Stafford Wadsworth

In March, one of Europe’s biggest automobile magazines, Auto-Bild, established an Internet site for new and used cars, where enthusiasts can select their dream car from among 3000 new cars online. The site allows customizing with 150,000 technical specifications and 500,000 optional extras. A portrait gallery with 3000 pictures lets surfers download a picture of […]

Deutsche Telekom this week presented “ServerPass,” a service that provides new security functions for Netscape users. ServerPass is part of a cooperative effort between the two companies. In the framework of cooperation between Deutsche Telekom and Netscape, Netscape servers will also be incorporated in Telekom’s Trust Center. Deutsche Telekom’s Trust Center uses Netscape server technologies […]

WebFinancier is a new system which allows you to surf the Web wherever you are and to pay for it. It can be used for Internet cafes, universities, libraries and schools, at airports or train stations. It counts the hits and accepts cash, recognizing just about every type of European coin. When the gray box […]

A handwritten love letter, for one thing. At CeBIT 99, the world’s top ICT event, one of the exhibitors has produced software to reproduce your handwriting online. PersonalFont will reproduce your own handwriting as a true-type font on a Macintosh or PC. New styles are custom-made for each client. The character of each single letter […]

March 7 was the 28th birthday of WDR1’s popular children’s TV program, Der Sendung mit der Maus, or the mouse program. A storm raged on the Internet, within 26 hours of its going live at 11:59 a.m., the mouse site had received 2400 e-mails and a total of 4 million hits on its first day. […]

multiMEDIA, Interactive Business Net’s magazine, publishes the rankings of the biggest German-speaking multi-media service providers every year. This year saw a major shift in the rankings. With a turnover of DEM 55 million, Siemens Business Services, Advanced Services and Media headed the list. The Siemens subsidiary earned twice as much as its nearest rival, the […]

STRATO-AG, a subsidiary of the TELES group, has taken the lead in the European market in Unified Messaging Services (UMS), one of the most successful value-added Internet services (VAIS) in the US. The company has signed a far-reaching cooperative agreement with UMS developer GeoNet, a subsidiary of the German Alternative Services Provider, TelDaFax-AG. The TELES […]

Trade magazine c’t magazin fuer computertechnik and the politically independent information and communication platform politik-digital are calling upon EU citizens to sign an anti-spam (unsolicited advertising via e-mail) petition. politik-digital believes the Internet should be a democratic instrument allowing citizens to influence EU political decisions. The petition, available on its site in Dutch, English, French […]

German company Gruner+Jahr Electronic Media Service (EMS) is setting up an extensive information and e-commerce platform for private and business travel on the Internet. Strategic marketing cooperation will be with car rental firm Sixt and airline Lufthansa. Each will provide direct online reservation options at www.travelchannel.de. Gruner+Jahr, 74.9 percent of which is owned by Bertelsmann, […]

German software house FAKTUM will be demonstrating digital signature applications at the CeBIT 99 tradeshow March 18- 24. In addition to the “HBCI (Homebanking Computer Interface) Internet Banking Solution,” attention will focus on the new “CryptoSeal” software, which allows encryption and a particular signature for any type of data, pursuant to the provisions of the […]

Federal telecom regulators in Bonn, Germany, have set the rate that Deutsche Telekom can charge its competitors for local network connections to consumers. The rate will be DEM 25.40 per month (US$14.70). It will be valid through March 21, 2001. This rate determines the amount of competition possible in local telecom networks. While there is […]

Germany’s Deutsche Bank has opened an online shop for users to make payments by credit card (128 bit-key, SSL-encryption), on account or using e-cash, Deutsche Bank’s Internet payment system for small amounts. This makes Deutsche Bank the first financial services provider with an online shop including integrated Internet payment. It emphasizes the bank’s leading position […]