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Palo Alto, CA-based AdKnowledge, a provider of Web advertising management products, named Theodor Nissim as vice president of engineering. Nissim will lead the engineering team at AdKnowledge in the refinement of existing products and the development of new Web advertising solutions. For the past four years Nissim has been senior engineering manager of enterprise server […]

NetRatings said it its online measurement service now reports the percentage of page views that are cached. Whenever a user hits the back button in their Web browser, the page which gets displayed usually comes out of the cache–the storage area where pages which have been viewed during a session are kept. That means the […]

Tribune Media Services (TMS) and Zip2 Corp. said they plan to introduce a new line of interactive content optimized for Zip2’s ad-backed city guide platform. Based on TMS’ WebPoint content packages and TVQuest interactive television listings, the new products will enable newspapers to integrate frequently updated features easily into their Zip2-powered city guide sites, the […]

NetGravity in San Mateo, CA, said that Netscape Communications Corp. has extended its use of NetGravity AdServer to be the advertising management solution for its international sites. Additional units of NetGravity AdServer were licensed for those sites. Spending was not disclosed. Netscape has expanded its deployment of AdServer to manage online advertising inventory, deliver ads […]

LookSmart Ltd. in San Francisco, an Internet publishing company providing category-based navigation services, said it would build an in-house sales force to sell advertising products on its LookSmart site. The decision comes on the heels of the company’s securing a premier search position on Netscape’s Net Search page and closing a second round of funding […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. today announced it entered into a nine-year, $122 million carrier agreement with integrated communications provider Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELI). Terms of the contract call for Qwest to provide private line services for ELI’s expanded Internet backbone and data services on the nationwide Qwest Macro Capacity Fiber Network. Vancouver, WA-based Electric Lightwave […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and PSINet today said they entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide partnership to offer businesses an integrated software, hardware, and network-management solutions package. The companies said the alliance was formed to address enterprise customer demand for reliability, growth of operations, reduction of costs and increase in profitability. The first release from the joint venture […]

In what marks a significant legal victory for Microsoft Corp. today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned an injunction that prevented the software giant from requiring PC manufacturers using its Windows 95 operating system to also include the Internet Explorer browser. A three-judge panel ruled 2 to 1 in favor […]

Internetworking solutions provider Cabletron Systems today announced plans to acquire workgroup switching product developer NetVantage Inc. in a stock swap deal valued at $100 million. Cabletron competes directly with Cisco, 3Com Corp., and Northern Telecom’s new acquisition Bay Networks in the networking provider market. The company said that with this merger it plans to expand […]

ChannelSeven announced the launch of Ad-Guide.com, a new Web site directory and search engine that focuses on advertising and marketing services and resources. Developed by Denmark’s The WebService Group, Ad-Guide.com will join the ChannelSeven.com Network of sites that includes the Top100Web Awards microsite, TurboAds.com, and iAdCampaigns.com. ChannelSeven said its New York-based team will handle editorial, […]

Audio Book Club, Inc. signed an exclusive agreement with Netscape Communications Corporation to be featured as a pre-loaded bookmark in upcoming versions of the Communicator browser. The bookmark will link users to the Audio Book Club site which boasts over 320,000 members. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Audio Book Club said it […]

In what marks a further expansion of its international presence, Internet advertising leader DoubleClick Inc. today launched DoubleClick France. The company said the service will be targeted at French Web site publishers, advertisers, and agencies, and is designed to assist advertisers with the development of one-to-one relationships with Web customers, both within and outside of […]