Internet Business News articles from January 2002

Internet Business News archives from January 2002

Research from Interactive Bureau looks at good and bad UK web sites.
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Interactive Bureau, a UK-based web strategy and design company, has completed research looking into the best and worst of UK companies. The research showed that half of the...

New web site about northern lights launched.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Norwegian Space Centre at Andoeya has established a web site to make Norway known as the Land of the Northern Lights. The site at http://www.northern-lights.no tells all...

Book examines Internet relationships phenomenon.(Online and Personal: The reality of Internet relationships)(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book by authors Sue Morris and Jo Lamble looks at the growing phenomenon of relationships developed over the Internet. 'Online and Personal: The reality of Internet...

Central Command issues list of top viruses for December 2001.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PC anti-virus software provider Central Command Inc has released its list of the most frequently occurring viruses for December 2001. At the top of the list was...

Survey shows more American women than men shopped online for gifts in 2001 holiday period.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new survey carried out by Pew indicates that women overtook men in the US when it came to shopping online during the holiday season. The results showed that out of the 29m...

Old workmate finding feature for Friends Reunited web site.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Friends Reunited, the online reuniting service, will launch a new section allowing subscribers to trace old workmates. The new section will reportedly take advantage of the same...

Religion and astronomy sites experienced increased visitors shows new survey.
January 2, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Astrology and religion web sites are attracting increasing numbers of Internet users according to a survey from Nielsen/NetRatings. The results from the survey showed that over...

Instant Messenger security flaw to be fixed within days, claims AOL.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet company America Online (AOL) has announced its intention to issue a resolution for a security hole found in its AOL Instant Messenger software within the next few days....

Toshiba reveals new Internet fridge.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Toshiba Corp has set the Japanese launch date for the first of its upcoming range of smart home appliances that link to the Internet. The first product to be made available will...

New UK 1901 census web site slows due to volume of traffic.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK census from 1901 - posted online on 2 January 2002 by the Public Record Office - reportedly ground almost to a standstill after receiving over 1m hits in the first three...

Sophos reveals top viruses for December 2001.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anti-virus company Sophos has issued a list of the most frequently occurring viruses in December 2001. The list shows that W32/Badtrans-B was by far the most prevalent, being...

Internet shrinks for only second time ever according to Netcraft survey.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to a monthly survey of the volume of web sites, the Internet grew smaller for only the second time ever between November 2001 and December 2001. The number of sites...

WorldPay survey shows euro adoption encourages online sales in the EU.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet payment processing company WorldPay has conducted a survey across 35 countries looking into the attitudes of the public towards the new euro currency. The survey found...

Norwegian authorities want to ban anonymous e-mail.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norway's national authority for investigation and prosecution of economic crime (Oekokrim) has asked the country's department of justice to consider a ban on the sending of...

New Forrester report examines broadband users in Europe.
January 7, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Emerging-technology research firm Forrester Research has completed a new report looking into the needs of European broadband users. The report showed that most broadband users...

Herts County Council delivers online services with help from Mediasurface.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hertfordshire County Council in the UK has turned to content management application software supplier Mediasurface Plc to assist in delivering services and information to local...

Nordea surpasses 1m Internet customer milestone in Sweden.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Nordic banking group Nordea reports that it now has 1,040,000 Internet customers in Sweden. Nordea says the target figure of 1m customers was reached in December, a...

UK citizens could soon be voting online, claims minister.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK's Leader of the House of Commons Robin Cook has claimed that Britain will be the first country to use the Internet for voting. Pilot schemes will be launched for local...

Platform Computing launches series of free educational webcasts.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A series of online education webcasts has been launched by distributed software company Platform Computing. The first webcast will take place on 15 January 2002 and will focus...

Kolumbus teams with health promotion organisation to introduce new online game.
January 8, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kolumbus, the Internet services provider subsidiary of Finland's Elisa Communications Corp, has partnered with the Finnish Centre for Health Promotion to launch a new game called...

Verisign acquires worldwide registry rights to '.tv'.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet address and security provider Verisign has bought the worldwide registry rights for '.tv' web addresses from '.tv' Corp International. Verisign reportedly paid USD45m...

