Internet Business News articles from August 2004

Internet Business News archives from August 2004

Russian hackers attack UK bookmakers.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Russian police last week arrested a gang of alleged hackers, who reportedly hit a number of online bookmaking companies with distributed denial-of-service attacks. The hackers...

C-MI Labs makes anti-virus software available online.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD C-MI Labs plc, a provider of network security solutions, has launched C-MI Express, an anti-virus application which can be downloaded from the Internet and installed within minutes....

Crane Telecommunications introduces new website for NEC resellers.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Crane Telecommunications, a value added distributor, has revealed www.cranenec.co.uk, which is an online information resource for channel partners working with Crane's NEC Division....

Talisma reports says travel industry fails to provide adequate customer service online.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A failure to provide adequate customer service could endanger the success of online bookings for travel and holidays, according to an industry report by provider of multi-channel CRM...

Template and Route4 launch bundled web service for the charity sector.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web developer Template and Route4 plc, an information management company, are to jointly launch an integrated web development service aimed at charities and the not-for-profit...

British ADSL service providers sign up for Code of Practice.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new Code of Practice has been adopted by a group of broadband service providers in the United Kingdom. The service providers have said that the aim of the Code of Practice is...

Sun reveals more eBay auctions.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sun Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq: SUNW) has said that it has extended its presence at the online auction site eBay to include a series of new auctions. Sun said it planned to...

KooKu Wi-Fi hotspot installed at the Harrogate International Centre.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scotland-based Internet access solutions provider SECAura Ltd and KooKu, part of the Chronos Technology Group, have provided the Harrogate International Centre with a Wi-Fi hotspot...

Redbus Interhouse joins LINX Partnership Programme.(London Internet Exchange)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Redbus Interhouse, an independent colocation and managed services provider, and London Internet Exchange (LINX), a provider of Internet transmission services, have signed a...

Sophos issues warning about new Bagle worm.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sophos virus researchers have issued a warning about the latest Bagle worm, Bagle-AQ, which appeared late yesterday (9 August). According to Sophos, Bagle-AQ spreads as an e-mail...

McAfee raises risk assessment on new Bagle worm.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD McAfee Inc (NYSE: MFE), a provider of intrusion prevention solutions, has said that McAfee AVERT (Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team) has raised the risk assessment...

Multimap provides Storefinder for Powerhouse website.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Multimap.com, an online mapping services provider, has provided its Storefinder application for http://www.powerhouse.co.uk. The software reportedly helps visitors to the site...

REVIEW: IP Telephony Unveiled.(Book Review)
August 11, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD As IP telephony begins to be incorporated into the everyday running of more and more companies, this book details how the technology can be implemented in a variety of organisations....

ILOG'S Abramatic selected for World Wide Web Consortium Advisory Board.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software components and services provider ILOG (Nasdaq: ILOG) has announced that its chief product officer Jean Francois Abramatic has been selected for the Advisory Board of the...

CSG Systems delivers online billing solution to Bright House Networks.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CSG Systems (Nasdaq: CSGS), a customer care and billing solutions provider, has said that it has been awarded a contract from two divisions of Bright House Networks. Under the...

Banking customers prefer branch visits to online banking - report.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Market analyst Datamonitor plc (DTM.L) in conjunction with MORI Financial Services (MFS) has presented a report called "Customer Acquisition in UK Financial Services". According...

India's IT minister urges businesses to use .in domains.(Dayanidhi Maran)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD India's Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran has advised Indians to use in-domains for websites and e-mail IDs to popularise Indian identity around the world, according to...

Secura reveals free pre-registration for .sg domains.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Secura, an ICANN accredited registrar, has said that the company is accepting free pre-registration of sg-domains at second level. The .sg domain is connected to Singapore, which...

Fasthosts selects Vexira Antivirus for Linux.(Fasthosts Internet Ltd.)(Central Command Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Central Command, a provider of Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD antivirus applications, has been awarded a contract to provide Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a web hosting company in the United...

