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Bolt.com, a leading Internet destination for teens, has announced a partnership with 1stUp.com Corporation to offer free Internet service to its three million users. This move marks a significant innovation in the Internet industry, providing a free and unlimited web access solution to users across the United States.
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Microsoft Corp. is expanding its instant messaging service, MSN Messenger, to wireless phones, marking a significant move in the market dominated by America Online Inc. The development is viewed positively by the GSM community, which sees it as a means to drive data traffic on their networks and as recognition
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Worldwaters.com, a pioneering e-commerce platform catering to the worldwide sport fishing industry, has strategically chosen state-of-the-art technology from renowned companies to establish its core infrastructure. This cutting-edge setup includes Microsoft's leading Site Server storefront development tool and PeopleSoft's eStore technology, which integrates with the PeopleSoft
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MSNBC.com has announced a groundbreaking partnership with drugstore.com, a leading online retailer of health, beauty, and wellness products. This agreement, which represents one of the first cross-media, cross-network deals of its kind, will see drugstore.com advertising appear on MSNBC.com, MSNBC Cable, and NBC's "
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BUY.COM, a leading Internet eCommerce portal site, has implemented Alteon's Web switching products and technology within its data center operations to support its widely popular and growing online business. The new Web switches provide transparent traffic management services simultaneously at ultra high speeds, intercepting and redirecting Web
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VStream, a leader in Internet communication services, has partnered with Virgin Megastore Online's Radio Free Virgin, L.A. Live, and country.com to offer consumers access to recorded music, live concerts, and sporting events via the World Wide Web. This collaboration enables entertainment companies to webcast larger events
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eOriginal Inc. has announced the completion of its second round of financing, securing a $16 million investment led by Hat Creek Partners, joined by Intel Corporation and The Rosewood Corporation, with an additional $3.5 million from current investors. This funding will support the company's product development, expansion
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Internet calling within the United States just became more accessible with the introduction of Access Power, Inc.'s Net.Caller Phone-to-Phone service and its unique flat-rate calling plan. The service allows customers nationwide to call from any residential phone to any telephone in the continental United States for a
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As the Olympic Games approach, NBC has unveiled its expanded Olympic coverage on the web, www.nbcolympics.com, co-produced by NBC Olympics and Quokka Sports. This innovative platform will provide viewers with enhanced coverage of the Olympic Games and the athletes who compete in them. The website features first-person accounts
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has alleviated some of its pressing short-term financial concerns by obtaining $650,000 in loans from MCI Worldcom Inc and Cisco Systems Inc. This development has significantly reduced the organization's financial strain, reportedly amounting to around $800,000. ICANN'
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Compaq Computer Corporation and CMGI, Inc. announced a comprehensive strategic alliance aimed at aggressively pursuing cooperative Internet-related business and market opportunities. As part of this agreement, CMGI acquired a majority stake in AltaVista, with Compaq becoming the largest outside shareholder in CMGI. This partnership is designed to provide the best
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In a strategic move aimed at expanding its capabilities, Ask Jeeves, a provider of natural-language question answering services, has entered into a partnership with USWeb/CKS, the world's largest Internet professional services firm. The alliance will enable USWeb/CKS to deliver the Ask Jeeves' Corporate Question Answering
