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And now, spam.com, brought to you by those staunch fighters against unsolicited e-. . . er, wait just a second. Brought to you by Hormel. Hormel? That’s right, the company that makes the real Spam, the meat food product with a capital “S.” For years the company stood by as Internet users turned its Spam […]

Engage Technologies said its Engage Knowledge database grew from 12 million to 30 million anonymous Web user profiles in just over two months. “In almost tripling the number of visitor profiles in EngageKnowledge over a two-month period, Engage is delivering today on the possibilities of one-to- one online marketing and advertising,” said Paul Schaut, Engage […]

Cisco Systems Inc. said it is launching its first television advertising campaign this month, designed to complement its online and print ads. The Internet networking company did not disclose the exact cost of the campaign. A series of 30- and 60-second spots will appear on major national TV networks starting Aug. 24, Reuters said. Cisco’s […]

BrandsForLess.com, which calls itself an “e-partment store,” signed with Modem Media.Poppe Tyson and North Castle Partners. The agencies said they will create BrandsForLess.com’s interactive and traditional marketing and advertising programs to support the brand name retailer’s consumer marketing program. Billings were not disclosed. Modem Media.Poppe Tyson said it will develop an interactive marketing campaign, including […]

NoBeige.com, a new, central source for iMac news, rumors and support, said it will join the MacAddict Network immediately. NoBeige.com is the ad network’s 15th site. Jason O’Grady, publisher of both the Macintosh PowerBook PowerPage site and NoBeige, said the new site would provide constant updates on iMac hardware, software and accessories, as well as […]

Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corp. (HMI) and Parable, an Internet multimedia company, launched a promotion featuring Curious George Things on the Web, offering fans bona fide interactive collectibles of their favorite character. Fans are invited to freely take, share and reuse Curious George Things (multimedia creations) on personal Web pages or offline. “Curious George is one […]

MediaOne expanded its broadband services to the sun and sand of Florida today by announcing local residential telephone service in Jacksonville and Lighthouse Point. The company said it invested $89 million in Jacksonville and $38 million in Southeast Florida to make its services available. Approximately 350 customers participated in a beta test of the service […]

Juno Online Services, L.P. formed strategic marketing alliances with two Cendant Corp. subsidiaries this week. The Internet Service Provider said it will work with Cendant-owned NetMarket and PrivacyGuard to market consumer-based products and services to Juno subscribers. The agreement will enable Juno members to subscribe to NetMarket, a membership-based, shopping site, and PrivacyGuard, a service […]

Level 3 Communications, Inc. and regional Internet Service Provider (ISP) GeoNet Communications, Inc. today announced they will merge in a $21 million stock deal. The companies said the merger will be finalized in the third quarter, 1998. Redwood City, CA-based GeoNet is a Tier-1 ISP that provides direct Internet access to Northern California residents. The […]

Cisco Systems Inc. today said that America Online will use Cisco’s 12000 series Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) to operate AOL’s TeraPOP Internet traffic exchange point. According to Cisco, its high-end routing, 12000 series GSR will improve both the speed and scalability of AOL’s Internet backbone. The GSR is expected to also increase dial-access aggregation, expand […]

For those in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Newark, N.J., it’s the best of times, while in New York, and Hartford Conn., it’s the worst. At least in terms of Internet access. According to Inverse Network Technology’s latest report on Internet access, Santa Barbara ranked No. 1 and Newark No. 2, as the only metropolitan areas […]

From australia.internet.com OzEmail, the largest independent Internet service provider in Australia, is looking for $US250 million dollars in equity from outside Australia to finance major investment in cable infrastructure. The cash will fund the laying of fibre-optic cable within and between Australian cities, and will buy a stake in the Southern Cross Trans Pacific Cable, […]