John Lewell

Scoot.com has signed an agreement with News International’s free ISP CurrantBun to provide a customised version of the Scoot business directory on the CurrantBun portal. “This latest announcement is just the first step in a raft of initiatives that we will be working with CurrantBun on over the coming months to develop the relationship between […]

RM Group, which operates the aRMadillo business information service, is offering direct access to the Companies House database from its Web site. There are no set-up fees or monthly subscription for the pay-as-you-go service. “Using their aRMadillo pass codes on existing intranet and Internet access routes, users can now access the Companies House data on […]

Student Pages, the Web publication of Student Marketing, has launched a Virtual Freshers Fair for the benefit of students who have just received their ‘A’-Level results. The Virtual Freshers Fair is just like a real freshers fair, say its creators. It consists of an online “room,” full of stalls that represent various companies which have […]

Virgin Net, one of the UK’s top entertainment and leisure guides, has appointed Alex Heath, formerly chief executive of interactive investor international (iii.co.uk), to the position of managing director. It is expected that Heath, who starts officially in the post on September 1, will not only oversee the expansion of Virgin’s online entertainment guide but […]

Europe’s top broadband ISP chello broadband has signed an agreement with a French cable partner to extend its reach into 1.7 million homes. As a result of the agreement, cable partner InterComm will offer chello’s “always-on” broadband service to subscribers in the Paris area and the south of France. The service is expected to start […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that it is developing a service with IBM that will link the e-ticket systems of hundreds of airlines worldwide. Under the new scheme, participating airlines will be able to link to a centralised service for processing and exchanging e-tickets. In turn, this will enable passengers to fly […]

In response to demand for the new service, AOL Europe has opened a pre-registration Web site for its forthcoming Internet service Netscape Online. “We’re excited about the overwhelming response to the announcement of Netscape Online, which we believe demonstrates not only the power of the pioneering Netscape brands but users’ recognition of AOL Europe’s commitment […]

Karen Thomson has been appointed the new managing director of AOL UK in a series of senior management appointments announced by AOL Europe this week. Previously executive VP of marketing for AOL Europe, Thomson will now be responsible for the management and marketing of the company’s three UK brands — AOL, CompuServe and Netscape Online. […]

An encryption project in which the computer department at Cambridge University has been participating is one of five finalists in a competition held by the US National Institute for Standards and Technology. Named “Serpent,” the algorithm has been developed by Ross Anderson at CUCL, Eli Biham of the Computer Science Department at the Technion, Haifa, […]

For those who will not be travelling to Cornwall to see the total eclipse of the sun on Wednesday, BT suggests tuning into its Internet services to see the whole event safely on your desktop. Calling it a “solar e-clipse,” BT is providing live pictures from the centre of totality over Cornwall on August 11 […]

RealNames Corp., the brainchild of British entrepreneur Keith Teare, has secured a third round of venture funding of $70 million. RealNames has pioneered the Internet Keywords system which enables people to go direct to a company’s Web page simply by typing a corporate, brand or product name in the browser. Companies pay to be listed. […]

The Auction Channel announced Monday that it has signed a 12-month agreement with UK sports channel Sky Sports to broadcast live sports auctions. “The audience for The Auction Channel’s programming — both the previews and the live auctions — has proved to us there is a strong interest and an opportunity to expand this genre,” […]