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Under a newly expanded agreement, Sun Microsystems, Inc. said its PersonalJava environment will be specified as a standard programming language in Tele-Communications, Inc.’s (TCI) line of digital set-top boxes. The announcement which was made Wednesday at the National Cable TV Association (NCTA) Conference furthers an agreement between the two companies signed in January. The deal […]

New Bandwidth Options The discussion of Internet bandwidth served as a broad backdrop for announcements of new Internet access services and products. AT&T, the latecomer to the Internet among the major carriers, augmented its business Internet services with new, tiered T-3 connectivity choices, and single billing for local-loop provisioning and Internet services. “This is a […]

The heads of the six major search engines–AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos and Yahoo–all agree that international traffic will be key to their growth, and international partnerships will be the key to getting that traffic. The six appeared Wednesday at a single panel at the opening session of the Chicago @d:tech Conference and Exposition. “In […]

New York City is at the top of the heap among U.S. cities registering for domain names, according to a report from Network Solutions, Inc. The domain name registrar’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) analysis found the New York City hub leading with .com, .net, and .org registrations, followed by the Washington, D.C. region, and Los […]

San Francisco-based Adauction.com, the online ad auction channel, said it has boosted sales by enhancing the format for its most recent auction, April 23. Adauction.com introduced separate morning and afternoon auctions, as well as an “AutoExtend” feature that enables media buyers actively bidding at the close of each auction to continue competing until a winner […]

San Diego-based streaming media company InterVU Inc. signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. that will enable InterVU to distribute and support NetShow 3.0, just released by Microsoft as a beta version. The agreement will result in InterVU upgrading its Network to fully support NetShow 3.0, and providing its content and advertising customers with […]

InfoWorld Electric in San Mateo, CA said it teamed up with DoubleClick Inc. to offer its advertising clients audience targeting technology, full-service ad management and reporting capabilities. Mike Thomas, InfoWorld Electric’s general manager, said: “The reliability and scalability of DoubleClick’s proven technology means that our advertisers will be able to target InfoWorld Electric’s audience in […]

Webmonkey in San Francisco, Wired Digital’s “how-to” site for Web developers, launched a new section covering electronic business topics. The coverage enhances Webmonkey’s tech-focused articles and tutorials by providing strategies for effectively marketing Web sites and businesses. The Webmonkey e-business section features original articles and step-by-step tutorials on important business development topics including Web marketing, […]

New York City-based iVillage said it closed a $32.5-million round of private financing by long-term financial and strategic investors. iVillage said it will use the additional funds to focus on brand-extension, distribution, advertising, and promotional programs for its flagship brand, iVillage.com: The Women’s Network (also on AOL, keyword: ivillage), currently at more than 65 million […]

MatchLogic Inc. and Harris Black International Ltd., producer of the Harris Poll, launched LandscapE, a service to provide Internet-based demographic profiles at the campaign, site and click levels for ad management and site counting customers. The customer profiles are categorized into age, income, gender, age by gender, and income by gender. LandscapE gives advertisers the […]

Interactive Marketing Inc. said sponsors for its Camp Interactive, August 1-4 at the Hyatt Regency in Beaver Creek, CO, include Intel, 24/7 Media, AdForce by IMGIS, AltaVista and MatchLogic. The three-day executive retreat for marketers will focus on “The Business of Interactive Marketing.” Crain’s Advertising Age Group of Publications, including Advertising Age and Business Marketing, […]

Bruce Judson, president of The Judson Group Inc., launched a new paid e-mail subscription service, “Bruce Judson’s Grow Your Profits.” The bi-weekly newsletter will be dedicated to finding and recommending easy-to-use Internet sites that provide valuable services for businesses. “If you know which sites to visit, it’s now possible to use the Web to work […]