Internet Business News articles from January 2007

Internet Business News archives from January 2007

OneYearForSale.com launches.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Peter Sauer, a student at the Michigan College, in the US, has launched OneYearForSale.com. OneYearForSale.com is said to offer a year's worth of web time at the price of USD1...

'Happy New Year' worm spreads via e-mail.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A warning about a rapidly-spreading 'Happy New Year' worm has been issued by SonicWALL Inc (Nasdaq: SNWL), a provider of network, web, e-mail security and backup and recovery...

CIGNA unveils redesigned website with new health and financial content.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI), a provider of health care and related benefits, has redesigned the company's website at http://www.CIGNA.com. The new site is designed to be easier...

Autonet Mobile to introduce in-car Internet service.
January 2, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Autonet Mobile, an in-car Internet service provider, has unveiled plans to introduce a new wireless service that turns a car into a WiFi hotspot. The technology allows car...

Nominet launches consultation on proposed changes to Dispute Resolution Service.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Nominet, a .uk domain name registry, has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS), i.e. the way it handles disputes over the ownership of...

Results of Internet confidence and safety survey published by Trend Micro.
January 3, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Trend Micro Inc (TSE:4704)(Nasdaq:TMIC), a network anti-virus and content security software and services company, announced on Tuesday (2 January) the results of a new research study...

New Indian bookshop announced by SimplySpice.co.uk.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SimplySpice.co.uk, a UK-based online provider of products related to Indian food and culture, has announced the launch of the 'SimplySpice' bookshop. The company said the...

DiMA publishes report on online music consumers.(Digital Media Association)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Digital music consumers listen to more music, enjoy more new music, talk more about music and attend more concerts, according to a survey released on Wednesday (3 January) by the...

EnCirca announces 3m .travel domain names released for registration.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD EnCirca, a domain name registrar, has announced that 3m .travel destinations have been released for immediate registration. Until now, the registration of .travel domain names...

Lycos UK launches Lycos TV powered by ROO.(ROO Group Inc.)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD LYCOS.co.uk, an entertainment and communications portal, announced on Wednesday (3 January) the launch of Lycos TV, a video portal linked to Lycos.co.uk, powered by...

Point Topic claims 90% of UK households without Internet access would go straight to broadband.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Some 90% of the 10m UK households currently without Internet access would go straight to broadband according to the third Consumer Survey conducted last month by Ipsos MORI and...

Homeland Safety International launches new website.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new website has been launched by Homeland Safety International Inc (OTCBB: HSFI), a provider of homeland security solutions such as anti- and counter-terror security services and...

IPMobile and IPWireless start E-R7 field test.(Evolved Release 7.0)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A field test in the 2.5GHz band of TD-CDMA Evolved Release 7 (E-R7) system by software systems provider IPMobile and IPWireless, a developer of advanced next-generation mobile...

Shoe and handbag website launched by Amazon.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A shoe and handbag website has been launched by Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc, intended to enable the company to access the growing footwear and accessories market. Amazon...

Google works with China Mobile to provide search services.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet search engine company Google Inc has announced that it is working with mobile carrier China Mobile to provide mobile and Internet search services. According to Google,...

BitDefender's anti-spam engine awarded Checkmark Premium Certification.(West Coast Labs)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Antivirus software and data security solutions provider BitDefender announced on Thursday (4 January) that its anti-spam engine has been awarded the Checkmark PC anti-spam...

New social network aggregation service launched by ProfileLinker.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ProfileLinker, a social networking aggregation service, has launched its service which allows Internet users to aggregate their social network profiles on one centralised web page....

Chinese Internet users lose 10,000 domain names.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD About 10,000 Internet domain names were reportedly lost by Internet users in China following the earthquakes off Taiwan on 26 December 2006. According to China's official Xinhua...

Verizon Wireless announces network expansion to Grand Junction.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US wireless network operator Verizon Wireless (Verizon), a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE:VOD), has announced the expansion of its...

GEICO announces Spanish-language website.(Government Employees Insurance Company)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), a private passenger auto insurer in the US, has launched its Spanish-language website. According to the company, the new website,...

PRTC introduces online reservation system for Puerto Rico.(Puerto Rico Tourism Company)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An online reservation system has been introduced by Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), a public corporation promoting and regulating the tourism industry, to provide a one-stop...

