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In a move that will surely increase its monthly traffic, one of the Internet's leading gay and lesbian portals announced the launch of a co-branded site with Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) Thursday San Francisco-based PlanetOut said the co-branded site will feature gay and lesbian news and travel features, daily interactive polling, headline news and d...

Last week, American Express gave online banks, insurance companies and travel agencies an abrupt wake up call when it suddenly flexed its Internet muscles The world's largest credit card company said that it would begin pumping $250 million (US$) a year into expanding its Internet presence by improving its existing Web sites and introducing new pro...

Books have stood the test of centuries relatively unchanged, except for the minor advancement of paperback covers. Online media distributor Kanakaris Communications Inc., however, is convinced there is a market for books without bindings, delivered via the Internet. The operator of KKRS.net launched two new outlets on the site Wednesday to sell full-length books and movies that can be downloaded to computers...

Leveraging 20 years of success in the cable television business and powerful contacts in the TV and computing industries, BET Holdings is taking its Black Entertainment Television brand to the Web with BET.com. BET Chairman Robert Johnson lined up Microsoft Corp., Liberty Digital L.L.C., News Corp. and USA Networks Inc. to fund the joint venture with $35 million (US$) in start-up money. The partners also agreed to provide millions of dollars in kind support to market the new Web site...

Fueled by a surge in threats to the security and integrity of e-commerce and other Web sites, the Worldwide market for Internet security software will reach $4.4 billion (US$) by the end of 1999, according to an International Data Corp. (IDC) report released this week The report -- "Internet Security Software: 1999 Worldwide Markets and Trends" -- ...

As the business of buying and selling in cyberspace continues to mature, online companies are also adjusting their advertising and marketing strategies to lure increasingly savvy buyers. Companies will not stop buying online ads, a new report from Forrester Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) says, but they will base their decisions more directly on the results those ads garner...

In a move that will surely increase its monthly traffic, one of the Internet's leading gay and lesbian portals announced the launch of a co-branded site with Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) Thursday San Francisco-based PlanetOut said the co-branded site will feature gay and lesbian news and travel features, daily interactive polling, headline news and d...

Modem Media.Poppe Tyson (Nasdaq: MMPT), which builds and markets online businesses for large companies, has landed another significant deal from a corporate heavyweight. Today, Modem Media announced that General Electric (NYSE: GE) has committed to a contract worth more than $11 million (US$) through September 30, 2000 Under the terms of the contra...

Last week the leadership of both eBay Inc. and E*Trade Group Inc. did little to inspire stockholders -- or help the price of their shares from falling ebay, the No. 1 online auctioneer, had yet another system crash which lasted more than nine hours -- pushing shares of its stock down 10 percent. At almost the same time news came that two top E*Trad...

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it's pumping $15 Million (US$) into DSL.net Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet service, in order to deliver a MSN portal to small and medium businesses This comes just one week after New Haven, Connecticut-based DSL.net had postponed its initial public offering -- due to market conditions. Microsoft's i...

Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), announced major moves into the Linux business market this week at LinuxWorld in San Jose, detailing strategic partnerships with divisions of Caldera, Inc The Tempe, Arizona-based provider of embedded computing technology disclosed what it calls a Unified Linux Strategy, "that ...

An influential Jewish organization issued a report this week accusing leading online book sellers, Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, of selling hate books in Germany, a violation of that country's laws The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused both companies of selling a number of books that are banned in Germany under that country's strict anti-propaga...

On a relatively quiet day in mid-August -- a period when it seems half the country is on vacation and the other half is still unpacking the car -- the subject of auto sales was the driving force in e-commerce news circles: Online car-shopping site Autoweb.com announced Wednesday that it would add direct sales of new cars to its dealer referral serv...

Recognizing that consumers have taken a shine to electronic ticketing, and that airlines can save money in the process, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that they will introduce a system that will allow airlines around the world to exchange electronic tickets The new system is expected to be in ...

Online toy retailer eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS) has had a presence on America Online (NYSE: AOL) for two years already. Now that presence is going to get a lot bigger -- and more expensive. Today, eToys announced that it has expanded its marketing relationship with AOL with a new three-year $18 million agreement Under the terms of the deal, eToys will be ...

General Motors Corp. announced today that it has formed an independent unit called "e-GM," which will be charged with expanding the company's presence in cyberspace -- plus developing new products One of its projects will be the introduction of "Web Car," a vehicle loaded with voice-activated Internet access, scheduled to be released by the end of ...

Microworkz.com Corp. announced late last week that it would begin offering free Internet access to all personal computer users in the U.S. beginning October 31, 1999 The Seattle-based firm, which makes the $199 iToaster device to access the Internet, said that as a result of a $300 million (US $) deal with AT&T, it will offer 150 hours a month of I...

In two separate deals this week, online music service Tunes.com is reaching out to TV viewers and radio listeners in attempts to build up its customer base. Tunes.com announced a deal Monday with Clear Channel Communications to promote its Web site via Clear Channel's TV, radio and outdoor billboard advertising avails. On Tuesday, the company announced a separate deal with Road Runner to create a co-branded music section on the cable Internet service...

When Red Hat Inc., a seller of Linux software, makes it's debut on Wall Street this week, the world will be watching to see if the much-touted Microsoft-killer passes its biggest test of date: getting investors to pump money into it Aside from the cult-like exuberance of Linux devotees, this will be the first time the operating system has faced the...

TurboLinux previews its new high availability clustering Web server this week at the Linux World Conference in San Jose, pushing the viability of high-end open-source solutions for e-commerce The TurboCluster Server, which has been ported to the Alpha Processor, is a "breakthrough for Linux," stated Cliff Miller, CEO of TurboLinux. "More and more o...