John Lewell

Sonic Solutions this week introduced a new technology that incorporates DVD with the World Wide Web. Called eDVD for the Web, the product is part of the company’s DVDit! suite. It lets users create titles that combine graphics, text, video, audio, and Web links in a medium that uses playback elements from DVD and the […]

The leading Internet audience measurement firm Media Metrix is to launch in Europe. It has agreed in principle to enter a partnership with two European media research companies, GfK (Germany) and Ipsos (France), forming Media Metrix Europe. “In joining forces with leaders in media and marketing research in Europe, Media Metrix Europe intends to provide […]

NetWhistle.com recently launched its flagship service, NetWhistle, designed to alert Web site owners to the status of their sites. If a site goes down, NetWhistle.com notifies the owner free of charge by e-mail or pager. The vendor said it plans to generate revenue by offering additional, premium level monitoring services, and by attracting corporate advertisers. […]

MicroSurfer Corp. released version 1.1 of MicroSurfer, a browser companion designed to speed and simplify surfing with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. MicroSurfer downloads all the links the user wants to visit for each session and displays their content. There is no need to backtrack using the browser’s back button–a process that is often slower than […]

British security firm Gordano says that companies running its NTMail with the Virus Scanner option installed have been completely unaffected by any ill effects of the Melissa virus. The virus, which has wrought havoc with e-mail systems on both sides of the Atlantic, is carried as a Microsoft Word file attachment and is replicated unwittingly […]

Bondsmith is offering a free version of its SiteGauge Web site traffic monitoring and measurement service. The new, free service can monitor multiple Web pages with a single account, while allowing users to view up-to-the-second traffic statistics simply by placing a fragment of HTML into their pages. Among SiteGauge’s features are Monday morning e-mail reports, […]

AOL Europe is aiming to reach 10 million European households in 2002, company president and CEO Andreas Schmidt told journalists at CeBIT. In a wide-ranging talk, he outlined a whole series of policy and business initiatives that are intended to help Europe make some impact on the Internet industry. Among the measures announced by AOL […]

AOL Europe is aiming to reach 10 million European households in 2002, company president and CEO Andreas Schmidt told journalists at CeBIT. In a wide-ranging talk, he outlined a whole series of policy and business initiatives that are intended to help Europe make some impact on the Internet industry. Among the measures announced by AOL […]

1st Net Technologies has released a beta version 4.0 of its secure Internet browser for children, Crayon Crawler. The browser’s features include a chat room, automatic blocking of vulgarity, and a closed e-mail system that eliminates not only spam but all types of unwanted messages. Among Crayon Crawler’s features is instant messaging, which lets children […]

Motorola has promised to include Internet browsing capabilities on all its mobile phones in the year 2000. The statement came on the opening day of the CeBIT exhibition in Germany and coincided with Motorola’s introduction of a new range of personal communication products. Frank Lloyd, president of Motorola’s Personal Communications Sector for Europe, Middle East […]

Visicom Media recently introduced AceExpert 3, the latest version of its HTML editor, which now has powerful facilities for browsing images. With a brand new interface, it is also said to be much easier to use, while offering a whole range of tools for the experienced Web designer. Patrice Carrenard, Visicom’s president, noted that image […]

ATronics International recently released Internet Access 2000, a hardware-based intranet/Internet router that comes with embedded e-mail software. Fully Y2K-compliant, Internet Access 2000 is designed to handle all routing and manages up to 250 e-mail accounts. It has no hard disk or any moving parts and can be installed in less than 20 minutes, according to […]