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Louis-Marius Gendreau, the founder of an Internet service provider in Montreal, Canada, won the new Hummer at ISPCON Fall 98. “I could not believe it. When they began trying to pronounce my long name and saying it all wrong, I knew they were talking about me,” said Gendreau. “I almost had a blackout. My hands […]

According to show founder Jack Rickard, the Internet industry used the ISPCON Fall 1998 show as a place to do business. In the booths and aisles of the McEnery Convention Center and in various after-hours parties in San Jose’s restaurants, museums and art galleries, deals were being made. “I wish I could tell you specific […]

A lack of support for voice and video applications may hinder the Internet’s success, according to Craig Benson, CEO of Cabletron who delivered a keynote at this year’s ComNet conference. “The Net should be an enabler; not a holdback to innovation,” said Benson. “The Internet is not well-suited for voice and video. It drives a […]

EveryWare Development Inc., a developer of software for the construction and analysis of Web applications, signed a definitive support agreement with Pervasive Software Inc. of Austin, Texas. Pervasive agreed to offer to purchase for cash all of the outstanding Common Shares of EveryWare Development Inc. at a price of Canadian $1.20 per share. The total […]

Microsoft Corp. is working with St. Martin’s Press, Bloomsbury Publishing and Pan Macmillan Australia to publish an English dictionary derived from a single database of world English. The Encarta World English Dictionary is scheduled to be published simultaneously in electronic and print forms, in British and American editions, in August 1999. “This will be the […]

Centraal Corp. in Palo Alto, CA said that its RealNames Web naming service has been adopted by barnesandnoble.com, MGM and Toshiba. RealNames now provides these brands’ customers the ability to easily and precisely navigate to company or brand Web pages, from search sites such as AltaVista and LookSmart. Spending was not disclosed. RealNames covers all […]

INEX Corp. in Toronto, a provider of e-commerce applications, and marketing firm WebPromote in Libertyville, IL, formed a strategic partnership to provide customers with both commerce and marketing solutions. INEX customers are now able to access WebPromote’s Internet marketing services from within the INEX Commerce Court software applications or on the Web at webpromote.com/partners/inex. INEX […]

AdForce said it acquired Imperative! Internet Solutions, including Imperative’s proprietary database for targeting addresses on the Internet. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Imperative’s database makes it possible to research geographic and SIC code information about Internet protocol (IP) addresses with a high degree of speed and accuracy. The database, which was created […]

Here’s a new wrinkle. When PepsiCo sought out DreamWorks SKG to inquire about advertising on its site for the move called “Antz,” the beverage marketer found out there was none. So Pepsi had one built, and sponsored it. The New York Post reports that the site got 700,000 hits before the film had any promotion […]

Content aggregator InfoSpace.com Inc. and QuikPage Inc., a Web site development and hosting company, formed a strategic alliance to provide local ad sales companies an integrated solution for their advertisers. Together InfoSpace.com and QuikPage will create one-stop Web site development with distribution throughout key Internet locations. Local businesses can work with their local advertising sales […]

Mantaur Petroleum Corporation agreed in principle to acquire a 51% interest in Videoflicks.com Inc., a private Ontario corporation that sells videos and related products on the Internet. Videoflicks’ proprietary software is based on a fully scalable systems architecture designed for Internet shopping. It established its video retail business in 1981 and has a two year […]

Tom Parsons, editor and president of the travel site Bestfares.com, will answer questions about air travel during an online chat session from a British Airways jet, flying at 39,000 feet above the Atlantic. There will be two sessions–due to “overwhelming public response”–on Oct. 8, 1998 at 7:00 pm EST for one hour, and Oct. 13, […]