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In a move to expand its services, RCN Corp. announced Tuesday it will build a local fiber optic network capable of providing Boston area residents with high-speed Internet access, local phone, long distance and cable television. The network will be situated in Quincy, Mass, a Boston suburb. RCN said it chose Quincy because of the […]

A virus is reportedly making its way across the Web that uses Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet software to secretly steal or destroy data on computers. According to published reports, the security flaw exploits Excel’s ability to divide Web functions into frames. A hacker can use the flaw to plant malicious code that can be downloaded to […]

Diplomat Direct Marketing Corp. signed an agreement with Catalog City to host online, interactive versions of Diplomat’s Lew Magram and Brownstone Studio women’s apparel catalogs. Catalog City has an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. that provides for links to Catalog City’s branded online stores, and will include Lew Magram and Brownstone through the Yahoo! Shopping Web […]

CARV.com Inc. signed an agreement with Shopnow.com to include CARV’s X-Sport division, Skatesurfsnow.com, in its product level search engine, providing shoppers a direct link. “Carving” is synonymous with the act of skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding, the company says, and its products are focused on these lifestyle sports. “CARV.com’s agreement with Shopnow.com is yet another one […]

Starcom Media Services in Chicago, a media services agency owned by the Leo Burnett Company, plans to open Starcom IP, a unit focusing on media planning and buying on the Internet, according to a New York Times report. Rishad Tobaccowala, 39, was named president of the new unit. He had been president at Giant Step […]

Harpell/Martins & Company in Maynard, MA (HMC), an integrated brand management agency, named Randy Hall as media director. Hall comes to H/M Media from Holland Mark Martin Edmund, where he served as brand director/interactive and director of online media. Previously, he was a senior account executive with Mullen Advertising, servicing a variety of high- tech […]

Web measurement firm NetRatings said holiday advertising online jumped from 20 percent of total Web advertising during the week of Dec. 6, 1998 to 36 percent for the week of Dec. 20, 1998. Here’s a breakdown of holiday advertising by category for the past few weeks, according to NetRatings:   20-Dec 13-Dec 6-Dec 29-Nov Category […]

The ValueClick Network, a provider of cost- per-click (CPC) advertising solutions, said it has signed nine new advertisers, including ParentTime, Macy’s, Ask Jeeves, Sony, Intel and HBO. “Our reputation as a dependable source of cost-per-click advertising has done a lot to attract major brands to the ValueClick Network,” said Brian Coryat, founder and CEO of […]

International Data Group (IDG) in Boston, the IT media and information company, said that IDG.net, its network of technology- specific sites around the world, appointed Jeff Julian to vice president of business development. Reporting to Laurie Morgan, president of IDG.net, Julian will focus on developing new products and extending strategic relationships with advertisers and partners. […]

Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, a unit of WPP Group Plc, won a $129 million contract to manage an anti-drug campaign, the Clinton administration said. The campaign is part of a five-year, $1 billion National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign that began in July, and focuses on preventing and reducing drug use by middle-school children. The campaign […]

Comcast Online Communications Monday debuted a new portal specifically aimed at giving broadband users high-speed access to broadband content, commerce applications, tools and community resources. The service will be available via OnBroadband.com. The site provides the broadband resources for high speed connections, including cable modems, ISDN, DSL and wireless and satellite Internet services. Portal features […]

Prodigy Communications Corp. Monday said that a New York Appellate Court has found the ISP not responsible for a rogue member’s misuse of its service. Prodigy member Alexander Lunney said an unidentified person impersonated him, sending profane e-mail and bulletin board messages bearing Lunney’s signature. Lunney maintained Prodigy failed to take appropriate action in the […]