InternetNews Staff

Wired Digital in San Francisco, a division of Lycos, is running an ad for Hewlett-Packard’s new color printing campaign that takes the screen from black and white to full color. When visitors arrive, the site’s front door is devoid of bright color for the first time in its four-year history. The page will extend flashes […]

Lycos Inc. launched an integrated national advertising campaign aimed at building its brand and featuring “Lycos,” a black Labrador retriever who really knows how to fetch. The campaign is designed to get both new and experienced Internet users to visit the new Lycos.com and make it their start page. The ads tell users to “Go […]

Network firm Big Planet Tuesday added Internet telephony service to its arsenal of offerings. The company announced an agreement with Aplio Inc. to sell the Aplio/Phone telephony appliance through its national network of independent representatives. Aplio/Phone is a stand-alone appliance that uses the Internet to make long distance telephone calls. A caller makes the initial […]

Sierra Home launched a Web site creation tool designed to make anyone a Webmaster. The tool uses drag and drop technology to allow users to create pages with professionally designed graphics, templates, sounds and animations, in an unlimited number of combinations. Web Studio’s collection of artwork currently stands at over 20,000 items, to which users […]

Spyglass Inc. Tuesday released the latest version of its Device Mosaic Web browser that allows a variety of non-PC devices to access the Web. Spyglass Device Mosaic 3.1 was created to serve as an application platform for digital cable, satellite, wireless, and other non-PC products. Spyglass Device Mosaic differs from other browsers because additional applications […]

Microsoft has joined forces with ZakNet and Compaq Computer to roll out a new high speed, satellite-based Internet service package for small to medium business users in the Gulf market. The solution is based around the high speed Internet ZakCast technologies available over the ZakSat satellite Internet platform. The service is expected to be fully […]

Internet vendors and service providers will gather later this month to discuss the development of an industry-wide forum that will focus on quality assurance protocols and standards. The Quality of Service Forum’s first meeting will be held at the Internet Bandwidth Management Summit on Nov. 16 in San Jose, Calif. iBAND is a technical conference […]

eMerchandise launched www.eMerchandise.com, a licensed entertainment site offering T-shirts, caps, mugs, toys and collectibles from more than 350 movies, television shows and cartoons. “Our advantage over the Warner Bros. or Disney studio store is that we are non-partisan, so we offer the widest selection of merchandise from every studio,” said John T. Wells, vice president […]

Enhanced Services Company Inc. in Los Angeles said that its subsidiary, Medibanx.com has signed a letter of intent to acquire an exclusive license from National Health and Safety Corp. for its POWERx Medical Benefits Network for e-commerce use. Medibanx.com plans to roll out its program to provide discount medical, hospitalization and pharmacy services online in […]

Personify Inc. in San Francisco introduced QuickStart, a 30-day trial program that enables Web businesses to achieve fast results from Personify Essentials, a suite of interactive marketing software and services. With the QuickStart program, companies can gain insight into who their site visitors are and how they behave online, analyze their marketing and advertising efforts, […]

Fox Sports Online launched a TV ad campaign consisting of 30-second spots depicting FSO fans going to extremes for their favorite sports site. The commercials, which will run nationally, were created by Cliff Freeman and Partners, an agency that won the Grand Clio for FOX’s NHL spots last year. “The battle among sports sites is […]

DoubleClick said its proprietary DART ad serving and targeting solution has been selected by discussion network Deja News and career site The Monster Board. DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Targeting) also allows for management of ad inventory and generates detailed ad performance reports for advertisers. “As we continue to sign top 100 sites, DART’s expanded […]