Maura Ginty

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Friday came out strongly against the practice of deep-linking, in which a link is made to a site page other than the front page. TMCS claims that there is a “natural controversy” over the issue, claiming that the practice subverts the time and money spent to create content, marketing and supplier partnerships that […]

Microsoft Corp. and British Telecommunications took the two companies’ wireless alliance a step further Thursday, announcing plans to develop a range of new devices and services for the market. The two industry heavyweights will create a mobile portal based on Microsoft’s MSN mobile service, develop new handsets based on the Windows CE operating system and […]

AOL Europe Thursday announced its AOL Germany property has exceeded 1 million subscribers. AOL Germany is the first of the AOL country-targeted properties to hit the 1 million mark outside of the U.S. It achieved the feat in four years — twice as fast as AOL’s take-off in the states, according to AOL Europe. The […]

CNET Inc. Thursday acquired metasearch engine SavvySearch Ltd for $22 million in cash and stock. CNET (CNET) will add the engine across its network, and expects the new addition to increase the scope and speed of user’s tech product and service searches. SavvySearch was founded in 1998, and has its own network of three sites: […]

A federal panel has called for proposals to form a new e-commerce taxation standard. The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce intends to create a structure for state and local taxation of online transactions, as well as international tariffs. The committee is investigating how online transactions are currently treated and how often sales are crossing state […]

Telstra Wednesday announced plans to join the voice-over Internet Protocol services fray with a new offering that will debut in December. Clarent Corp. (CLRN) will act as one of the main suppliers for the IP telephony network. The VoIP service will enable ISPs and Telstra wholesale customers to add voice products and services. Telstra (TLS) […]

An alert was issued Tuesday for two variants of the infamous Melissa virus, which took down more than 100,000 computers earlier this year. AVERT, the Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team, a division of NAI Labs at Network Associates Inc. (NETA), has ranked the new strains as medium risk viruses. Like their predecessor, the two new Melissas […]

Ericsson Tuesday won a $180 million British Telecom contract to supply the telecom with next-generation switch nodes, upgrading BT’s network to enable both narrowband and broadband Internet services. The agreement is part of a $440 million agreement which the two companies signed in January. The Swedish company will deploy up to 51 Ericsson AXE/AXD 301 […]

Sandpiper Networks Inc. Tuesday opened its European operations and announced plans to increase its presence in the global market. The company plans to build servers into 30 networks to create a global content delivery and local access system. Sandpiper formed an alliance with Protege, which has experience creating similar systems in North America, to build […]

Linux software distributor VA Linux Systems, book publisher O’Reilly and SGI Inc. Tuesday formed a partnership to bring the Debian GNU/Linux operating system to the masses by packaging the system into a CD-ROM book offering. The companies will donate all sales profits to Software in the Public Interest, a Open Source project non-profit which also […]

Having well established itself in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia’s Melbourne IT is now looking to take on the world. Internet Names WorldWide, the registration business unit of first round test-bed participant Melbourne IT, last week officially launched its channel partner program as part of an effort to market its offerings globally. INWW now offers wholesale […]

Putting its two cents into the online mortgage pool, GE Capital Monday debuted its mortgage lender site NetOriginate.com to offer brokers and lenders a series of tools to consolidate the loan origination process. Brokers can personalize their home page, to which various lenders can deliver customized rates and program parameters. Users can find credit reports, […]