Articles by Mary Hillebrand

For "wanna-be" chefs looking to skip the prep work, CookExpress.com says check the Internet. For those who want even the cooking done for them, Food.com says check the newspaper. Today, the two online food services unveiled news ways for the Internet world to satisfy its appetite San Francisco-based CookExpress.com takes its local gourmet delivery ...

As traditional retailers worry over the question of whether to put their wares online or try to duke it out with online stores the old-fashioned way, ShoppingList.com is urging them to use the Internet at least as a marketing tool. ShoppingList.com launched Monday as a resource for people getting ready to go to stores in their communities ShoppingL...

Senate bill S.1255 could go down in history as one of the fastest bills to move through the Senate, but is that a testament to the importance of ending "cyber-squatting" or to the efficiency of a simply worded bill? Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the "Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act," just five weeks after Senator Spence...

The Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission told Congress Friday the dangers of drugs over the Internet currently outweigh the benefits, thanks to the proliferation of hundreds of unregulated drug retail sites. In testimony before the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, the FDA's Dr. Janet Woodcock said "It is not safe right now to purchase drugs online from a pharmacy that is not a well-known entity."

Helping parents police their children's Internet surfing may build goodwill for Internet companies, but BrowseSafe.com says it can also build profits. A large group of Internet companies, including ISPs, portal operators, computer and network designers and others, kicked off its Get Net Wise program Thursday morning. Meanwhile, BrowseSafe was trying to drum up business for its PlanetGood Web browser...

Internet domain name registration is getting plenty of attention these days, but it has been primarily focused on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' funding woes and its highly publicized dispute with domain name registrar Network Solutions. Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property found a new reason to examine the Internet domain name controversy: "cyber-squatters."

VoraxRD.com calls itself a "supplier of advanced Web-hosting services for international clients," but intends to become a revolutionary in the world of online shopping by the end of the summer The company has focused on putting streaming video to work on the Internet for companies needing to distribute or display video content to a wide audience. W...

More than a year of saber-rattling by members of Congress, who hold the future of the currently unregulated Internet in their hands, has prompted major Internet companies to make yet another move to demonstrate their own voluntary responsibility for what goes on in cyberspace. Widely publicized efforts to protect online privacy was a start, but Thursday morning companies like America Online, Microsoft, Netscape and Yahoo! hope to score major political points with the launch of a new online safety resource for parents...

Riding a wave of positive publicity for its recent efforts in cyberspace, Victoria's Secret parent company, Intimate Brands, Inc. (NYSE: IBI), is encouraging investors to put their money where their compliments are. Intimate Brands launched IBInvest Direct Wednesday, enabling investors to buy stock directly from the company The new service is avail...

Red Hat Software, Inc. has announced the availability of its e-commerce Apache Web server, with encryption capabilities and e-commerce software from Hewlett-Packard, among others "The Red Hat Linux E-Commerce Server is an ideal solution for Internet service providers (ISPs) and small businesses that would rather focus their attention on sales than ...

internet.com Corp. (Nasdaq: INTM), an e-Business and Internet technology network, announced this week the acquisition of United Kingdom-based Web Developers Journal, adding to its offering of resources for Web design professionals Although terms of the acquisition have not yet been disclosed, the move will supplement internet.com's Web Developer Ch...

Another security hole has been identified on the Internet Information server produced by Microsoft. This one, however, is merely a new exploit of an old vulnerability that many online companies have chosen to ignore, according to Microsoft Microsoft, who originally released a security bulletin in July of 1998, issued an update last week pursuant to...

As its debut on the stock market approaches, Tunes.com is stepping up efforts to expand its online music offerings. Through a deal with Musicmaker.com (Nasdaq: HITS), Tunes.com plans to offer new digital audio downloads from Musicmaker.com on its Web site. At the same time, Tunes.com has relaunched RollingStone.com with plans to begin selling digital downloads from the music magazine site...

B2B Explorer, a new search engine aimed at business users, was launched Monday Calling itself an "Internet-based Business Search Engine & Directory," the site is free for users and companies posting information in the directory. Listings include detailed company descriptions, company contact information and a secure e-mail link to a company contact...

Independent online security firm and think tank L0pht Heavy Industries has released an advanced intrusion detection program designed to augment computer network integrity and protect systems against attacks from hackers The product works by alerting users to a hacker/cracker-related or other system compromise. "AntiSniff is a whole new breed of net...

House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley's (R-Virginia.) 1999 track record for moving e-commerce friendly bills has two new additions. The committee's Finance and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee passed Bliley's electronic signature and information access acts on Wednesday H.R. 1714, The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce ...

As House Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee members skeptically questioned the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) approach to privatizing domain name registration Thursday, nearly all of the panelists invited to comment said they back ICANN's activities Network Solutions Inc., which has criticized ICANN's proposal to...

Computer Associates, Inc. (NYSE: CA) issued a barrage of Linux-related announcements from its CA World 1999 conference in New Orleans this week, including the release of the MasterIT e-commerce/Web Management solution The MasterIT product will manage Linux machines running on supported Web servers, including Apache and Netscape. According to a comp...

Sair, Inc. has introduced a "train-the-trainer" series of sessions as part of the international launch of its Sair Linux and GNU Certification program. Training sessions have recently been held in both Australia and the United States Seeking to meet the increase in integration of Linux-solutions by businesses -- including e-commerce operations -- a...

Armed with strong online sales figures, a group of public radio stations is teaming up to create a bigger, more profitable presence on the Web Fifteen major public broadcasters, led by major market stations WNYC-New York, WGBH-Boston and WETA-Washington have formed a for-profit online radio venture to extend their radio audiences beyond their local...