InternetNews Staff

Las Vegas, NV-based Pentagon, Inc., operator of online music store Pentagon CDs & Tapes, is partnering with Muze, Inc., a provider of digital information about music, books and videos, to provide full service retail store capabilities to other companies. As part of the partnership, Muze will offer both its existing and new clients Pentagon’s turnkey […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday announced plans to increase its oversight of the online brokerage industry. According to The Wall Street Journal, the SEC’s inquiry is still in its early stages and no one knows specifically what action might be taken. However, this marks the first time the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and […]

America Online Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. are teaming to offer SBC’s Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) high-speed connectivity to AOL users. America Online said Thursday it plans to employ SBC’s DSL as a premium upgrade this fall for AOL members in regions where SBC companies Pacific Bell and Southwestern Bell provide DSL service, including […]

Yahoo! Germany Thursday teamed with Germany’s second largest telco Mannesmann Arcor to provide Internet access. The new access service launches in May and will be available through Yahoo!’s home page. Upon installation, users can automatically dial the Yahoo! Online number at Mannesmann Arcor and connect directly to Yahoo! Germany’s starting page. Internet users will pay […]

After much speculation, America Online Inc. Wednesday confirmed it has selected Prince William County, Va., as the site of a new $520 million technology center. The company also plans to spend $80 million to construct two new buildings at its Loudoun County, Va., headquarters. AOL is purchasing 25 acres of land in the Battlefield Business […]

Internet Image Inc. Wednesday released TargetLink ADM which allows corporations to deploy software across intranets. TarketLink ADM marks the product’s first major update since its release in March 1998. The Java-based product features unique technologies that help companies ensure software updates will perform correctly with existing environments and platforms. The product is designed to deploy, […]

The U.S. Postal Service wants the government to give it the exclusive use of top-level domain names ending in .us. The Department of Commerce held a hearing on the issue on Tuesday. According to published reports, Eric Wimer, representing the USPS, told Commerce officials his agency should control the .us domain. Wimer said the agency […]

Aiming to get into the e-tail arena, NBC Wednesday teamed with GE Equity to purchase a $56 million stake in ValueVision International Inc. NBC and GE Equity jointly agreed to acquire 19.9 percent of ValueVision preferred stock and common stock purchase warrants. NBC and GE Equity to receive one seat on ValueVision’s board. In addition, […]

Amazon.com and Dell Computer Corp. Wednesday entered a marketing agreement that will link the companies’ Web sites and offer customized content for Amazon.com and Dell customers. Financial details were not disclosed. Beginning Wednesday both companies will launch links from the checkout areas of their sites that connect to new co-branded Dell and Amazon.com home pages. […]

Netscape Communications Corp. and IDT-subsidiary Net2Phone Wednesday announced a multi-year global distribution agreement calling for Net2Phone’s PC-to-phone service to be exclusively bundled with Netscape’s browser, Netscape Communicator. Net2Phone will be featured as a button on the browser Personal Toolbar. The telephony service will also be highlighted on Netscape Netcenter, aiming to attract users to make […]

Intellisoft CPI’s HR solutions division Tuesday launched two new HR intranet products in an effort to provide a communication channel that is “user-friendly, dynamic and gives significant reductions in administrative overhead.” PWA Employee Self-Service allows individuals to access data held about themselves within a database, and can search for (non-sensitive) data about other people in […]

IBM and the Reserve Bank of India have signed a contract to implement IBM’s state-of-the-art check processing and clearing system at RBI’s four national clearing centers (NCCs) in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Calcutta. Industry sources maintain that the move is bound to facilitate online banking at a later stage and bring the nation closer to […]