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Ad network ADSmart said it will adopt Accipiter AdBureau, an outsourced ad serving solution based on Accipiter AdManager, provided by Engage Technologies. ADSmart and Engage are both wholly owned subsidiaries of holding company CMG Information Services Inc. With the recent integration of Engage’s Precision Profiling technology into Accipiter AdBureau, ADSmart said it now offers advertisers […]

Toronto-based Diversinet Corp., a digital certificate and PKI provider, announced it reached a licensing agreement with GlobalServe Communications Inc., a leading independent Canadian Internet service provider. Under terms of the agreement, Diversinet will supply its Passport Certificate Server product to GlobalServe, and GlobalServe in turn will pay Diversinet a scaled license fee on a per […]

Internet service provider MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. today said it completed building an Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Phoenix, Arizona. The Atlanta-based ISP said it has begun to transfer customers to the POP from a third-party network it used for its Valley users. The new POP uses 3Com USRobotics networking equipment and supports the new […]

While the emerging electronic commerce industry is enjoying success in many areas, a recent study found that there is a surprising hesitancy among many European senior executives to embrace Internet-based business. The study, conducted by Andersen Consulting, revealed that these attitudes may be jeopardizing the continent’s long-term competitiveness. While 82% of the executives surveyed believe […]

Listen up sports fans: ESPN Internet Ventures announced today the debut of its newly designed ESPN.com sports Web site. ESPN said the new design allows for more integrated and seamless programming with other ESPN Network services such as the official sites of the NFL, NBA and NASCAR. Other new features being billed are faster page […]

Internet directory AskAlex now lists 1.8 million UK companies, any one of which can be immediately contacted by a free telephone call. The new service is provided in partnership with NetCall Telecom, using the NetCall800 service. As part of the launch, NetCall is sponsoring a telephone call to any of the businesses listed in the […]

BCnet will be using WaveRider Communications‘ NCL135 wireless bridge to link selected departments of Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT). BCnet claims to be one of North America’s fastest networks connecting research and education sites across Canada to each other and the U.S. Internet2 sites. “BCnet stands in the forefront […]

From australia.internet.com The Australian Federal Government announced plans to auction broadband radio communications spectrum to encourage smaller players into the telecommunications arena. The Government intends to auction Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) spectrum lots on the 28GHz and 31GHz bands. It said it will sell band spectrum at auction and because several companies have already […]

Hot Jobs Inc., creators of hotjobs.com, an Internet recruiting Web site for experienced professionals, named Peter L. Connors as director of marketing. Connors joined Hot Jobs from Wunderman Cato Johnson, a Young & Rubicam company where he managed the development and implementation of subscriber acquisition and retention programs for AT&T WorldNet Service. Prior to joining […]

A company called TeleSpace is marketing a product called AdCast that is designed to overcome what it calls “banner busting” technology deployed by some Internet users to avoid looking at ads. “The assumption that all ads can be ‘busted’ or blocked is not entirely correct,” said Robert Cezar, founder and CEO of TeleSpace and developer […]

Auction Universe said it plans a $10 million marketing campaign to promote its site re-launch on Sept. 16. Selected to help were the romann group, R/GA Interactive, Modem Media.Poppe Tyson and Ruder-Finn Inc. “In conjunction with our re-launch, we want to inform both the public and the industry of the innovative nature of Internet auctioning […]

Foote, Cone & Belding San Francisco (FCB) said that ZDTV, an affiliate of Ziff-Davis, awarded its estimated $10 million brand development, advertising and direct marketing account to the agency. The assignment will include the strategic development of communications targeting consumers, the advertising trade and cable providers, FCB said. Headquartered in San Francisco, ZDTV debuted in […]