InternetNews Staff

Ad network DoubleClick Inc. and Compaq’s AltaVista search site will launch the AltaVista Holiday Shopping Guide during the last week in October. The shopping guide was created to help consumers search for and find the online stores of their favorite merchants. It includes a directory-like structure and an interactive gift guide and provides users with […]

From Australia.internet.com Australian-based encryption and security company Zergo Asia-Pacific announced that its public key infrastructure (PKI) products provisionally qualified for evaluation at the ITSEC E3 level. ITSEC (Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria) is a measure of how well a security product meets defined requirements. While it is currently a UK-based standard, ITSEC is gaining acceptance […]

Canadian Press launched Command News, a new service intended to bring the power of real-time Canadian news to the corporate and government desktop. CP, Canada’s national news agency, provides real-time news from Canada and the world in English and French, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “In today’s fast-moving competitive environment current information […]

GTE Friday became the latest Internet service provider to move away from unlimited pricing plans and put a cap on usage of its GTE.net service. Under the new plan, customers will be limited to 100 hours of online time a month for $19.95. After the 100-hour cap is reached, customers will be billed $1 an […]

SportsLine USA Inc., publisher of the CBS SportsLine Web site has settled a trademark lawsuit with weather and sports information provider Weatherline Inc. Weatherline, a provider of on-demand weather and sports, sued CBS SportsLine in 1997, challenging its right to use the name on its sports Web site. Weatherline was granted the rights to the […]

Internet broadcaster RadioWave.com Inc. and audio systems distributor ENCO Systems Inc. are joining forces to deliver interactive radio via the Internet. RadioWave.com will provide its RadioWave.com Player to users of ENCO’s digital audio delivery system.. The media player offers interactive visual information coordinated with live radio programming for broadcast on the Internet. “This mutually beneficial […]

US Interactive recently launched a promotional Web site for the new McGraw-Hill book, “StrikingItRich.com: Profiles of 23 Incredibly Successful Websites You’ve Probably Never Heard Of” by Jaclyn Easton. The official site was launched Sept. 30 in conjunction with publication of the book. Easton, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and an on-camera Internet expert […]

Tektronix Inc. will “own the day” today by purchasing banners across the top of every page on Microsoft’s MSNBC.com site. The Microsoft online sales team developed the “Own the Day” program to offer clients the opportunity to purchase sections of sites, an entire site or multiple sites across its MSN network. Spending was not disclosed. […]

Ann Handley, editor in chief of ClickZ, has some interesting coverage of the Web Marketing 98 conference in Washington, DC, including success stories, and, even more fun, some Web marketing disasters. Rick Bruner of IMT Strategies highlighted five classic Web marketing mistakes punctuated with plenty of entertaining examples. Like GM cars, for failing to register […]

Thrifty Car Rental, in conjunction with Blockbuster On-Line, is offering a virtual road trip promotion on the Web in search of clues that could win users a trip for two to Los Angeles and the annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in 1999. Called “LA or Bust–Get the Show on the Road,” the contest offers those who […]

ADSmart, an Internet advertising network and subsidiary of CMGI, named John Federman, publisher of PC Week, as its chief executive officer. “John brings a wealth of advertising and general management experience to the CEO position,” said David Wetherell, CEO of CMGI. “His extensive background in high-tech publishing and advertising sales, as well as his proven […]

Recommendation technology firm Net Perceptions Inc. launched Net Perceptions for Call Centers, designed to personalize inbound and outbound call center campaigns by providing consumers with individualized product recommendations. The application continuously builds customer profiles as each call progresses and uses the information to prompt agents with purchase recommendations that are unique to each customer. Net […]