Internet Business News articles from September 2004

Internet Business News archives from September 2004

Opera browser to be available for Windows Mobile.(Opera Software)(Opera smartphone browser )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web browser technology developer Opera Software ASA has announced that its Opera smartphone browser will soon become available for Microsoft Windows Mobile software. One of...

TeliaSonera expands Skanova broadband service to municipality of Svenljunga.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish-Swedish telecomms operator TeliaSonera AB said on Wednesday (1 September) that its Skanova broadband service was expanding to the municipality of Svenljunga. The new...

Travel booking through Internet up in Norway - report.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian travel agency Star Tour has reportedly said that the number of travel bookings through the Internet in Norway had increased in July-August 2004. In June-August 2003...

Symantec joins Anti-Phishing Working Group.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Symantec Corp (Nasdaq: SYMC), a provider of information security, has joined the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry association committed to eliminating phishing scams. ...

Ignorance of shoppers helps online fraudsters - report.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A survey conducted by ClearCommerce Europe, fraud prevention and payment processing solutions provider, shows that online shoppers are unable to identify secure websites and in this...

Failure to manage e-mail is dangerous for organisations - report.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A report by Butler Group, an IT research and advisory organisation, shows that employees cannot be relied upon to manage e-mails and failure to implement effective e-mail management...

VIP offers free online delivery.(VIP Computer Centre Limited)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Components, peripherals and consumer products distributor VIP Computer Centre Limited (VIP) has announced it will be offering free next day delivery on all online orders over GBP750...

Sophos warns of a new Trojan horse.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Antivirus company Sophos has warned users to be wary of unsolicited e-mails claiming to contain photographs, as they may contain the Troj/BagleDl-A Trojan horse. The Trojan...

MessageLabs and Symantec collaborate on anti-spam service.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed e-mail security services supplier MessageLabs and Symantec Corp (Nasdaq: SYMC), a provider of information security, have announced a collaboration whereby the companies plan...

SOFTBANK BB launches software streaming service.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Japanese Internet infrastructure company SOFTBANK BB Corp. has launched its "BB Soft" software streaming service business, which initially targets the 4.28m users of Yahoo! BB...

More than 85% of e-mail in August was spam - report.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to Email Systems, an e-mail filtering company, spam comprised more than 85% of all e-mail traffic during August. According to the report, during August the spam was...

Nildram launches Connection Only Broadband package for ISPs and resellers.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK broadband service provider, Nildram, has launched Connection Only Broadband package for ISPs and resellers targeting the SME market. The Connection Only Broadband solution,...

3 and Ladbrokes launch 3G betting service.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK video mobile network 3 and Ladbrokes, a bookmaking firm, have announced the launch of their video mobile betting service. According to the companies, Ladbroke's Balls!, the...

Prevx launches free host intrusion prevention software.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Security software firm Prevx announced on 3 September the official launch of Prevx Home, a free downloadable host intrusion prevention software aimed to fill the security gap left by...

Easyspace acquired by iomart.(Easyspace Limited)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet and security service provider iomart Group plc has acquired the entire issued share capital of Easyspace Limited, a provider of domain names and web hosting services. ...

Danish railway operator to introduce wireless Internet services - report.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Danish railway operator DSB has reportedly said that it would begin introducing wireless Internet services on its train lines at the end of 2005. Major long-distance lines and...

Norwegian online banks have many security holes - claim.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hackers who want to access the Norwegian online banks will find nothing to stop them, according to professor Kjell Jorgen Hole at the Bergen University, Norway. According to the...

altoHiway to provide website hosting for Global Challenge Yacht Race.(Global Challenge Yacht Race)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD altoHiway, a UK-based Internet service provider for businesses, is to host the official web site for the Global Challenge Yacht Race. According to the company, the website will...

Workshare sponsors metadatarisk.org.(www.metadatarisk.org)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Workshare, a provider of content change applications for professionals, is to sponsor a new website, www.metadatarisk.org. The site is a public-benefit content security resource...

Star suggests third-party outsourcing for e-mail.(Brief Article)
September 8, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Constant e-mail availability is thought to be "very important" by four in five businesses, according to a survey carried out for Star, a provider of technology services to mid-sized...

Alternative to email, dmail, launched.(Dmail Limited)(digital mail)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dmail Limited has launched dmail, an alternative to e-mail. According to the company dmail is server-based, operates with a back-end SQL database and supports html text only. In...

