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With $47 billion Hewlett Packard’s decision to split its global operations into two companies, a new company will be formed in India to target the country’s growing e-commerce industry. The software business, which is being conducted under HP India Software Operation, would continue to exist as a part of HP India. Currently, HP India has […]

The concept started sometime in September 1998 and it required her last 14 years of experience and discovery to compile the unique CD-ROM on Internet regulatory and policy issues. It’s now paying off for Laina Raveendran Greene as The Internet for Policy Makers recently launched in Singapore. Laina Raveendran Greene, managing director of GetIT Pte […]

The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers Monday began accepting applications for a test group of five domain registrars as it begins moving registration away from the government-sanctioned Network Solutions, which controls the majority of “.com,” “.net,” and “.org,” domain names. ICANN posted Shared Registration System Accreditation Application requirements on its Web site following […]

Aiming to decrease plug-in problems and bottleneck associated with Internet broadcasting, WebRadio.com Monday named Sandpiper Networks Inc. its official distribution network. Sandpiper will distribute WebRadio.com’s audio and video content through the Footprint network to safeguard availability and site performance, especially during special Web events with heavy traffic. The Footprint network contends it spurs site performance […]

Fogdog Sports, a San Jose, Calif.-based online sporting goods store operation, has closed on a major new round of funding “in excess of $10 million” from two prominent venture capital firms and its existing investors. The privately owned e-commerce company did not disclose specific figures. However, Chief Executive Officer Tim Harrington attributed the succesful funding […]

Yahoo! Inc. Monday teamed with Banc One Payment Services and First Data Merchant Services Corp. (FDMS) to provide Yahoo!Store merchants with Internet credit card payment capabilities. The Yahoo!/FDMS agreement will provide credit card transaction processing for Yahoo! Store merchants. The companies co-developed a custom credit-card authorization interface enabling secure and reliable transactions. Banc One Payment […]

IBM Global Services India and Aptech Ltd. have entered into a strategic e-business solutions partnership. The alliance covers a host of activities such as education, knowledge management, migration of legacy applications and development of web-enabled solutions based on IBM’s e-business technology. IBM and Aptech are to offer courses in IBM products such as Net.Commerce, Firewall, […]

Asian ISPs are mobilizing to bring about better tariff settlement for international Internet connections between Asia and the U.S. Current tariff structures are increasingly going to pose challenges to telecom and ISP operators in the region, according to Bram Dov Abramson, an analyst at Washington-based Telegeography Inc. Asian ISPs pay for the entire leased line […]

Don’t know if it’s a first, but it’s sure a sign of the times. A rural elementary school in Maine decided to forgo the bake sale path to fund-raising and instead is planning an Internet auction. Located in southern Maine near the New Hampshire border, Lebanon Elementary School is attempting to earn enough money to […]

Singapore’s Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) and Australian software developer Adacel Technologies Ltd. have partnered to start a new Singapore-based software company focusing on Internet-based translation for Asian languages. Adacel and KRDL have planned to invest more than S$1 million (US$580,000) over a two year period to establish the new joint venture, name of which […]

Seattle-based Nth Dimension Corp., publisher of Wireless Dimension, an online shopping service for wireless consumers, completed its third round of financing totaling approximately $8 million. This round was led by Minneapolis-based Oak Investment Partners, with supporting investments from IDG Ventures of San Francisco and Seattle-based Kirlan Venture Capital. Wireless Dimension allows consumers in the top […]

Sterling, VA-based U.S. Dial delivered its ClickDial e-commerce site customer service enhancement offering, allowing clients to integrate the capabilities of a Web commerce site with any standard telephone call center. Web customers can contact any ClickDial-enabled Web site from a PC, equipped with speakers and a microphone, and speak directly with company representatives without interrupting […]