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Microsoft Corp. has released a security patch to address vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Server that could allow denial of service attacks to be mounted against Web servers. The potential security hole involves the HTTP GET method, which is used to obtain information from an IIS server. A malicious request could create a denial of […]

The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers Tuesday posted guidelines for groups seeking supporting organization recognition. Supporting organizations include regional Internet address registries and others with legitimate interest in domain name issues. ICANN’s bylaws allow the body to delegate substantial policy development to the supporting organizations. ICANN has taken the view that puting the […]

Zip2 Corp., a provider of Internet platform solutions for media companies, named two new vice presidents who will oversee sales and marketing for the company. Assuming the vice president of marketing post for Zip2 is Bruce Murray. Murray joined Zip2 at its inception, bringing more than 15 years of executive-level management experience in both traditional […]

NineCo, an entertainment-based Web marketing company, introduced e-mercials, full-screen advertisements that are shown during breaks in programming on the many game shows on nineCo’s Gamesville.com Web site. Using its database of about 1.2 million registered Gamesville.com users, nineCo said it offers sponsors the ability to individually target consumers and consumer groups, increasing the efficiency and […]

Web measurement firm NetRatings said that during the week of Dec. 6, audience ratings indicate advertising on the Web was still going strong, representing 20 percent of total advertising compared to 29 percent for the previous week. Books/CDs had a 19.4 percent reach and showed the largest increase in advertising, up from 10.6 percent the […]

Internet advertising veteran Rich LeFurgy has joined Palo Alto, CA-based AdKnowledge as a consultant to establish and chair the company’s Strategic Advisory Board. In his new role, LeFurgy will advise the management team on sales, marketing and product opportunities, as well as on partnership and acquisition deals. He will continue as chairman of the board […]

NetGravity named Scott Briggs, former Ziff Davis president and veteran of the electronic publishing industry, to its board of directors. “After 17 years in the high-tech industry, I have experienced both the PC and Internet revolutions and am more excited by the industry than ever,” said Briggs. “The changes over the next five years will […]

Latin American portal StarMedia Network Inc. said Monday it will launch StarMedia Express, the first Spanish instant messaging service on the Internet. Communications provider PeopleLink Inc. helped co-develop StarMedia Express, which the company describes as a hybrid of chat and e-mail. PeopleLink’s Community Directory and interest-based groups, dubbed “iGroups” will enable StarMedia Express users to […]

A variety of deals helped many of the leading Internet stocks rocket forward Monday, sending both the Nasdaq and the Internet Stock Index to record highs. The Internet Stock Index broke the 300 barrier for the first time in its three-year history and the Nasdaq rose 51.89 to close at a record 2,138.02. Some of […]

Dell Computer Corp. and America Online Inc. Monday announced a two-year marketing agreement to include AOL’s access software with Dell computers sold to consumers in the United States and Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Starting Monday, Dell Dimension and Inspiron PCs will be shipped with AOL 4.0 software CDs. Customers signing […]

Internet provider Concentric Network Corp. said Monday it will launch a new insurance service aimed at content providers concerned about Web site traffic spikes. The Concentric Peak Protection service will give content, software distribution and media providers who need data center and network diversity the ability to add Web site bandwidth capacity on-demand. The service […]

MCI WorldCom became the victim of a new computer virus late last week that experts at a leading network security company are labeling as a new method of attack. Dubbed Remote Explorer, the virus was uploaded on to a single MCI server. The virus quickly replicated and soon appeared on hundreds of MCI servers, although […]