Maura Ginty

After years of staying out of the cheap PC game, Dell Computer Corp. jumped into the fray Tuesday with a sub-$1,000 PC that includes one year of free Internet access. The subsidy plan includes 150 hours of Internet access a month with additional hours priced at $1.50 each. Computers included in the offer start at […]

Expanding its presence in the European market, business-to-business electronic commerce solutions provider Ariba Tuesday announced plans open regional hubs in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Ariba’s already has some standing in the European e-commerce market through client agreements with Philips Electronics in the Netherlands and SAirGroup in Switzerland. “With our existing European […]

Furthering its plans to take on the global ISP market, PSINet Inc. Monday acquired two ISPs in Spain, Intercomputer and ABAFoRUM. Intercomputer develops electronic banking solutions as well as offering corporate Internet access, Web hosting and security services. ABAFoRUM, headquartered in Barcelona, provides Internet connectivity. ABAFoRUM is Spain’s third largest corporate ISP. Following in suite […]

In an effort to bring shoppers both online and into their wallets, America Online Monday rolled out the first phase of its Shop@AOL service, to be fully introduced across the AOL network by October. “We think the key to converting “window-shoppers” to online buyers is to understand the obstacles to shopping online and provide solutions […]

The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act faced strong criticism this week as it made its way through hearings before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The bill, drafted to make it illegal to register a trademarked domain name with the intent to sell it later, is being called unneccessary and even harmful by critics. Michael Froomkin, […]

Instant recipe for a bad day on the stock market: enter Alan Greenspan, add nervous investors fearing interest rate hikes, stir in warnings of an economic slowdown. Then sit back and watch big spender Amazon.com lead the Internet sector south. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index dropped 26.43, or 5.03 percent to 499.02 at midday. The market […]

Hitting cybersquatters where it hurts most, Network Solutions Inc. Thursday announced a new pre-payment model requiring domain-name seekers to pay for their .com during online registration. The current invoice system will no longer be available for most customers when the new policy is fully implemented in September. “Credit card payments have become the industry standard […]

Microsoft Corp. Thursday rolled out its MSN Messenger Service, a free Internet messaging service integrated with Microsoft services including the Hotmail free e-mail service, Outlook Express 5, NetMeeting and Internet Explorer 5.0. The MSN Messenger Service brings online message exchange to Hotmail’s more than 40 million users, and has decided to beat the competition by […]

More IPOs sprinkled on the sector today, led by MP3.com’s explosive race from the offering gate, as Net stocks rose on the prospect of earnings reports from market favorites AOL and Amazon. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index ended the day up 16.02 or 3.14% to 525.49. The Nasdaq Composite was up 29.48 to 2761.66 and the […]

StarMedia Network Wednesday bought Spain-based LatinRed, one of the largest Spanish-language free service networks on the Web. LatinRed provides a suite of free community services in major markets including Spain, the U.S., Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. LatinRed provides LatinMail e-mail, GratisWeb homepages, and LatinChat chat services, among other services. The company said the purchase reaffirms […]

Apple interim CEO Steve Jobs announced some serious new initiatives Wednesday: QuickTime TV (QTV), a network for Web-based video and audio and Apple’s AirPort Wireless Network for cordless laptop Net access. QTV integrates Apple’s QuickTime 4 Player software, Streaming Server software, the Apple/Akamai Technologies streamed content delivery service, and features streaming video content from leading […]

Internet IPOs were the only good news in the sector today, as earnings reports were met by a lukewarm response from investors. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index slipped further down to 24.91, or 4.66 percent, to 509.47. The Nasdaq Composite fell 98.11 to 2732.18 and the Dow Jones industrial index lost 191.55 to close at 10,996.13, […]