Internet Business News articles from March 2008

Internet Business News archives from March 2008

Maintenance Pack 1 for Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Server Enterprise Edition released.
March 3, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kaspersky Lab, a provider of Internet security software solutions, announced on Friday (29 February) the release of Maintenance Pack 1 for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Server...

Cavalier introduces Hi-Speed Internet service with Google Apps.
March 3, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cavalier, a communications company in the US, announced on Friday (29 February) the launch of its Hi-Speed Internet service with Google Apps, Internet search engine company Google's...

Intraware unveils new version of zAthlete.com.
March 3, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Intraware Inc (NASDAQ:ITRA), a provider of digital delivery and entitlement management solutions, introduced on Friday (29 February) a new version of zAthlete.com, its online network...

Exalead's online search functionality integrated into IDeA website.
March 4, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Exalead, a provider of search software for business and the web, announced on Monday (3 March) that IDeA, the UK Improvement and Development Agency, has integrated Exalead's online...

AmeriResource Technologies reports 214% increase in revenues for February 2008 by its subsidiary BizAuctions Inc.(Financial report)
March 5, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD AmeriResource Technologies Inc (OTC BB:ARRT.OB), which operates online auction drop-off locations that enables online sale of goods on eBay, disclosed yesterday (4 March) that...

New multimedia section launched on Barnes & Noble website.(Website overview)
March 5, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Barnes & Noble has launched a new section of its website, Barnes & Noble Studio. The Studio launched with two new web video series, Barnes & Noble Tagged! and Book...

iPhone platform introduced by GyPSii.
March 6, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GyPSii, a geo-location and social networking application for mobile phones and Internet devices, is now available on the iPhone from computer company Apple. According to the...

Immediacy launches Skoda's newly designed website.(Website overview)
March 6, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A newly designed website has been launched for Skoda Auto (Skoda), part of European car manufacturer VW Group, by Immediacy, a UK content management solution provider and part of the...

Omniture Inc and Baidu.com Inc report a strategic alliance.
March 6, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Omniture Inc (NasdaqGM:OMTR), which provides online business optimisation software that allows customers to manage and enhance online, offline and multi-channel business initiatives,...

Double Eagle Holdings Inc's portfolio company Ultimate Social Network Inc launches website with Michele Pommier.(Website overview)
March 6, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ultimate Social Network Inc (USNI), a portfolio company of Double Eagle Holdings Inc (OTC BB:DEGH.OB), a company previously engaged in investing and revitalising single family homes...

Denver International Airport blocks 'provocative' websites - report.
March 6, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Denver International Airport has announced that it has blocked a number of websites from its free Wi-Fi service. According to The Associated Press, the airport has taken the...

Whitespace Interactive develops website for Iceland.(Brief article)
March 7, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Whitespace Interactive, the new media division of creative consultancy Whitespace, has recently completed a new website for high street retailer Iceland. According to the...

New IT security services announced by Opal Telecom.
March 7, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Opal Telecom, the B2B division of The Carphone Warehouse plc, will be unveiling its IT security services WebController and MailController at two channel events in April, 2008. ...

PineApp to unveil three new products.(Brief article)
March 7, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD E-mail security and management specialist PineApp will be previewing three new products at the information security event, Infosecurity Europe 2008, on 22-24 April 2008 in London,...

Redesigned website launched by Visual Impact Imaging.(Website overview)
March 7, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Visual Impact Imaging, a provider of professional software for the Landscape Industry, reported on 6 March that it has launched a new, redesigned website,...

Google map-maker denied continued access to US military sites.
March 7, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Google Maps, the mapping website from Internet search engine Google, has reportedly been banned by the Pentagon from entering onto the site of US military bases. The ban was,...

Backgammon Masters game platform now available in 14 languages.(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The BackgammonMasters Game Lobby, an online game platform, is now available in 14 different languages including French, German, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Danish, Hebrew, Arabic,...

BackstageBroker.com event ticket comparison website launches.(Website overview)
March 10, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BackstageBroker.com announced on Friday (7 March) the launch of its event ticket comparison website. According to the company, BackstageBroker.com, available at...

