InternetNews Staff

The founders of Internet domain name registration and Web site hosting service TABNet marked the official launch of their new Web-hosting company today by signing up two leading German banks. Founded in June, 1998 by chief executive Ken Leonard and executive vice president Robert Hermanek, privately-held EONet, Inc. secured its first service provider deals with […]

Privately-held ISP Epoch Internet announced it is adding more Southern California service areas for its TSpeed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Internet access service. Los Angeles County and Orange County cities new to Epoch’s service area include Artesia, El Segundo, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, North Hollywood, Orange, Pasadena, Redondo, Reseda, Rolling Hills, Sherman Oaks, Torrance, Slater, […]

Lycos, Inc. and iVillage.com extended a previous alliance by signing a new two-year agreement today under which Lycos will incorporate iVillage.com content into two new Web Guides. Financial terms were not disclosed. iVillage.com, which bills itself as “The Women’s Network,” will provide content for Lycos’ new Women’s Web Guide and its updated Home & Family […]

In response to a patent infringement suit it dismissed as a marketing tactic last week, Cisco Systems, Inc. filed a counter lawsuit against Lucent Technologies today. Cisco today denied liability to the lawsuit filed by Lucent and said it asserted six patents against Lucent in U.S. District Court in Delaware, and another five patent infringements […]

Microsoft Corp. is looking to leverage an appeals court victory from June in an effort to have the federal and state antitrust suits facing the software giant dismissed. The company is claiming that an injunction overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on June 23 undermines the government’s charges of […]

Internet music network SonicNet today announced a strategic partnership with online community theglobe.com to distribute its music news and information to theglobe.com’s reported 1.7 million members. Through this new alliance, SonicNet’s Music News of the World will become available on a direct link in the Arts & Entertainment section of theglobe.com, the companies stated. This […]

From australia.internet.com After a long, fruitless period of inactivity on issues surrounding domain names in Australia, the industry is taking action to resolve governance issues. Several stakeholders in the struggle for Australian DNS governance are attending a conference on global DNS issues in Singapore, called the Asia Pacific International Forum (AP-IF). The AP-IF summit was […]

“Illustrating the increasing value advertisers place on targeted Web advertising,” IDG.net, the IDG Online Network, posted the largest revenue growth of all leading Web publishers, according to a recent industry newsletter report. Simba Information’s Electronic Advertising & Marketplace Report said that IDG.net experienced year-to-year revenue growth of more than 311%–more than any other ad-supported publishing […]

Online community operation theglobe.com entered an advertising alliance with NetMarket, a membership-based shopping site. theglobe.com will promote NetMarket to members of its site through special links, e-mail opt-in opportunities, banners, buttons and contextual advertisements. Financial terms were not disclosed. Members of theglobe.com will have a direct link to NetMarket, where members can purchase over one […]

Intuit’s Small Business by Quicken.com, a new site for operators of small businesses, along with sponsor Computer Discount Warehouse, launched a sweepstakes for small businesses on Excite. Sweepstakes registrants can qualify to win the grand prize of an “Ultimate Office” or one of 21 daily QuickBooks 6.0 prizes. The grand prize, donated by CDW, includes: […]

THINK New Ideas Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter grew to $14.7 million, a 183% increase from $5.2 million in the year-ago period and a 29% increase over the preceding quarter. Full-year revenues grew 145% to $42.6 million, from $17.4 million a year earlier. Pro forma net income for the fiscal 1998 fourth quarter, […]

Online brokerage E*TRADE Group Inc. said it expanded its marketing and commerce agreement with Yahoo! Inc. and signed an exclusive marketing and content agreement with ZDNet. E*TRADE, which recently predicted it will lose money through fiscal 1999 as it spends heavily on promotion, said the agreement with Yahoo! is expected to substantially increase visibility for […]