InternetNews Staff

GTE Internetworking Tuesday launched ISP Direct, designed to give Internet service providers and university customers access to its tier-one Internet backbone. The service is available to customers with fixed or flex T1s and T3s, multi-T1 and fractional T3s and allows customers to monitor and troubleshoot local loop connections. Ethernet connections are also available in selected […]

Verio Inc. Tuesday announced several additions to its virtual private network (VPN) services aimed at U.S. businesses. In an effort to improve its LAN to LAN performance and remote access and extranet VPN services, Verio said it will provide substantially higher-speed VPNs, VPN-enabled firewalls and personalized smart cards for user authentication. In addition, the company […]

International Industries Inc. launched a smokin’ new interactive Web site, www.stogies-online.com, for e- commerce transactions of the cigar variety. The company, through its majority owned subsidiary, Mr. Cigar Inc., currently offers popular premium brand-name cigars at discounts from suggested retail prices. Mr. Cigar will also market its proprietary cigar vending humidors and franchises on the […]

Web hosting firm Hiway Technologies Inc. Tuesday unveiled a plan to host a suite of electronic commerce Web hosting solutions from Mercantec Inc. Hiway’s e-commerce hosting plans are based on the latest versions of the SoftCart family of software products, designed for businesses looking to create an online storefront. They include tools used for storebuilding, […]

Virtual fashion technology and mall developer ModaCAD Inc. signed an agreement allowing it to IBM Research’s Query By Image Content (QBIC) visual- search software to further its e-commerce strategies in the fashion industry. QBIC allows users to search large visual databases by selecting image qualities such as color, layout, and texture, without being limited by […]

Butterfield & Butterfield in San Francisco, which calls itself the world’s fourth largest auction house and claims a 130-year history, has upgraded its Web site to include fully illustrated catalogs online. The auction catalog, containing information on condition, size, provenance (the previous ownership and history) and estimated value, is the tool that enables potential bidders […]

Dr. Ralph Wilson, publisher of the “Web Marketing Today” newsletter, which recently celebrated its third birthday, will host a special one-hour chat session at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time) Nov. 20. covering the topic “Marketing Your Internet Business on a Slim Budget.” Wilson’s no hype, ‘you-can-do-this-to’ editorial style has pushed the newsletter to more than 50,000 […]

Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, Yahoo! Tuesday plunged further into the e-tail pool with its rollout of Yahoo! Shopping which features 2 million products from more than 2,700 online stores. The portal’s shopping site offers consumers features such as the ability to add items from several stores to a single shopping cart, […]

Internet service provider PSINet Inc. Monday announced a private services agreement with telco NEXTLINK Communications Inc. PSINet’s carrier and ISP services division will expand NEXTLINK’s existing business communications to include a suite of Internet connectivity and value-added services. The Internet services will be available in NEXTLINK’s markets in 1999. Financial agreements were not disclosed. PSINet’s […]

NETGEAR Monday added the DS104, a four-port, auto-sensing hub, to its family of dual-speed hubs targeting small offices and home offices (SOHOs). The DS104 is designed to allow SOHO users to share their PCs’ files at the speed of 100 megabits per second, and connect it to other components that can run at either Ethernet […]

NetEndeavors Inc. launched its “Find Us On The Net” service allowing small business owner to create and maintain their own free commercial Web presence via the company’s secure Create-A-Site HTML forms- based interface. Small business owners can create and modify their Web site with little or no prior knowledge of HTML, the company said. Premium […]

CyberCash Inc. plans to incorporate its credit and check payment services in Netscape Communications Corp.’s BillerXpert bill payment application. CyberCash’s PayNow secure electronic check service and its credit card service will be included as a payment option in Netscape BillerXpert. Last week Netscape debuted BillerXpert 1.0, an Internet bill presentment and payment application that enables […]