Web2Corp launches advertising sales solution site.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An advertising sales solution has been launched by Web2Corp (OTCBB:WBTO), a web 2.0 technology company, providing a single location for marketers to purchase cost-per-click ads,...

Pew finds 55% of American teens use social networking sites.(Pew Internet Project)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Some 55% of Internet-using Americans aged 12-17 use online social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook, according to a study for the Pew Internet Project (Pew), an...

Groove Mobile and 24-7 MusicShop form music download partnership.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Groove Mobile, a mobile music commerce platform, has formed a partnership with 24-7 MusicShop for an online download platform. Through this alliance 24-7 MusicShop, a...

Dot VN reports strong growth in online '.vn' domain name registration.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dot VN Inc (Pink Sheets:DTVI), an online service provider of '.vn' (Vietnam) domain name registrations, has reported a significant increase in the number of '.vn' domain names...

AT&T Homezone service to offer Akimbo video-on-demand content.(Akimbo Systems)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Video-on-demand provider Akimbo Systems has said that, starting this month, its collection of thousands of video-on-demand titles will be available to subscribers of AT&T Homezone, a...

BT unveils BT Fusion Wi-Fi handsets.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BT Fusion Wi-Fi handsets have been unveiled by communications solutions and services provider BT, for use with the company's network of hotspots and Wireless Cities. BT said...

NYTimes.com introduces new blog 'Bits'.(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Media company The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced on Monday (8 January) that the company's website NYTimes.com has introduced 'Bits', a new blog at...

NYTimes.com relaunches travel site.(New York Times Co.)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Media company The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced on Monday (8 January) that the company's website NYTimes.com has relaunched its travel site at...

45% of online activity requires users to disclose personal information, reports Kaspersky Lab.(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 45% percent of online activity requires users to disclose personal or financial data, according to research from anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab released on Monday (8 January). ...

Verizon Wireless announces network expansion in New York and New Jersey.(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US wireless network operator Verizon Wireless (Verizon), a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE:VOD), has announced the expansion of its...

Redesigned website unveiled by BERTL.(Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BERTL, a provider of independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and workflow solutions, has announced the launch of its redesigned...

Vodafone introduces broadband package to UK.(Vodafone Group PLC)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Vodafone At Home broadband package has been introduced by mobile operator Vodafone, marking its entry into the UK broadband market. The service offers up to 8Mb/s unlimited...

Vonage signs Internet access agreement with EarthLink.(Vonage Networks Inc.)(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A three year contract has been signed by Vonage Networks Inc, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp (NYSE:VG), a provider of broadband telephone services, and EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK),...

Oneupweb reports online holiday sales statistics.
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online marketing company Oneupweb has issued a report on the 2006 holiday sales season, resulting from its tracking of consumer behaviour data from more than 1m consumers. The...

M15 introduces e-mail alert service for UK public.(Brief article)
January 9, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new e-mail alert service has been introduced by MI5 to enable the public to be warned about changes to the UK's security threat level. MI5 said Internet users registering on...

Free-hotspot.com claims world's largest free Wi-Fi network.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Free-hotspot.com, a provider of free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) services in Europe, has claimed that with over 600 HotSpot locations now in operation it represents the largest network...

Scalable Networks provides Internet security solution for Southampton FC.(Southampton Football Club)(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scalable Networks, an integrator providing secure, converged network solutions, announced on Tuesday (9 January) the completion of an Internet security solution for Southampton...

Delta makes website available for French speaking customers.(Delta Air Lines Inc.)(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shopping and self-service functionality available through the website of airline Delta Air Lines (Delta) has been extended to French speaking customers in Belgium, Canada, the...

New website launched by Yaoi Press.(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Yaoi Press, a publisher of graphic novels, has announced that it has moved its online sales to http://www.everythingyaoi.com. In addition the publisher said it will begin selling...

Eastpoint AB strengthens search engine optimisation activities, acquires Multi Innovation Group AB.
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish IT company Eastpoint AB said on Wednesday (10 January) that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Internet services company Multi Innovation Group AB (MIG). MIG,...

UK government to close 551 websites.(UK Cabinet Office)(Brief article)
January 10, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Some 551 websites are to be closed by the UK government, according to the Cabinet Office, with government information to be processed through the main Directgov and Business Link...

UK Training and Development Agency for Schools launches online help to develop school support staff.(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An online guide to help school leaders plan and implement training for their support staff in language, literacy and numeracy skills has been launched by the UK Training and...