NextPhase Wireless Inc completes installation of wireless broadband network for Irving Police Department.
March 10, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NextPhase Wireless Inc (OTCBB: NPHS), a developer of WiMAX-ready networks and provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, reported on 10 March that it has finished installing...

Adknowledge becomes Rackspace's 4000th European customer.
March 11, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web hosting services supplier Rackspace Managed Hosting announced on Monday (10 March) Adknowledge, an online behavioural targeting technology company, as its 4000th European...

WhiteHat Security and F5 Networks announce partnership agreement.
March 11, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD WhiteHat Security, a provider of website security services, and F5 Networks Inc (Nasdaq:FFIV), an Application Delivery Networking company, announced on Monday (10 March) a...

Hunton & Williams law firm retained by Onstream Media Corporation to expedite patent approval process.
March 11, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Onstream Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ONSM), which is an online service provider of live and on-demand Internet video, corporate web communications and content management applications,...

Mobile AA.com site enhanced by American Airlines.
March 12, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US based carrier American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) has announced that it has added several new features to the mobile version of its website at http://www.AA.com. The airline said...

Cogent selects IFL to host network infrastructure.
March 12, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IFL (Internet Facilitators Limited), a UK-based carrier neutral collocation service provider, announced on Tuesday (11 March) that it has signed a multi-year contract to host...

mobilePeople's liquid mobile search platform supports the iPhone.
March 13, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD mobilePeople, a local mobile search provider, has announced its liquid mobile search platform now supports the iPhone from computer company Apple. According to the company,...

Sonim announces software licensing agreement with Avanquest.
March 13, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sonim Technologies, a mobile handset manufacturer, announced on Wednesday (12 March) a software licensing agreement with Avanquest Software, a developer and publisher of business and...

Graphicstart.com launches.
March 13, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Graphicstart.com, a website aimed at designers, creative professionals, publishers and printers, has launched. According to the company, the site provides news, blogs, views and...

Fused Webcalls re-develops IP telephony services.
March 13, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fused Webcalls, an Internet telephony solutions provider and a part of the Fused Group, has re-developed its IP telephony services and is launching new products for the UK channel...

Chinese website launched by Emirates Airline.(Website overview)
March 13, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A Chinese website has been unveiled by Emirates Airlines at http://www.emirates.cn. The new website will reportedly offer a flight search and pricing system, showing passengers...

AOL enters agreement to acquire Bebo for USD850m.(Brief article)
March 14, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Global web services company AOL has revealed that it has entered into an agreement to acquire global social media network Bebo, which has over 40m members around the world, for...

Amazon.com launches new Facebook applications.
March 14, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New Amazon Giver and Amazon Grapevine applications for social networking website Facebook have been launched by online retailer Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq:AMZN), enabling Facebook users...

Expedia announces CarRentals.com acquisition.
March 14, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The acquisition of CarRentals.com, an online car rental marketing and retail company, which provides a broad selection of car rentals direct to consumers, has been announced by...

NASA adds interactive program to website.(Website overview)
March 14, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An interactive program has been added to the website of NASA, an organisation involved in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research, enabling users to discover...

Tomorrow Communications launches new website created by Black Sun.(Website overview)
March 17, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tomorrow Communications, a technical services company in the UK, has launched a new website created by Black Sun, a customer marketing arm of Black Sun Plc, a strategic, marketing...

Scientific Games announces two contracts with Nassau OTB.
March 17, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scientific Games (Nasdaq:SGMS), an integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries, has announced that it signed two new contracts with Nassau Regional...

New website designed by Airlock for BBC's WOTM series.(Website overview)
March 17, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Airlock, a digital agency based in London, UK, has announced that it has designed and built a website to support the launch of the new BBC Radio 4 landmark series World on the Move...

Nigerian scam spammers utilize Google Calendar, BitDefender reports.(Calendar)
March 19, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BitDefender, a provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced on Tuesday (18 March) that its antispam analysts have detected that Nigerian scam spammers are...

Sun Microsystems and Zmanda announce partnership.
March 19, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Technology company Sun Microsystems, Inc (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Zmanda, an open source provider of backup and recovery software, announced on Tuesday (18 March) they are partnering to...