Macromedia ships Macromedia Web Publishing System, Macromedia Contribute 3 and Macromedia FlashPaper 2.(Macromedia Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) has made available the Macromedia Web Publishing System, Macromedia Contribute 3 and Macromedia FlashPaper 2. According to the company, the Web...

Haven and British Holidays to implement Tridion R5.(Amaze Inc.)(Bourne Leisure Group)(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Haven and British Holidays, part of the UK holiday company Bourne Leisure Group, have collaborated with Internet company Amaze to implement the Tridion R5 content management system....

Sophos warns of MyDoom-S.(Sophos Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Antivirus company Sophos has warned of a new mutation of MyDoom worm (W32/MyDoom-S), posing as funny photos. The MyDoom-S worm arrives in an email with the following...

New online auction frauds in UK.(ClearCommerce Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fraud prevention and payment processing solutions provider ClearCommerce has warned of a new online auction scam known as triangulation, which robs UK retailers of millions of pounds...

Labs2 Group signs agreement with Strangnas Energi AB.(Labs2 Group AB)(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish broadband services developer and provider Labs2 Group said on Tuesday (17 August) that its subsidiary Bredband2 AB had signed a cooperation agreement with the Swedish...

Frontbridge stopped more than 40m viruses in July.(FrontBridge Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD FrontBridge Technologies Inc, an enterprise message management and email security provider, has said that the company's TrueProtect spam and virus filtering service blocked 40m...

The Toyworld Group website wins award.(Brief Article)
August 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Shopcreator, a UK-based provider of e-business software, portals and hosted Internet solutions, has said that The Toyworld Group Plc, a UK toy retailer and a toy factory outlet...

Terremark Worldwide joins LINX partnership programme.(Terremark Worldwide Inc.)(London Internet Exchange)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Terremark Worldwide Inc (AMEX: TWW) has joined the partnership programme operated by the London Internet Exchange (LINX), which offers Internet users worldwide the prospect of...

Infonet Services reveals 12,000+ Wi-Fi hotspots.(Infonet Services Corp.)(wireless fidelity)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE: IN), a provider of global communications services, has made available more than 12,000 active wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) hotspots through its...

Vexira Antivirus for Linux selected by Fasthosts Internet.(Fasthosts Internet Ltd)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD antivirus solutions provider Central Command Inc. has announced that Fasthosts Internet Ltd, UK web hosting company, has selected Vexira Antivirus for...

EarthLink and Webroot release six-month SpyAudit Report.(Webroot Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Privacy, protection and performance software producer Webroot Software and EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK), an Internet service provider, have released their third SpyAudit Report, tracking...

Webroot launches Spy Sweeper v3.0.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Privacy, protection and performance software producer Webroot Software has launched the latest version of its consumer anti-spyware software, Spy Sweeper v3.0. According to the...

Three million broadband customers for BT.(BT PLC)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms services provider BT plc has announced it has reached three million wholesale broadband customers, with the last million coming in just six months. The three...

400% traffic increase at Olympic Websites.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online intelligence services provider Hitwise announced yesterday (18 August) that UK visits to Olympics websites have increased by more than 400 per cent in the past week. ...

Labs2 Group signs broadband agreement with Utsikt Linkoping AB.(Bredband2 AB)(Utsikt Linkoping AB)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish broadband services developer Labs2 Group said on Thursday (19 August) that its subsidiary Bredband2 AB had signed a broadband agreement with the Swedish regional cooperation...

Google raises USD1.67bn from public offering.(Google Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Search engine Google raised USD1.67bn yesterday (18 August), selling a total of 19.6m shares at USD85 each. The search engine is expected to start trading on Nasdaq with the...

New auction site offers buyers cash.(BidCents.com)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BidCents.com, a new online auction site, is offering buyers cash for joining. All new members are offered money for joining the site, money that can be used to pay for...

British online extension of printed magazine launches new section.(Hellomagazine.com)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hellomagazine.com, an online extension to HELLO! magazine, has launched a new section called "Who`s Who On British TV". The section reportedly has dozens of mini-biographies on...