1901 UK Census web site withdrawn due to massive visitor numbers.
January 8, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Public Record Office has withdrawn its 1901 census web site after receiving a warning from telecomms company BT that the entire telephone network in the UK could be...

Imark survey shows few companies utilising the Internet for supply chain management.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A survey completed by B2B media company Imark Communications has reported that some companies are still relying on outdated models of supply chain management. The survey...

Sophos warns of Shockwave Flash virus.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anti-virus firm Sophos has issued a warning about a new virus that has been found to be able to infect Shockwave Flash files used on web sites. The virus is known as the...

UK misses EC Ecommerce Directive deadline.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK government has admitted that it has missed the European Commission deadline for implementing the Ecommerce Directive. The Ecommerce Directive is the legislation that lays...

New unmetered Internet package launched in the UK by Virgin.net.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK ISP Virgin.net has launched a new unmetered Internet access package for the UK. The package - named Virgin.net 24seven - provides the subscriber with access to the...

New Garden Designer software set to be available on UK Style web site.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The web site from entertainment channel UK Style will launch a new feature in March for designing a garden over the Internet. Garden Designer lets a visitor to...

New service offers online access to Finland's population information system.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Finnish Population Registration Centre (Vaestorekisterikeskus) has opened a free online service that allows people resident in Finland to check the information the centre has...

Webmergers reports Internet-based mergers and acquisitions down in 2001.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD San Francisco-based Webmergers has reported that the number of acquisitions of Internet companies decreased between 2000 and 2001. According to the company, purchasers spent...

CIGNA customers to manage health and retirement plans online.(agreement with Yahoo! Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US employee benefits organisation CIGNA Corp and Internet communications, commerce and media company Yahoo! Inc have signed a multi-year agreement that should give CIGNA customers...

Nominet UK decides on XchangePoint to host domain name server.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Metro-area connectivity provider XchangePoint has been selected by UK Internet names organisation Nominet UK to host one of its five allocated domain name servers. XchangePoint...

Global Crossing release free IP address allocation software tool.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telecomms solutions provider Global Crossing has released a free Internet tool that can reportedly assist in the management and assignation of Internet Protocol address space. ...

Napster initiates beta trial launch.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online music web site Napster will launch a beta test version of its new service to 20,000 users randomly selected from a group that expressed interest in participating. The...

Snowdrops web site to be relaunched.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Swedish e-trading site Snowdrops, which was closed over a year ago, is scheduled to be relaunched at the end of this month. The beauty care web site was launched in...

Popularity of Swedish banks' web sites on the increase - report.(Nielsen//NetRatings' report)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD All of the big banks in Sweden except Foreningssparbanken had more visitors to their web sites in December than during the previous month, according to new figures from...

New report looks at consumers' online buying habits.(Retail Forward's survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to a recent survey carried out by Retail Forward, more Internet users in the US browsed for holiday gifts yet less actually made a purchase. The results showed that...

UK and Germany accounted for almost two-thirds of European Internet use.(Jupiter MMXI and Forrester Research surveys)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to Jupiter MMXI, web users in the UK and Germany accounted for almost two-thirds of all visits to retail web sites in Europe for the month of December. In total, 9m...

New '.me.uk' domain names soon to be available.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK Internet users will soon have the option of applying for a '.me.uk' domain name. Initially - in a bid to deter speculators - the registration fee has increased from the...

University and college reunion web site now online.(http://www.gradumates.co.uk)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site that aims to reunite UK graduate student friends has been launched by web consultancy Click Thinking. The site is located at http://www.gradumates.co.uk and...

New 4D Portal now available from 4D UK.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher of the 4th Dimension database development environment 4D UK has released 4D Portal. The 4D Portal is a web application that is intended to allow organisations to...

NetBooster launch new platform for search engine optimisation analysis.(Visability Platform)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 15, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web positioning company NetBooster has launched its Visibility Platform, a new campaign management service. The platform is web-based and may be used to consolidate into one...

REVIEW: Cheap Web Tricks.(Review)
January 15, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The only criticism I have about this brilliant book is that its title is misleading. 'Cheap Web Tricks' contains so much more than just tips on frugal web site management. This is...

