Thor Olavsrud

register.com Friday followed several lesser-known competitors into the free domain space, launching NameDemo.com, a service offering free one-year “test drives” of .com, .net, and .org domains. A domain registered with NameDemo.com comes with a free e-mail address and allows users to point their new domain names to the sites of their choice. Users also get […]

On the heels of last week’s acquisition of communications software maker Trillium Digital Systems, Intel Corp. Thursday made further inroads into the voice sector, acquiring DataKinetics Ltd., supplier of Signaling System 7 hardware and software. Intel said it would pay cash for the privately-held British company. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected […]

Business-to-business messaging service company Critical Path Inc. late Tuesday cemented a deal to acquire eBusiness infrastructure software provider PeerLogic Inc. for about $416 million in stock. Critical Path will issue 6.4 million shares of its common stock and assume all outstanding PeerLogic options. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. Critical Path […]

Seeking to shore up its vertical sports gear portal MVP.com Tuesday cemented a deal to acquire outdoor sports outfitter PlanetOutdoors.com. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but MVP.com said PlanetOutdoor’s financial backers will invest additional funding in the combined company. Because PlanetOutdoors.com already has strong brand equity, MVP.com said it would continue to maintain […]

Citigroup Monday declared itself the latest entrant in the business-to-business marketplace with the formation of FinancialSettlementMatrix.com Inc., a joint venture with Enron Broadband Services, i2 Technologies, S1 Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. Each company will have an equal stake in the venture and will be represented on the FinancialSettlementMatrix.com board. FinancialSettlementMatrix.com will operate as […]

After missing the Aug. 1 deadline it set for itself in Yokohama a few weeks ago, The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers is giving registrants for new top-level domains less than a month to submit new proposals. The organization will accept proposals for new top level domains (TLDs) beginning Sept. 5. While the […]

After testing the waters with the B2B Commerce Network (BCN) last year, American Express Co. Thursday dove in to the e-commerce marketplace with the help of Ventro Corp.. The two companies jointly formed MarketMile LLC, an Internet-based marketplace that will allow companies to buy and sell business products and services — from office and industrial […]

The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers has unveiled a list of 18 candidates to fill five at-large director positions. ICANN’s board is in charge of administering and implementing changes to the domain name system. The at-large directors are intended to speak for ICANN’s at-large members, a group of Internet users rather than representatives […]

Barring non-Euclidian geometry, most high school math students know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. AltaVista Co. is aiming to become that line for the Web with Wednesday’s launch of a retooled search and navigation platform. The new design is geared to providing a streamlined interface with one-click access to […]

Liberty Media Corp. and Vulcan Ventures Inc. Tuesday sealed a deal allowing them to take up to a $190 million stake in priceline.com. Company founder Jay Walker sold the stock to the firms in a deal which allows them to buy 8 million shares of priceline.com common stock by Aug. 1, 2001 and no later […]

Cisco Systems Inc. continued its recent spate of acquisitions Tuesday with an agreement to buy wireless software maker IPMobile Inc. for $425 million in stock. IPMobile specializes in third-generation networks, which Cisco believes will lead to new and innovative wireless data and voice services such as the convergence of Internet-related data services and mobile wireless […]

Redback Networks Inc. Monday struck a deal to acquire Canada’s Abatis Systems Corp. for $636 million in common stock. Redback , a provider of advanced networking systems, is banking that Abatis’ service creation and management tools will be the key components it needs to drive service deployment of its “new access network” by cutting the […]