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The Dialog Corp. launched its new GlobalNews Plus news service, giving users unlimited access to over 1,250 newspapers, business magazines and newswires from around the world at a fixed price. The news file incorporates World Reporter, which is indexed to InfoSort standards to provide easy access to the widest choice of news, the company stated. […]

From australia.internet.com The Internet World 98 conference opened in Sydney, Australia, attracting record crowds and showcasing some pivotal developments in the Internet industry. Estimates of Tuesday’s numbers from conference organisers, Mecklermedia and Kirby Network Services, suggest that attendances are slightly up, in the fourth year that the show has run in Sydney. One local developer, […]

In a bid to help reduce bandwidth requirements for clients such as Internet Service Providers and content providers, Inktomi Corp. and RealNetworks, Inc. today said they will team up in a solutions partnership. The companies’ alliance calls for a strategic joint development, marketing and distribution agreement in producing the industry’s first streaming media cache solution. […]

Citibank made a splash into the portal arena as it announced today an agreement with Netscape to be the anchor tenant on Netcenter’s new Personal Finance Channel. Under terms of the agreement, Citibank will receive exclusive branding and positioning on the front screen of Netcenter and its Personal Finance Channel, with additional semi-exclusive sponsorships on […]

Centralized ad management services provider AdForce Inc., which just changed its name from IMGIS Inc., said it raised an additional $20 million in financing for expansion of its Internet advertising services. Investors include America Online, Attractor Investment Management and Hambrecht & Quist. Financial specifics were not disclosed. AOL’s investment in AdForce is part of a […]

BIG BANG Media named Jay Cole as executive vice president of marketing. Cole resigned from Petersen Publishing Co. late last year where he served as vice president of Petersen’s youth division, responsible for over $40 million in revenue and assisting with the Petersen IPO in 1997. He had been doing consulting for BIG BANG most […]

GeoCities, 24/7 Media and other issuers are sticking to plans for initial stock sales this week, following several days of market volatility that caused at least a dozen companies to postpone initial public offerings, according to Bloomberg News. GeoCities, a host for advertising-supported Internet “communities,” plans to raise $61.8 million today. Ad network 24/7 Media […]

EveryWare Development Corp. in Ontario, Canada launched an initiative with IBM to develop Bolero Blue, an integration of EveryWare’s real-time Web marketing decision support system with Lotus Domino, IBM’s DB2 Universal Database and IBM’s MQSeries. The integrated combination of products will result in an accurate and scalable platform for Web site reporting and analysis, one-to-one […]

NetRatings’ BannerTrack syndicated ad research service shows the top ad banners during the week of July 26-Aug. 1. The top 10 ad banners viewed were: Goto.com: Type in what you’re looking for Goto.com: Win A Howard Stern Weekend in NY Speedlane: Click here to speed it up Hotmail: Click banners; easy return to Hotmail Hotmail: […]

Commerce One Inc., a provider of Web-based, enterprise procurement solutions that link buying and selling organizations into real-time trading communities, hired execs to expand sales in Europe. Jon Sofield, former managing director of TDS Internet, was named sales director for the UK and Ireland. TDS Internet specializes in electronic commerce solutions and achieved early breakthroughs […]

Deals With Banks, IBM, HP Boost Singapore’s Offerings In E-Commerce Singapore has become the headquarters of a new regional online alliance between banks and IBM that enables financial institutions in Asia-Pacific to offer various services through the Internet and private networks. The alliance, Interactive Financial Services (IFS), includes Dutch bank ABN Amro and Visa. The […]

In what marks the latest in a series of international initiatives, PSINet Inc. announced today it will provide businesses in Switzerland with local dial Internet access through its Swiss subsidiary. The Herndon, VA-based global Internet Service Provider cited Switzerland’s rank as the world’s fourteenth-largest telecommunications market with revenues amounting to U.S. $8.5 billion as a […]