Most Swedish companies to increase usage of streaming technology - study.(by Telia)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet users can expect to see a lot more moving pictures and sound on the web before the end of the current year, according to a new study by the Swedish telecomms group Telia....

New IDC survey examines effect of integrating the Internet with enterprise applications.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An IDC survey suggests that European enterprises are in the process of taking a new global approach to the Internet and aiming for integration of Internet technologies with...

Keynote releases data on delivery times for Internet retailers over Christmas period.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet services company Keynote Systems has been tracking online retailers' performances when it came to fulfilling guarantees and getting orders to customers in time over the...

IDC newsletter looks at Internet users worldwide.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A recent newsletter produced by IDC has pointed out that Western Europe has more Internet users than the US but less of the market share of e-commerce. According to the...

TechNet lobby group appeals for more emphasis on high-speed Internet access.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A technology lobbying group from Silicon Valley has appealed to the technology industry and government policy makers to make high-speed Internet access a priority for the US. ...

Yankee Group survey examines US households with a PC and no Internet access.
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new report from Yankee Group has been looking at the proportion of US Internet users with PCs at home that choose not to have Internet access from their home PC. It was...

New '.name' TLDs available now.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD London-based technology infrastructure company Global Name Registry has announced the immediate availability of the '.name' Top-Level Domain. The '.name' suffix is intended...

Goldfish E-tail Price Index shows increasing cost of online goods.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to the Goldfish E-tail Price Index the price of goods sold online rose by 0.6% in December. The 0.6% rise is the largest single monthly increase in the past six...

Bowstreet aims to get businesses' web strategy on track with launch of new FastTrack package.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web services platform company Bowstreet has launched a Web Services FastTrack package of web services software, training and professional services. Customers purchasing the Web...

University of Maryland survey examines popularity of government web sites.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A recent survey on US e-government, carried out by the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, has found that 55% of US online adults visited a government...

Self-installation ADSL package now available from BT.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British telecommunications operator BT has launched a self-installation broadband package. The DIY ADSL package will require customers to buy their own modem - reportedly...

British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Tool now online.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched a new web site featuring a tool that can reportedly predict an individual's lifetime risk of suffering a heart attack. The risk...

Zurich Financial Services launches new online bank with Bank of Scotland.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new online bank has been launched from Zurich Financial Services in conjunction with the Bank of Scotland, part of HBOS. The launch comes following a trial launch to Zurich's...

New UK city guides completed by e-street.(e-street.com)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Urban data capture company e-street.com has expanded its range of UK maps with the addition of three new city guides. The three new cities that are to be included on...

French broadband market realises 500% growth in one year.(Barometres Multimedia de Mediametrie research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD French broadband Internet connections have grown by 500% in one year as one in every eight homes now possesses a high-speed Internet link. In total, according to market...

KaZaA shuts down ahead of Dutch court ruling.(Brief Article)
January 18, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An Internet music service has been forced to shut down due to an upcoming Dutch court ruling which is expected later in January 2002. KaZaA has shut down its site and stopped...

ICANN fees boycott commenced by European Internet registrars.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A number of European Internet registrars have refused to pay fees to ICANN claiming that the group has not done enough to guarantee the stability of the servers that link domains....

Study of online shopping in US released by comScore Networks.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new report from comScore Networks has claimed that USD53.07bn was generated in 2001 from online consumer sales at US retail web sites. The report also states that USD33.7bn...

ARS study shows increased cost of high-speed Internet access in 2001.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new report carried out by California-based ARS has found that customers paid more for high-speed Internet access in 2001 than 2000. The report showed that prices for cable...

Afilias starts crackdown on bogus '.info' domain name holders.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Afilias, the organisation that runs the '.info' domain, is set to issue challenges to individuals or organisations that the company claims may have obtained their domain name using...

Green Cathedral works with TotalFinaElf for online corporate presence.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Digital media agency Green Cathedral has been chosen by TotalFinaElf to create a new web site for all of its UK operations. An extranet has been completed as phase one of the...

