Maura Ginty

MP3.com Inc. this week inked a $13.3 million deal with Canadian multimedia manufacturer Cinram International Inc. to manufacture its download technologies for global distribution. Cinram will offer worldwide manufacturing and fulfillment services to MP3.com (MPPP) through its facilities in Canada, the US, Spain, France, Mexico, the Netherlands and the UK. The contract includes 48-hour delivery […]

TheStreet.com and Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz will partner to form a financial news site in Israel. TheStreet.com (TSCM) plans to invest $2.25 million for a stake in the new company, with Ha’aretz taking the majority holding of the venture. English- and Hebrew-language versions of the site are expected to become operational early next year. “As the […]

A U.S.-based ISP decided to take drastic action against the .co.uk domain level in order to halt an onslaught of spam, but is it prepared for the consequences? New Jersey-based IDT (IDTC) last week made its across-the-board decision to embargo e-mail with the UK ending after the initial discover of spam originating from the University […]

The American Medical Association Friday became the latest organization to become a player in the health care information market, signing six physician groups to create a mega site for both professionals and consumers. Partners for the Medem project include American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, American […]

Free ISP Freeserve Thursday announced it will enter the ring for online auction fisticuffs in the UK. Freeserve (FREEV) and US-based Auctions.com will form the Freeserve Auctions Ltd joint venture, of which Freeserve will hold a 80 percent majority. The auction site is scheduled to launch in November, at which point Classified Ventures’ AuctionUniverse.co.uk site […]

E*TRADE Group Inc. has been hit by a fraud and breach of contract lawsuit from a woman who claims that the company’s lack of “safe, reliable, fast” service cost her $40,000. The lawsuit alleges that the company promoted “false and deceptive advertising about its capabilities.” Truc Hoang claims that site crashes interrupted separate cancel orders […]

The House of Representatives this week gave its stamp of approval to a bill prohibiting cybersquatting with the intention of profiting off of a domain name. The legislation targets addresses which imitate a trademark or well-known business name, and carries a fine of up to $100,000. The bill also takes aim at sites registered before […]

A joint venture of AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications Wednesday made one of its first deals, agreeing to build Web services for National Australia Bank Ltd. As one of the first companies to trial the co-created products of Concert, the venture created by the two telecom superpowers, National Australia Bank (NAB) expects that the new […]

Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. Wednesday inked a 20-year, $96 million agreement with StorageNetworks to lease dark fiber to the storage service provider. StorageNetworks will have access to Metromedia’s (MFNX) global infrastructure and will also receive high-speed, high-bandwidth dark fiber infrastructure in major metropolitan areas of the United States StorageNetworks will use the capacity to connect […]

Cable & Wireless Tuesday debuted its virtual Internet service provider offering, a turnkey solution that allows ISP business to sell access using that company’s resources. ISPs can use Cable & Wireless’ backbone and network maintenance capabilities through the service, but the products are offered under the ISP’s name. “Our Virtual ISP service is a private […]

Red Hat Inc. Tuesday landed another coup for the Linux operating system through a bundling deal with Intel Corp. Intel Corp. (INTC) will add Red Hat’s version of Linux to the Intel server platforms, which in turn are part of Intel’s recently-launched ISP program. The combined services offers customers open source software to support the […]

Chalk up another ISP purchase for PSINet Inc. The company Tuesday acquired Australian ISP Zircon Systems Pty Ltd., marking its presence in 22 countries. PSINet (PSIX) says the acquisition also represents its entrance into 17 of the top 20 world markets, with Australia also ranking as the eighth largest telecom market. Business-focused Zircon Systems offers […]