Only 3% of SMEs take advantage of ecommerce - report.(small to medium-sized enterprises)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security testing company NTA Monitor suggests that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should invest in ecommerce, as currently only 3% of SMEs are doing business on...

Serebra makes agreement with Uganda to deliver e-learning cards.(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Serebra Learning Corporation (TSX VEN: SBR), a Canadian provider of e-learning products, has said that it has made an agreement with the Republic of Uganda to provide an initial...

World Wide Web Consortium issues SSML 1.0 as a W3C recommendation.(Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) 1.0)(Brief Article)
September 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet standards organization, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. SSML 1.0, based on...

Lateral creates new site for Cityspace.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK digital marketing agency Lateral has created a new business-to-business website for Cityspace, a UK urban digital networks provider, at http://www.cityspace.com. The content...

SurfControl ships new software products.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SurfControl (London: SRF), a provider of enterprise web and e-mail filtering, has released a product that will allow corporate IT managers to filter remote workers' Internet access...

Fortinet offers education against 'grayware'.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fortinet, a provider of ASIC-powered, network-based anti-virus firewall systems for real-time network protection, has said that the company is offering enterprise Internet users an...

Opodo optimizes its service using Mercury solutions.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business technology optimisation solutions provider Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQ), has announced that Opodo is optimising the quality and performance of its online...

Black Circles wins top e-commerce award.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK online tyre retailer Black Circles has won the E-Strategy Business of the Year Award at The 2004 National Business Awards for Scotland Awards. The key of Black Circles'...

Delta Air Lines launches web site for UK customers.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has launched a website designed specifically for customers in the UK - http://delta.com/uk. The UK site provides access to London- and...

Wireless switch revenue increases in 2Q04 - report.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD market intelligence and advisory firm IDC's EMEA WLAN Tracker report shows that the EMEA WLAN market declined by 10% in the second quarter of 2004 but is up 188% year over year,...

Retailers' email systems blocked by spam - claim.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to e-mail security company BlackSpider Technologies, spam makes up 83% of e-mails received by retail companies, as compared to UK average of 63%. The e-mail systems of...

NextGenTel AS wins IP VPN contract from Varner Group.(Virtual Private Network)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian broadband company NextGenTel AS said on Monday (13 September) that it would deliver IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) broadband communication to the Varner Group. The...

Caspian introduces P2P traffic control software.(Peer to peer)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IP quality of service systems developer Caspian Networks has announced a new peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic control product. With the P2P traffic control software, Caspian's...

Caspian Networks, CacheLogic and Shenick announce P2P traffic partnership.(Shenick Network Systems Limited)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IP quality of service systems developer Caspian Networks Inc, traffic management and network intelligence solutions company CacheLogic Limited, and Shenick Network Systems Limited, a...

Adblog introduces mobile phone compatible website.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Adblog has released a fully mobile phone compatible website. According to the company, buyers and sellers of new and used MP3 players, mobile phones, DVD players and other...

TechnoPhobia delivers online procurement system.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New media agency TechnoPhobia has delivered an online procurement system for OGCbuying.solutions. According to the company, the system is set to change the buying process for...

Canon FanFoto gallery presents amateur photos of UEFA Champions League.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UEFA Champions League website http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/ launched yesterday (14 September) Canon FanFoto, which gives amateur photographers and football fans the...

Shopping portal tempts consumers for Christmas shopping.(Bakanda)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bakanda, a UK-based cash rewards site, plans to provide online shoppers with a financial incentive this Christmas. The company has said that it intends to reward customers who...

London seminar on value-added broadband services planned.(Trade Department of the French Embassy)(Ubifrance)(Brief Article)
September 16, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Trade Department of the French Embassy in London and Ubifrance, a French agency for international business development, are organising a seminar in on the theme: "Delivery of new...

Number of broadband lines passes 123m - report.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to broadband information provider Point Topic, the number of broadband lines worldwide increased by almost 55% to over 123 million in the 12 months to 30 June 2004. ...

Secured eMail develops secure e-mail product.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD E-mail security company Secured eMail AB has developed software aimed at securing e-mail communications with the click of a button. According to the company, there is no need for...

New e-commerce minister urged to intervene in broadband conflict.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mike O'Brien, the new UK Energy Minister, whose responsibilities also include e-commerce, is urged to intervene in the conflict over increases in the wholesale cost of DSL broadband....

Siemens reveals plans for new carrier-grade Ethernet product.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Siemens Information and Communication Networks (ICN), a provider of communication solutions for enterprises and carriers, has said that the company intends to report on a new...

