quarter of 1999, adding 1.2 million accounts and processing 49 percent more trades, according to a new survey released Monday by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. In addition to expanding the number of accounts by 17 percent, online brokerages grew assets by 24 percent over […]

Following weeks of speculation, Microsoft Corp. Monday acquired Web calendar services provider Jump Networks Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Jump employees will join Microsoft’s Consumer and Commerce Group and move from offices in Mountain View, Calif., to MSN Hotmail offices in San Jose, Calif. Bill Trenchard, Jump chairman and chief executive officer will work […]