National Archives makes historical passenger sailing lists available online.(National Archives and Records Administration)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Passenger manifests detailing long-distance trips made from British ports from 1890 to 1960, have been released by the National Archives, to be made available online through the...

BBC to launch social networking websites.(British Broadcasting Corporation)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has revealed its intention to launch social networking websites to boost its online presence, based on brands such as Top Gear and BBC Good...

Mamma.com enters into search distribution agreement with Thomson Local.
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mamma.com Inc (Nasdaq:MAMA), a provider of Internet search and online advertising, announced on Thursday (11 January) that the company has entered into a search distribution...

Version One launches redesigned website.(Brief article)
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A redesigned and improved website has been launched by Version One, a document management and imaging software author, at http://www.versionone.co.uk. Version One said the...

8x8 announces master reseller agreement with World Telecom Group.
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 8x8 Inc (Nasdaq: EGHT), a provider of Packet8 residential, business and video Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services, announced on Thursday (11 January) it has signed a...

New online tools introduced by ZipRealty.(Brief article)
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US residential real estate brokerage ZipRealty (Nasdaq: ZIPR) has introduced several new online search features to help consumers find the home they want. According to the...

NYSE plans pilot for real-time online stock quotes.(New York Stock Exchange Group Inc.)(Brief article)
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A pilot programme to introduce real-time stock quotes to Internet users is reportedly being planned by the New York Stock Exchange Group Inc (NYSE). The NYSE is expected to file...

Express Auctions on uBid.com now feature extended hours and more product categories.(Brief article)
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD uBid.com Holdings Inc (OTCBB: UBHI), the parent company of online auction site uBid, has said that the site's Express Auction platform has been expanded. Express Auctions are...

Napster to replace AOL Music Now as AOL's online music service.(America Online Inc.)(Brief article)
January 12, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online music service Napster Inc has been signed up by Internet company AOL, a division of Time Warner Inc, as its exclusive online music subscription service, replacing AOL Music...

LowFares.com acquired by Oversee.net.
January 13, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD LowFares.com, a travel product comparison website, has been acquired by media company Oversee.net. LowFares.com provides a side-by-side comparison of prices from various travel...

JobsInTheUS.com launches JobsInMS.com in Mississippi.(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JobsInTheUS.com, an Internet recruiting company in the Northeast of the US owned by Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC), has announced the launch of JobsInMS.com (Mississippi),...

Mazda launches online museum.(Mazda Motor Corp.)(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Automotive company Mazda Motor Corporation has launched an online museum developed and created by its interactive agency partner Sarkissian Mason. According to the company, the...

Office for National Statistics unveils online inflation calculator.(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An online 'personal inflation calculator' has been unveiled by the Office for National Statistics in the UK, to illustrate how a person's inflation experience differs from the...

Verizon brings wide-area wireless broadband to Greater Tuscaloosa area and University of Alabama.(Verizon Wireless Inc.)(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US wireless operator Verizon Wireless (Verizon), a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE:VOD) (LSE:VOD), has revealed it is bringing its wide-area...

eBay to introduce security device for PayPal users.
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new tool, based on the One-Time Password Token product from security company VeriSign, is to be introduced for users of the PayPal online payment system by its online auction...

Adobe Acrobat Connect hosted web conferencing service introduced.(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Adobe Systems Inc (Nasdaq:ADBE) has introduced its new Adobe Acrobat Connect hosted web conferencing service. The hosted service offers "always-on" personal meeting rooms for...

BigString offers self-destructing video e-mail.(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BigString Corporation (OTCBB: BSGC), a provider of user-controllable e-mail services, has launched the beta release of video e-mail that can be programmed to 'self-destruct'. ...

eFinancialCareers.com announces Middle East site.(Brief article)
January 16, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD eFinancialCareers.com, a finance recruitment website, has announced the launch of a new site in the Gulf region. According to the company, the new website,...

Adesso Systems announces free Tubes social sharing application.(Brief article)
January 17, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Adesso Systems, a provider of content replication and collaboration solutions, announced on Tuesday (16 January) that Tubes, its social sharing application, is now available for free...

AirGATE announces updated website.(AirGATE Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
January 17, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD AirGATE Technologies Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Change Corporation (OTCBB: XCHC), a provider of vertical market applications utilising RFID and wireless, intelligent sensor...

MySpace to introduce free parental notification software.(Brief article)
January 17, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Free parental notification software is to be introduced by the online social networking website MySpace.com, owned by News Corp, in an attempt to placate government critics in the...

