Paul Nicholls

In a move aimed at boosting its offerings, portal site Snap partnered with Deja News to provide users with active Internet discussion forums. By clicking on message boards located within specific topic directories, Snap users can read and search messages on a variety of subjects and add their own. Links to Deja News will also […]

Amazon.com Inc. Thursday made its official foray into the European e-commerce arena with the launch of sites in Germany and the U.K. The European sites replace sites formerly operated by ABC Bucherdienst in Germany and Bookpages Ltd., in the U.K. Amazon.com acquired both firms in April. Last month Amazon expanded an agreement with Yahoo! Inc., […]

Zona Research Inc. launched the Zona Enterprise Usage Study (ZEUS), a new Internet industry study that tracks data on corporate deployment strategies, budgets and technology preferences. The quarterly studies will “present a compelling picture of the Internet marketplace as it is now and will be 6, 12, and 24 months in the future,” Zona said. […]

A new Internet marketing company named CommunityReach will offer long distance phone service at 10 cents per minute 24 hours a day, with a commitment to donate at least 5% of its revenues to nonprofit organizations that its customers choose. CommunityReach in Bethesda, MD will be led by Mark Shriver, a former executive with Qwest […]

Kapenda Corp. launched InterCOL.net, an independent online source for verification of the legitimacy of Internet-based businesses and charitable organizations. InterCOL independently verifies supplied company information, then issues a hyperlinked virtual seal that helps prospective buyers make informed online purchasing decisions when dealing with Internet-based businesses and charities, the company said. Companies with verified data are […]

Touted as a platform for knowledge-enabled enterprise applications, Intraspect Software Wednesday released version 2.0 of its Intraspect Knowledge Server. IKS 2.0 is aimed at both enterprise clients as well as system integrators. New in the latest version is the knowledge agent service which enables subscribers to receive software updates through integrated “push” and collaboration technology. […]

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Downloadable music company GoodNoise Corp. in Palo Alto, CA has signed agreements to acquire privately held Nordic Entertainment Worldwide in Napa, CA and Creative Fulfillment Inc. (Emusic.com) in Santa Monica. Nordic is the leading provider of downloadable music on the Internet, GoodNoise said. Nordic was the first Web site to sell digitally downloadable music and […]

Internet marketer AllnetServices.com Corp. Wednesday announced separate marketing agreements with barnesandnoble.com, Inc. and CDnow. The company cybermall site, AllnetDirect.com, will become an affiliate of barnesandnoble.com. The site will also participate in and promote Barnes & Noble sweepstakes, contests, and special promotions. The CDnow affiliation will be linked to goingonce.net, Allnet’s auction site. Areas will include […]

Trying to increase its share of pre-recorded music sales, Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday signed an agreement with OnRadio (formerly ElectricVillage) to sell music through OnRadio’s nationwide network of radio station Web sites. Under terms of the agreement, Amazon.com will have exclusive rights to sponsor the playlists on the radio stations’ sites, and to sell music from […]

Network Associates Tuesday announced a new firewall technology allowing system administrators to easily change the type of traffic that can flow through corporate networks. The advancement, known as adaptive proxies technology, will be featured in its Gauntlet Firewall 3.0 for Windows NT product, slated for release later this month. It will also be available on […]

BITS Inc. delivered WorldWide Merchant Version 3.0, with new features that include a real-time online catalog editor, online order management , seven shipping options including InterShipper, custom tax tables, credit card processing through CyberCash, and consumer order and shipment tracking. The catalog editing tool and order management system provide real-time Internet processing. The client software […]