Verizon activates new cell site in Walpole, New Hampshire.
March 19, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new cell site has been activated in Walpole, New Hampshire, USA, by Verizon Wireless (Verizon), a US wireless voice and data network operator and joint venture of Verizon...

Stoneware to integrate Google Apps in webOS 5.3.
March 24, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software provider Stoneware, Inc announced on Friday (21 March) the integration of Google Apps from Internet search company Google Inc in its upcoming 5.3 release of webOS, due to...

Bestfares.com reports on fuel surcharge increases.
March 24, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bestfares.com reported on Friday (21 March) that some of the top airlines have increased their international fuel surcharges by USD20 per round trip to European destinations. ...

ModSecurity v2.5 introduced by Breach Security.(Brief article)
March 25, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Breach Security, Inc, a provider of web application security, announced on Monday (24 March) the latest version of its open source ModSecurity web application firewall. ...

New application using Facebook Platform announced by American Airlines.
March 25, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) has announced the launch of Travel Bag, a new application on the Facebook Platform enabling users to share travel experiences with friends in their...

Quamut.com launched by Barnes & Noble.
March 25, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Barnes & Noble has announced the launch of its how-to website, Quamut.com. The online guides, which reportedly cover more than 1,000 topics, are commissioned by...

Boston.com partners with Google to enhance local search offering.
March 26, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Boston.com, the website of The Boston Globe, a division of media company The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), announced on Tuesday (25 March) the addition of Google's local search...

Fast Search & Transfer ASA signs search platform agreement with Japanese web site Gourmet Navigator.(Website overview)
March 27, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian real-time search solutions provider Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) said on Thursday (27 March) that it has received a search platform contract from the Japanese...

Sports Pro Games Ltd announces sponsorship agreement with News Group Digital.
March 27, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New mobile and online football gaming company Sports Pro Games Ltd has signed a sponsorship deal with News Group Digital. Under the terms of the agreement, Sports Pro Games Ltd...

European Hello Kitty online portal launched by Burda:ic.
March 28, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Burda:ic GmbH, an operator of PC online games and a company of Burda Digital GmbH, has announced the launch of the European Hello Kitty online portal, licensed by Sanrio Digital. ...

Video based e-learning site for healthcare professionals launched by StreamOn.
March 28, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD StreamOn.net Ltd, a provider of broadband multimedia, web-based Content Management and e-Learning solutions based in Northern Ireland, has launched a video-based e-learning site for...

Pronto! 2.0 introduced by CommuniGate.(Brief article)
March 28, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CommuniGate Systems, a provider of carrier-class Internet communications solutions, announced on Thursday (27 March) the availability of Pronto! 2.0, the latest version of its...

New Bamboo creates online children's Book Club for Scholastic UK.
March 28, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New Bamboo Ltd, a specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails, has created an online children's Book Club for Scholastic UK Ltd, part of Scholastic Inc, a...

No contract broadband introduced by Voipfone.
March 28, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Voipfone, an Internet telephone service provided by Inet Telecoms Ltd, is launching a no contract, unlimited usage, voice prioritised, broadband access service designed for both...

Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong deploys Critical Path's Memova Mobile.
March 31, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Critical Path Inc (OTC:CPTH), a provider of messaging software and services, announced on Friday (28 March) that Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd, a mobile telecomms...

Mobiqa, Village Cinemas Czech Republic and Febiofest partner on mobile phone ticketing solution.
March 31, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mobiqa, a mobile phone ticketing company, Village Cinemas Czech Republic s.r.o, a cinema operator and a branch of Village Roadshow Ltd, will provide a mobile phone ticketing service...

Verizon Wireless partners with MTV Networks.
March 31, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Verizon Wireless, a provider of wireless voice and data network and a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) (LSE: VOD), and MTV Networks (MTVN),...

Verizon Wireless provides access to MySpace Mobile on Mobile Web 2.0-enabled handsets.
March 31, 2008... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD MySpace, an online social networking site and unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc, and Verizon Wireless, a provider of wireless voice and data network and a joint venture of Verizon...