InternetNews Staff

DoubleClick President Kevin Ryan, AGENCY.com CEO Chan Suh and Craig Kanarick, chairman of Razorfish, will be among the speakers at Silicon Alley 99, the third annual New-York based Internet conference and trade show, Feb. 23 and 24. The conference is sponsored by The Silicon Alley Reporter magazine. The agenda is available here. Other speakers include […]

Redwood City, CA-based Internet Profiles Corp. (I/PRO) said that 54 Web sites signed on during the fourth quarter of 1998 for its Web measurement, auditing and custom research services–bringing the total of new customers to 152 for the year. New customers include a variety of corporate marketing, e-commerce, entertainment, news and information sites. A&E Television […]

Atlanta-based public record site KnowX.com signed an advertising and promotion agreement with InfoSpace.com to provide the latter’s users with the ability to locate people through the KnowX.com Ultimate People Finder search services. InfoSpace.com’s users will gain easy access to KnowX.com’s non-traditional people-locating sources that have proven to be effective when no results are available through […]

Novell Inc. Thursday released Novell SQL Integrator, a database application designed to allow seamless data access across corporate networks. SQL Integrator leverages the power of NetWare, Novell’s server operating system that works in tandem with Novell Directory Services, allowing efficient network management, Internet integration and security. Jason Werner, product and marketing manager for SQL Integrator, […]

E*TRADE Group Inc. Friday will launch a new tax center allowing both its customers and site visitors to electronically prepare and file federal and state income tax returns online. Users will be able to access Thomson’s OneTax.com, where both federal and state tax forms can be filed together for $9.95. Electronic returns have the advantage […]

Prodigy Communications Corp. is partnering with Value America to create an exclusive co-branded Internet service. Under the agreement announced late Wednesday, “Value America powered by Prodigy Internet” will provide exclusive discounts and shopping opportunities to subscribers of the co-branded Internet service. Value America currently offers an entertaining online shopping forum filled with office and household […]

The Federal Communications Commission is not expected to act on a request from America Online Inc. which is asking regulators to require cable companies to open their networks to other Internet providers and online services. AOL and other Internet providers formed the Open Net coalition to lobby the FCC, hoping to force cable operators to […]

After much speculation, Yahoo! Inc. Thursday announced it will acquire homesteading community site GeoCities, in a stock deal valued at about $3.6 billion. Terms of the agreement call for Yahoo! to issue 0.3384 shares of Yahoo! common stock, equal to $113.66, for each share of GeoCities common stock. All outstanding options of GeoCities will be […]

Visa, Inc. has furthered its online international expansion as Israeli businesses and credit card holders can now receive information on their Visa card transactions via the Internet. The Bank of Israel has authorized Visa CAL, the oldest and largest credit card issuing company in Israel, to initially include 100 cardholders and 50 businesses in CAL […]

WavePhore, Inc. Thursday released the latest version of its WaveTop Internet broadcast service. Version 2.0 broadcasts information including news, sports, investment advice, shopping, children’s programming and free software downloads to computers equipped with WaveTop’s wireless TV-tuner board. This latest version is integrated with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, eliminating the need for a separate application. Other […]

Irvine, CA-based Internet car-buying service Autobytel.com Inc. promoted Tim Walker to director, Pre-Owned CyberStore and DRT (Dealer Real Time), Autobytel.com’s proprietary accredited dealer extranet. The move is intended to eliminate some of the inherent inefficiencies found in the pre-owned car sales process, the company said. Walker will focus on increasing the representation of Autobytel.com’s Pre-Owned […]

San Jose, CA-based American Champion Entertainment Inc. (ACEI) plans to launch an e-commerce Web site called Hiyah.com, aimed at parents with young children. Hiyah.com will offer e-commerce, entertainment and education and will be an amazon.com associate. The company said Hiyah.com has the advantage of being advertised to over 40 million households weekly through the company’s […]