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EarthLink Network Inc. said that it won a $2 million consent judgment in its suit against notorious spammer Cyber Promotions Inc. and its founder, Sanford Wallace. The decision also prohibits Cyber Promotions and Wallace from engaging in a long list of spam-related activities in the future. Cyber Promotions may be down (its Web site doesn’t […]

Nicholson NY named Jennifer Friedberg, former senior partner at OgilvyOne, to the new position of senior vice president, business development and marketing. Friedberg will leverage her client-management and business-development expertise to help ensure that Nicholson’s strategy, design, and technology offerings are best matched to clients’ needs, the company said. Friedberg joined Ogilvy & Mather’s OgilvyOne […]

New York City-based NetGrocer Inc., a nationwide online grocery shopping service, signed a two-year advertising agreement with Excite Inc. to be the exclusive supermarket featured throughout Excite.com. “NetGrocer appreciates the unique marketing value of tapping into Excite’s large and growing audience base and multiplicity of channels. Likewise, we believe the techno-savvy consumers who take advantage […]

InfoSpace signed Clarke Directory Publications of California and Yellow-Page.Net of Arizona as strategic ad sales partners. InfoSpace said its strategy of syndicating its content has led to local sales partnerships with independent yellow pages publishers, newspapers, television stations, search engines, ISP’s, information appliances, and popular Web sites. “We are pleased to add Clarke Directory Publications […]

Zentropy Interactive in Los Angeles redesigned and updated two sites for Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Dreyers and Edys. Consumers west of the Rockies will be familiar with Dreyer’s, and those to the east identify with Edys. Billings were not disclosed. The “company” section of the site details its history, philanthropy, distribution, advertising, manufacturing, employment opportunities, […]

Baltimore, MD-based Skyline Network Technologies introduced “SpinBox” this week, a plug-and-play hardware/software solution for automating the rotation of Web content such as advertising banners. SpinBox is designed to rotate any Web-compatible file, including GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, Java, Shockwave, audio, mpeg, and avi files. Product features include: Web document rotation Targeting based on keyword, date, […]

AltoCom, Inc. today announced the release of AltoCom SoftModem 3.0, a product the company is billing as the first 56Kbps software modem for embedded applications including handheld PCs, set-top boxes, screen telephones, and fax machines. SoftModem 3.0 runs on general purpose CPUs that are already in computing devices to eliminate the need for dedicated digital […]

Small businesses are going online in a big way, performing customer service functions, keeping in touch with clients, and researching business products and services, according to a survey by Cyber Dialog/FindSVP. The survey, which polled a thousand U.S. businesses with fewer than 100 employees, revealed that 37% of small companies–an estimated 2.6 million in the […]

Results from the latest Media Matrix study show Internet-using households own more powerful hardware, 50% more current software, and spend triple the amount of time with offline software than their non-Internet using peers. Media Metrix, The PC Meter Company, uses PC Meter software technology installed on thousands of business and home PCs to track and […]

Standard & Poor’s ComStock, a real-time market data provider, today announced it will provide financial information for Microsoft’s Investor Web site. The agreement calls for ComStock to furnish Investor with international data from equity exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), NASDAQ, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the London Stock […]

Cable ISP @Home Network has chosen to integrate NetGravity’s AdServer 3.0 solution with the company’s existing online advertising system to streamline ad targeting, serving and performance reporting for its advertisers. @Home’s high-speed Internet service enables rich multimedia ads that include audio, video and a high level of consumer interactivity. “@Home’s robust interactive advertising combined with […]

A Cincinnati, OH-based ISP launched a free-to-the-user ad-backed access service in six major markets. Tritium Network is now operational in Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco. The dial-up service is based on AdPath technology, a push application that shows ads at the bottom of screens, according to an Adweek report. Ads […]