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Web portal and broadband access company Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) issued a statement Tuesday saying that it had filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Excite@Home asked the court to overturn a Portland, Oregon court decision that mandates all Internet service providers be given access to privately owned cable lines A Federa...

High-speed Internet provider Excite@Home announced today that it will pump another $40 million (US $) into Tickets.com Inc. -- raising its stake in the online ticket seller to $55 million Excite@Home's latest investment in the Newport Beach, California-based company is a strong vote of confidence that the Tickets.com's thriving business of selling ...

The day after Red Hat Inc. stock more than tripled on its initial Wall Street debut last week, Canadian software developer Corel Corp. said it expects its Linux revenue to skyrocket next year Corel announced that it was the latest company to hitch its future financial success on the free operating system by developing Corel Linux -- to be released ...

A new Web site launching Monday hopes to become the online version of the old "wanted to buy" classified ads. IWant.com is a site that acts as a posting place for buyers to list descriptions of items they are seeking. The site is designed to eliminate the shopper's need to search multiple sites for a product. At the same time, it gives sellers a way to be more proactive -- they can log onto IWant.com and look for shoppers they want to sell their products to, rather than waiting for hits to their Web sites...

Antagonistic forces could be listening in on your network and intercepting sensitive personal communications, according to a security advisory issued recently by independent online security firm and think tank L0pht Heavy Industries A hacker -- or cracker, in currently correct terms -- can essentially sit in between a user and an end host, in what ...

LookSmart Ltd., a Web directory and search tool, and iEscrow Inc., a provider of online escrow services, announced today that they have teamed up to distribute a new tool that will make it easier for webmasters and smaller sites to accept transactions online. The Buy It! Button, recently developed by iEscrow and distributed by LookSmart, enables users to accept credit card and cash orders online with no upfront investment or flat rate service charges...

Today, two travel-related sites have announced the launch of a new Web site, and a content agreement, with a major portal The first, Irvine, California-based Electronic Media Communications, announced the launch Monday of Tourandtravelnews.com, an Internet travel news distribution service.

AmericanGreetings.com Inc., an online card company that enables people to send birthday and thank you cards via the Internet, announced Friday that it has filed for a $60 million (US$) initial stock sale The Cleveland, Ohio-based e-commerce firm said it plans to use the money raised by the IPO for working capital, to pay royalties to its parent com...

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) senior vice president Sean Maloney, in a keynote address at LinuxWorld in San Jose, demonstrated how Intel's advanced Merced processor -- otherwise known as the IA-64 -- would work running on Linux in order to advance cost-effective and powerful solutions available to companies engaged in e-commerce "We are working hard w...

InfoSpace.com announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase INEX Corporation, a Toronto, Canada-based company that provides solutions for merchants to build, manage and promote online stores. This deal will allow InfoSpace.com to offer its affiliates tools to build e-commerce businesses Internet infrastructure company InfoSpace.com (N...

The online audio business continues to be a ripe field for mergers, joint ventures and strategic investments, judging by announcements from two audio download companies Monday. EMusic.com (Nasdaq: EMUS) struck a distribution deal with America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL), while AudioSoft International lined up strategic investments from several computer and technology companies, including Macrovision and Logitech...

Q What kinds of products or services do you sell at NECX Direct? A We're an online reseller of computer products. We really cover the spectrum of technology products from servers, desktops and notebooks, all the way down to cables, diskettes and paper for your Laser printer. All the products that you would expect from a full reseller, including pr...

This week, Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Justice Department each filed yet another legal brief in this never-ending antitrust saga fought over the software giant's past marketing activities. In the government's telephone-book-thick summary, it once again repeated a litany of charges that boil down to this: Microsoft engaged in a "broad pattern" of illegal practices to protect its Windows operating systems monopoly...

Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq: MGIC) announced that it has become a player in the field of Linux-based e-commerce solutions, debuting its eMerchant product for the increasingly popular open-source operating system (OS) at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose last week Jack Dunietz, CEO of Magic Enterprises, made the announcement at a press conferen...

Online advertising firm 24/7 Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFSM) this week expanded its European division, announcing 24/7 Suomi, a new Finland-based operation that will advance online marketing and e-commerce in the region The new operation will provide e-commerce and direct marketing opportunities, along with online advertising and sponsorship. Resources ...

Vancouver online auction developer Demand Ventures Ltd. (VSE: DVD) is looking to something much less tangible than collectibles or computer equipment for its next auction Web site. The company plans to launch Knexa.com, which stands for "Knowledge Exchange Auction," September 1st, to put a value on various bits of information and business experience...

Reviving a term popularized in the late 1970s by disco group The Village People, Internet Mall Group Inc. plans to launch Macho-Mall.com this Sunday Unlike the satirical song "Macho Man," Macho Mall is seriously trying to appeal to the many sides of male shoppers, promising "No Foof, No Poof, Just Man Stuff!" In case the studly slogan is not enough...

Buyingedge.com, a company that is attempting to shake up the world of online auctions, has gotten a vote of confidence from one of the Internet's biggest kingmakers On Thursday, buyingedge.com, which is a subsidiary of enterprise software developer Information Management Associates (Nasdaq: IMAA), announced that it has completed a $10 million (US$)...

After its corporate parent decided to join the Internet music transmission industry, rather than fight it, Sony Music's Japanese group announced this week that it would become the first Japanese company to sell music online Sony Music Entertainment Japan said it would start selling single releases from some of its recording artists at prices rangin...

An Alton, England-based company that has grand plans to offer free Internet information in towns and cities across the UK announced Thursday that it has signed a $31.4 million (US$) deal with NCR (NYSE: NCR) to provide 3,500 Internet kiosks TownpagesNet.com (AMEX: TPN) said the exclusive agreement calls for NCR to build and maintain the kiosks at p...