Kathleen Murphy

Yahoo! Inc. and First USA are offering the Yahoo! platinum Visa card with no annual fee and an online rewards program. The Yahoo! Visa card program rewards consumers with redeemable points for every dollar spent both online and offline and provides consumers with a competitive interest rate, protection against unauthorized use, and a convenient way […]

In an effort to further accelerate the adoption of streaming media on the Internet, RealNetworks announced today it acquired Vivo Software, Inc., the Waltham, MA-based developer of streaming media creation tools. Under the purchase transaction, RealNetworks reports that all outstanding shares of Vivo will be exchanged for 1.1 million new RealNetworks shares valued at $17.1 […]

Sterling Commerce in Dallas, a provider of business-to-business e-commerce software, released VECTOR:Interstate, a new product designed to help financial institutions manage multiple databases across time zones. “Interstate banking provides a unique set of challenges, one of which is the ability to manage several databases at once,” said Sydney Smith Hicks, vice president of operations and […]

A new survey conducted for MSNBC by Market Facts Inc. reveals that news readers are turning to the Internet in increasing numbers, and in many cases, choosing the Net over traditional forms of media. MSNBC said the study analyzed the Internet as a medium for gathering news in comparison to newspapers, broadcast television, radio, cable […]

Yahoo! Inc. and cybermeals Inc., the online meal ordering system, signed an agreement making cybermeals the premier take-out and delivery service on Yahoo! cybermeals has a network of more than 13,000 restaurants nationwide that handle online orders for takeout and delivery. cybermeals said it expects to have more than 25,000 restaurants in the network for […]

America Online announced today it signed an exclusive, three-year deal with Intuit Inc., naming it the primary content provider for AOL’s Personal Finance Web Channel. Under the terms, Intuit has agreed to pay AOL over the next three years close to $30 million, which includes a $16 million payment upon signature of contract. Intuit will […]

Secure Networks Inc. released a technical report detailing fundamental vulnerabilities in network intrusion detection software. Network intrusion detection systems attempt to detect attacks against networks by watching network traffic. The problems discovered allow crackers to slip past a network intrusion detection system (IDS), or, worse, to turn the system against the network it protects. Secure […]

Lycos Inc. announced today it has joined with leading Korean Internet service provider LG InterNet to launch Lycos Korea, the latest in a line of international sites unveiled by the search and navigation service. Lycos Korea will feature Lycos’ search and navigation technology customized for the Korean market in the country’s native language. Under the […]

Internet service providers may have to monitor online fraud voluntarily if they wish to avoid federal laws requiring them to do so. The U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held its first in a series of hearings about Internet fraud Tuesday. “If the companies don’t police themselves, they’re going to get policed,” warned […]