Mexicana de Aviacion reveals new website.(Brief article)
January 17, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mexico's Mexicana de Aviacion airline has announced the launch of its new website at http://www.mexicana.com. According to the carrier, the site is not only more efficient but...

US Department of Defense introduces news format for mobile devices.(Brief article)
January 17, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new mobile-device-friendly format for current news and information, designed to enable quicker, easier access, has been introduced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). The...

BT launches BT Workspace.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief article)
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications company BT has launched its new BT Workspace online as one of its 'Business Essentials' range of services designed for SMEs. According to the company, BT...

Wikiseek search engine for Wikipedia introduced by Searchme.(Brief article)
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Search company Searchme announced on Wednesday (17 January) the launch of Wikiseek, an improved search engine for the Wikipedia reference site. According to the company,...

SurfControl switches to Akamai's systems for its Internet threat protection lists.
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Security solutions provider SurfControl (LSE:SRF) has said that it has moved its product download and threat list updates to the systems of Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq:AKAM), a...

IFPI reports digital music sales double to USD2bn in 2006.(Financial report)
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Worldwide digital music sales nearly doubled to about USD2bn last year and could amount to 25% of all global sales by 2010, according to the International Federation of the...

SimplySwitch reveals broadband offers savings over dial-up.(Brief article)
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Price comparison service SimplySwitch.com has revealed that consumers in the UK switching from a dial-up connection to broadband are almost certain to make savings, whether they pay...

Meebo IM service gains USD9m in financial support.(Meebo got finance from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Sequoia Capital)(Brief article)
January 18, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Meebo, a company which simultaneously enables users to view instant messages from four services, has revealed it has gained financial support from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and...

cScape selected by Royal College of Physicians for website review.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), a registered charity that aims to ensure high quality care for patients, has appointed Internet consultancy cScape to undertake a review of its...

Netintelligence launches Cloud Clean solution to block access to illegal sites.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Netintelligence, a provider of web based managed Internet security services, has launched its Cloud Clean solution, a network-based system which blocks access to illegal sites. ...

Yahoo! introduces 'Stars' feature for Yahoo! Answers service.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new 'Stars' feature has been introduced on Yahoo! Answers by Internet company Yahoo!, enabling users to rate questions considered of interest and importance to other members of the...

Peugeot unveils plans for online second-hand car sales.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Plans to start selling second-hand cars online have been unveiled by French car maker Peugeot, part of PSA Peugeot Citroen. Peugeot will add around 100 of its small 1007 sliding...

Trustive establishes in-bound roaming agreement with The Cloud.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An in-bound roaming agreement has been established between Trustive, a wireless hotspot access provider, and The Cloud, a wholesale WiFi network operator, in Europe. Trustive's...

New personal finance website from Yahoo!(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new finance website that focuses on personal finance issues has been introduced by Internet company Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO). Yahoo! Personal Finance, at...

F-Secure reveals 'Storm Worm' created to attack computers.(Brief article)
January 19, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD F-Secure, a security company, has revealed that computer virus writers have used an e-mail relating to the storms in Europe this week to attack thousands of computers. The...

Tate launches online appeal to buy Turner watercolour.(Tate Britain, JMW Turner's Watercolor paintings)(Brief article)
January 22, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An online "buy a brushstroke" appeal has been launched by the Tate Britain art gallery in an attempt to keep an 1842 watercolour by JMW Turner in Britain, after committing GBP2m of...

AT&T's YELLOWPAGES.COM makes local search enhancements.(Brief article)
January 22, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD YELLOWPAGES.COM, a subsidiary of US communications holding company AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), has revealed that it has made local search enhancements, making use of the facility easier for...

PlanaJourney application available on BlackBerry devices.(Brief article)
January 23, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BlackBerry users can now access detailed, up-to-date and accurate integrated timetable information for the UK, provided by JourneyPlan, a developer of technologies for PTI (Passenger...

Esociallife.com to be launched in February.(Brief article)
January 23, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD I.Q. Webquest, Inc (OTC Pink Sheets: IQWB), a provider of online dating services and entertainment, has announced that the beta version of its networking site, esociallife.com, will...

Baidu.com granted news service licence.(Brief article)
January 23, 2007... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A news service licence has reportedly been granted to Baidu.com Inc, a Chinese Internet search company, enabling the company to become an online news portal. The licence, which...