Dabs.com partners with Dial-a-Phone to offer mobile phones.(Dabs.com Direct)(Dial-A-Phone Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK online retailer of computing and technology products, dabs.com, has signed a deal with mobile phone supplier Dial-a-Phone to include mobile phones on its shopping site. The...

Multimap joins UK Transport Department in road safety campaign.(Multimap.com)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online mapping company Multimap.com will host online adverts designed to increase awareness of the dangers of tiredness among UK drivers. Banners featuring advice to drivers...

NTA Monitor bulletin warns of 11 security risks.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security testing company NTA Monitor has issued a new risk bulletin report which identifies 11 different Internet software and system vulnerabilities, 50% of which are...

Telenor ASA to acquire Tiscali AS.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian telecomms group Telenor ASA said on Monday (23 August) that it had entered into an agreement with the Italian Internet services provider Tiscali S.p.a. to acquire its...

Sophos warns of new Rbot-GR worm.(Sophos Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Antivirus company Sophos has issued a warning about the new Rbot-GR worm, which spreads through network shares and installs a backdoor Trojan horse. According to Sophos, after...

Cubik highlights failure to provide accessibility on the web.(Brief Article)
August 25, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cubik, a content management solutions provider, has highlighted the ongoing failure of many organisations to address issues of accessibility within their web sites. According to...

Broadreach installs Wi-Fi access in Covent Garden, London.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Broadreach Networks Limited, a UK-based independent Internet location provider, has launched its ReadytoSurf wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access in London`s Covent Gardenpiazza. ...

Paynova AB posts 1H after-tax loss of SEK16.62m.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish Internet payment solutions developer Paynova AB issued its six-month report on Thursday (26 August), posting a loss of SEK16.62m after tax, as compared to a loss of SEK12.24m...

Extension of broadband reach will boost ecommerce - claim.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD DMSL, a distributor of solutions based on BT broadband services, claims that the extension of the limits for 512Kb/s and 1Mb/s broadband by BT is an opportunity for resellers. ...

Tumbleweed provides anti-spam solutions for Telewest.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Secure Internet messaging software provider Tumbleweed Communications Corp (Nasdaq: TMWD) has announced today that Telewest, a UK-based communications company, has implemented the...

Entanet presents new version of its site.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based business Internet services supplier Entanet has launched a completely updated web site at http://www.enta.net designed specifically to help the company's reseller partners...

FlyMe signs distribution agreement with Amadeus.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish low-cost airline FlyMe Europe AB, owned by Swedish investment company Array AB, said on Friday (27 August) that it had signed a contract with the Spanish-based global...

Bredband2 AB signs broadband agreement with Swedia Networks AB.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish broadband services and solutions provider Labs2 Group said on Monday (30 August) that its subsidiary Bredband2 AB had signed an agreement with Swedia Networks AB. Under...

Copper Mountain Networks implements VantEdge 3000.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Broadband access solutions provider Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMTN) has announced that Mpower Communications (AMEX: MPE), a facilities-based broadband communications...

Businesses without registered trade marks may miss out on .eu domains - claim.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Businesses without a registered trade mark could miss out on the registration of .eu domains that is set to start next year, according to Eric Ramage of Woking, UK-based trade mark...

SurfControl warns users of new spamming techniques.
August 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SurfControl (London: SRF), an enterprise web and e-mail filtering provider, has warned Internet users that Google, the Olympic Games and US Bank are being used by spammers to lure...

Microsoft to enter online song store market.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD This week software company Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is expected to enter the online music store market. The launch of Microsoft's online music store is believed to be...

Modern Times Group MTG AB to begin TV broadcasting over broadband.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish media group Modern Times Group MTG AB said on Tuesday (31 August) that its television broadcasting unit Viasat Broadcasting had signed a cooperation agreement with the...

E-mail voting raises security concerns.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US state of Missouri has announced that it will allow members of the military stationed overseas to complete their absentee ballots, then scan and e-mail them to the Department...