New free ISP services package from UKServe.net.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Domain name, web site and e-mail services provider UKServe.net has launched a new product named CO2. CO2 is designed as an upgrade to traditional free ISP services and provides...

Symantec launches new antivirus ISP service in Germany.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security technology company Symantec has partnered with ISP T-Online to provide a new Internet access subscription service. The service - T-Online Komfortpaket - will...

Two-way broadband satellite Internet service from Tiscali launched.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tiscali UK, a subsidiary of Internet communication company Tiscali, has launched a three month trial of its two-way broadband satellite Internet service. According to Tiscali,...

New AnswerThink report monitors adoption of automatic e-mail response systems.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A report carried out by AnswerThink has revealed that in 2001 91% of US retail web sites had automatic e-mail response systems in place. This figure is up from 81% in 2000. The...

Women adopting the Internet at a faster rate than men claims new survey.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new survey from Nielsen/NetRatings has found that women are taking to the Internet at a faster rate than men. The survey showed that the amount of women on the Internet had...

Virus disturbs Iceland's phone communications.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telephone communications between Iceland and abroad went down temporarily on 17 January, after a virus had invaded the computer system of the Icelandic telecomms services provider...

Student accommodation web site launched.(http://www.accommodationforstudents.com)(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site has been launched that is offering students the chance to search for suitable accommodation during their time at university. Accommodation for Students can be...

Gartner predicts increasing revenue for online advertisers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 23, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GartnerG2 has predicted that the US online advertising market will grow from USD7.9bn in 2001 to USD18.8bn by 2005. The estimates are the result of a number of interviews with...

New music web site launched by Universal.(Music For The World site features 50,000 tracks from 3,500 albums)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Universal has launched a web site that offers visitors the chance to access audio clips from its entire music catalogue. The Music For The World site features 50,000 tracks...

Web modules based on XML Web Services standards now available from Xara Online.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software developer Xara Online has released a new range of connectable web modules built on the XML Web Services standards. Each module is a hosted web page add-on that users...

COR Internet Banking Solutions launches new Internet banking service.(IBS Corporate is a Java-based corporate banking platform)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The e-banking division of COR Financial Solutions, COR Internet Banking Solutions, has launched a new packaged Internet banking service, IBS Corporate. IBS Corporate is a...

BTopenworld launches classical music online subscription service.(BTopenworld Classical)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The mass-marketing Internet division of BT Plc, BTopenworld, has launched a new online music subscription service for classical music. BTopenworld Classical can be found at...

Parks Associates survey shows what broadband applications consumers want.(Brief Article)
January 24, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new survey has been completed by Parks Associates looking at the interest of broadband home consumers in a number of possible applications. Out of all those high-speed...

European airlines launch online travel agency.(Brief Article)
January 24, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Nine European airlines have launched an online travel agency - Opodo - which aims to offer low-cost travel tickets combined with high levels of customer service. Aer Lingus,...

CompaqNET customers move to BTopenworld.(Brief Article)
January 24, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT solutions provider Compaq Computer Corp has transferred customers of its CompaqNET ISP to BTopenworld, the Internet division of BT Plc. In total 18,000 customers will be...

Site Intelligence survey claims web sites aren't gathering enough customer information.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A recent survey carried out by web site visitor intelligence company Site Intelligence has claimed that e-commerce strategists in FTSE 350 companies have little or no...

Pricequotesdirect.com price comparison web site launches.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new service has been launched that is aimed at providing customers with an online price comparison guide. The service - called Pricequotesdirect.com and located at...

New web site for the Bingo Association.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Bingo Association has launched a new web site aimed at promoting the interests of the licensed bingo industry in the UK. Included on the site is a mix of industry specific...

VeriSign reports slowing growth of domain name registrations.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Domain name database administrator VeriSign has reported that the growth in Internet domain names slowed last year. It was found that there was only a 2% increase in...

New web site for STG Aerospace now online.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Aircraft safety technology company STG Aerospace has launched a web site that provides information online for new and existing customers. The site was designed by Norwich,...

New report from the e-tailing group looks at US retail web sites' shipping and handling charges.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new report from the e-tailing group has been carried out that examines the shipping and handling charges of US retail web sites. The survey found that 4% of all US retail web...