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US Interactive said that Safeguard Scientifics Inc., a strategic information systems company, acquired a 15% equity stake in the company. Financial were not disclosed, however. US Interactive said it provides its E-Roadmap development plan through its proprietary IVL Methodology to ensure the delivery of superior interactive services for advertising and e-commerce. In the last five […]

Audio Book Club Inc., which has been signing marketing deals left and right, inked one with Deja News Inc. to become the exclusive audio book marketer on the site. In addition, Audio Book Club will sponsor the Deja News Entertainment, Arts and Book Channels and “Mail a Friend” text messaging. ABC will also have banners […]

Spyrus, a security and e-commerce vendor from California, just acquired Signet Systems, an Australian cryptography developer specialising in digital certificates. The two companies had been working together on several projects for more than three years, with clients including governments and the United Nations, but Signet will now be integrated under the Spyrus banner. Spyrus is […]

In what is being called “the next generation backbone,” iBEAM Broadcasting plans to roll out a satellite-based service for Internet access providers at the ISPcon show in San Jose. The company is in negotiation with a number of leading content providers who will provide direct feeds to the satellite uplink. The downlink will be sent […]

Thousands of Internet Service Providers will be converging on San Jose this week for several days of technology demos, panel discussions and diversions, which will focus on a wide range of opportunities in the ISP business including the local voice data service, virtual private network hosting and DSL. Featured speakers include Linux creator Linus Torvalds, […]

Internet conglomerateCMG Information Services today announced the launch of its NaviNet dial-up network for Internet Service Providers. The company, which began as a product line of NaviSite Internet Services, built the NaviNet Technology Platform dial-up network. The platform aggregates multiple calling areas into megaPOPs, deploys advanced switch bypass technology to eliminate busy signals due to […]

Telecommunications firm BellSouth today told federal regulators that the best way to speed up the Internet for consumers is to let regional Bell companies into the long-distance market. In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission, BellSouth said that the FCC should promptly approve Bell company applications to the enter long-distance market. Currently, the telco […]

Aiming to give users easier and more effective navigation, Infoseek Corp. today announced a redesign of its portal site. The Infoseek homepage now features a new navigation bar to put all of the most popular tools at the top of the page including Stocks, News, Yellow Pages, Maps, Chat, Homepage Building and Help. The navigation […]

Singapore Telecom (SingTel) will launch an Internet-based fax system in the island republic. The service, FaxPlus Connect, will link e-mail and faxing over an IP-based network. Ken Tan, director of value added services at Singapore Telecom, said the company plans to offer this service to overseas customers. “We are already having discussions with many telecommunication […]

MultiMediator Strategy Group (MMSG) is claiming an Internet first in its leveraging of the Net to make it easier for Canadian new media producers to be heard by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC announced late last month that they will be conducting proceedings to allow interested parties to provide the CRTC […]

From Australia.internet.com The major opposition party in the Federal election, the Australian Labor Party, promised to provide the island State of Tasmania with local (25 cent) phone calls throughout as part of the party’s electoral “Tasmania Package,” that could provide large savings to Tasmanian Internet Service Providers. John Allan is a spokesman from the Tasmanian […]

ZDTV, an affiliate of Ziff-Davis, and Internet auction operator ONSALE Inc. announced what they called “a breakthrough advertising format” that is intended to enable ONSALE’s ads to feature live online auctions during ZDTV’s Money Machine television show. Money Machine is a daily program on how to make, manage, and save money using computers and the […]