Finnish company launches online ads service.(Wasala Oy)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish company Wasala Oy has launched a website for free advertising. The site - http://www.verkkopirkko.fi - allows users to create for sale and wanted advertisements....

FoneShop.com to provide new service.(FoneShop.com)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD FoneShop.com, an online retailer formed in October 2003, is to launch a new service to allow customers to post their own reviews, not only on the service provided, but also on any of...

One million copies of Opera Mobile downloaded from company website.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Opera Software ASA has said that the one millionth download of Opera Mobile from its corporate web site - http://www.opera.com - has been carried out. The company also said that...

Symantec releases Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution.(Brief Article)
September 21, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Symantec Corp (Nasdaq: SYMC), a provider of information security, has released the Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution. According to the company, the product is aimed at...

Telenor ASA introduces filter against child pornography.(Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service (KRIPOS))(Brief Article)
September 21, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian telecomms group Telenor ASA, together with the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service (KRIPOS), introduced on Tuesday (21 September) a new filter against child...

top-pile moves to Pay per Click.(top-pile)(Salsa)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Search marketing and traffic generation company top-pile has announced the cessation of SALSA, its fixed cost search engine optimisation service, and a move of all client accounts to...

Blue Coat recommends virus scanning of all web images.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Proxy appliances supplier Blue Coat Systems Inc has advised organisations to begin scanning all web images for viruses at the Internet gateway. The recommendation follows the...

Rexam launches new website for investors.(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Consumer packaging company Rexam has announced that it has launched its new investor relations website, http://www.investors.rexam.com as the first stage of an overall development...

IT experts do not believe e-mail authentication will stop spam.(Black Spider Technologies)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Black Spider Technologies, an e-mail security services company, has carried out a survey of IT security experts. According to the results of the survey, IT experts believe that...

Altitude Telecom selects Alvarion's WiMAX-Based platform.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR) and Altitude Telecom, a French telecomms company, have announced the signing of an agreement and the receipt of an...

ScanSafe issues warning against continued threat from "Image of Death".(ScanSafe)(Brief Article)
September 24, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ScanSafe, a provider of managed web security, has warned businesses that the threat from the Microsoft Exploit-MS04-028, dubbed as the "Image of Death", is not yet over. ...

"Image of Death" threat not over - claim.(Scansafe)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed web security solutions provider Scansafe has warned enterprises that the threat posed by the Microsoft Exploit-MS04-028, also known as "Image of Death", has not yet passed....

Yell.com launches 'Super Search' tool.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK online local search provider Yell.com has launched a keyword-based tool called 'Super Search'. According to the company, the software matches search terms against multiple...

SonicWALL leads revenue growth in Europe - report.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security solutions provider SonicWALL Inc has announced it holds the leadership position for the strongest revenue growth in Europe according to European Quarterly Security...

Tape London designs new V&A website.(Tape London )(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online communication solutions provider Tape London has designed a new website for the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), a decorative arts museum in London. The colour-themed...

StreamShield Networks selects SurfControl's Web content filtering database.(StreamShield Networks )(Brief Article)
September 28, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security solutions provider StreamShield Networks and SurfControl plc (London: SRF), a web and e-mail filtering company, have announced a strategic partnership whereby...

L-Soft says British Council uses its software.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD L-Soft, an e-mail software vendor, has said that the British Council, the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, is using...

Site Confidence compares Olympic candidates' web site performance.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Site Confidence, a UK-based web site performance monitoring company, has revealed that London's Olympic bid web site (www.london2012.org) did not perform well in a recent site...

Sandvine's Attack Traffic Mitigation reduces malicious traffic in Internet - report.(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to customer metrics released by Sandvine Ltd, a network equipment provider, its Attack Traffic Mitigation solution is reducing the amount of malicious traffic on broadband...

JC Couriers choose NetDespatch.(contract)(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JC Couriers, a courier company, has chosen NetDespatch for providing on-line services as an integral part of the company's website. According to JC Couriers, these services will...

FirstAssist selects Azzurri and Avaya for a multi-site IP contact centre.(Azzurri Communications)(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications networks and services supplier Avaya, Inc (NYSE: AV) has announced that FirstAssist, a provider of health and well-being solutions in the UK, has implemented a new...

Six Apart predicts UK will top per capita blogging in 2009.(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Six Apart, a developer of the web log software Movable Type and Type Pad, has predicted that the United Kingdom will become the world capital for so-called web logs (blogs) within...