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MaxNet in launched an auction site called “Big-Auction,” with “a focus similar to that of a classified ad database, blended with Audio-Ads and Streaming Video with an easy to use bid platform.” “Our plans include a mail in bid as well as a posting capability, a link into our upcoming phonebook (Webphonebook) where a user […]

Community site operator theglobe.com in New York launched globeDirect, a direct marketing and retail service aimed at supplying its membership with point and click buying power. “With globeDirect, we can now blend innovative direct response initiatives with real community functionality,” said Stephan Paternot, co-CEO of theglobe.com. “The service will feature products that tie into the […]

Online retailer CyberShop signed a deal to place its egift.com and electronics.net services on Microsoft’s MSN shopping site. “CyberShop is looking to expand its customer base, building a presence with their two new online retail sites for gifts and electronics,” Deborah Levinger, Microsoft’s business manager, said in a statement. Financial details were not disclosed. The […]

Troubled push technology provider PointCast Inc. is said to be in acquisition talks with several telcos, with BellSouth named at the leading contender. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based originator of “push” broadcasting has faced increasing competition against the big league portals, such as Yahoo! and others providing continually updated news. Push delivered content, once the industry’s best […]

At an ISP Summit held in New Delhi, technology giants Microsoft, Compaq, Intel, Cisco and Loral Orion unveiled their suite of offerings for Indian Internet providers. Through this joint initiative–dubbed “Team Internet”–the five are positioning themselves as a single-point source for the system needs of providers. The synergy between these players will be key to […]

The LendingTree, Inc., an online loan center that connects borrowers to a network of lenders who bid for their business, said Citibank has joined its network of lenders. The LendingTree Network said it now has a total of 21 lenders and has seen traffic increase by more than 40 percent recently. “Borrowers know that our […]

State Farm, one of the largest insurance companies in the nation, is now offering term life insurance in 47 states at InsWeb, an Internet insurance marketplace. State Farm, which already offers auto, homeowners and renters insurance at InsWeb, is offering its 10-year term life product. InsWeb enables consumers to comparison shop and select term life […]

E-commerce software provider INTERSHOP Communications Inc. and Balisoft Technologies Inc., a maker of customer interaction software, signed a business development and co-marketing partnership. Balisoft and INTERSHOP said they will work together to define common customers within the e-commerce marketplace, and will evaluate product integration. Potential melding of INTERSHOP 3 with Balisoft LiveContact would effectively address […]

PanAmSat Corp. unveiled its satellite transport service Thursday, which is designed to give cable companies another way to provide high-speed Internet access and multimedia content to their customers. The service, SPOTcast for Cable, supports two separate segments of the cable industry, content providers and cable systems. SPOTcast was demonstrated this week at the California Cable […]

A Florida inventor filed a civil lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. and Moore USA in Philadelphia Wednesday claiming the companies illegally used his patented point and click real estate property locator in two of their offerings. Mark Tornetta claims his 1991 patented property and mapping technology is used on Microsoft’s HomeAdvisor site as well as Moore’s […]

Dell Computer Corp. and 3Com Corp. are teaming up to offer high-speed, integrated modems in conjunction with an ADSL rollout planned by SBC Communications Inc. and cable Internet service offered by @Home Networks. The companies said Thursday that the new modems are slated for availability by early next year on Dell Dimension PCs. The announcement […]

IJNT International said that Man Rabbit House Multimedia (MRHM), the company’s Web development unit, signed an agreement with Hot Rod Cafe Inc. to build an e-commerce site that taps into the $9 billion high performance auto parts industry. The company said it expects to complete the site within the next three to four months. The […]