Articles by Mary Hillebrand

In a speech given to the Computer and Communications Industry Association on Monday, U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstat declared the agency's support of a permanent Internet sales tax ban, despite the contribution such taxes would make to U.S. coffers "We need to be sure that we do not discriminate against sales on the Internet and the...

America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have forged a strategic marketing alliance to promote NBA.com, WNBA.com and America Online's Internet service and Web sites The deal harnesses the resources of the Web's largest Internet service provider and the one of the world's best-known professional sports leagues.

Juno Online Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: JWEB) has filed suit against NetZero, Inc. (Nasdaq: NZRO) and Qualcomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) in U.S. District Court for infringement of one of its patents According to Juno, NetZero and Qualcomm's e-mail software uses the same technology that Juno patented in 1998 to enable PC users to view Internet-delivered adve...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced two new ventures on Wednesday designed to provide customers with instant access to their book purchases The company plans to launch a new retail space on its site for Audible, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ADBL) downloadable audio books, and has cut a deal with Ingram Industries Inc.'s Lightning Source to offer downloadable bo...

Brick-and-click retailer Barnes & Noble (Nasdaq: BNBN) announced an initiative Tuesday to develop Barnes & Noble University, a customized Internet site for online learning The bookseller is making a minority investment in notHarvard.com, a company that specializes in developing Internet universities and "eduCommerce" Web sites. Users will be able t...

In an effort to solidify its long-term relationship with the world's number one ISP, WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM) has announced plans to market America Online (NYSE: AOL), to its customers and offer long distance calling credit as an incentive for new AOL subscribers The plan is designed to make WorldCom a valuable partner for AOL, which, after the prop...

AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T), the largest telephone company in the United States, and Tellme Networks, Inc. jointly announced on Monday that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to stimulate new demand for Web content, commerce and communications delivered over the telephone ...

AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T), the largest telephone company in the United States, and Tellme Networks, Inc. jointly announced on Monday that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to stimulate new demand for Web content, commerce and communications delivered over the telephone ...

AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T), the largest telephone company in the United States, and Tellme Networks, Inc. jointly announced on Monday that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to stimulate new demand for Web content, commerce and communications delivered over the telephone ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into the mammoth Internet venture being formed by 30 airline companies The as yet unnamed site, known to insiders as "T2" or "Travelocity Terminator," is owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., United Airlines ...

Just days after Tuesday's announcement that Web portal Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) will be bought by Spanish ISP Terra Networks, SA (Nasdaq: TRRA), indications are emerging that the deal might not be a foregone conclusion The $12.5 billion (US$) stock deal, which had been imminent for several days, received a cool greeting from investors who were an...

In order to kill an e-mail rumor that would not die, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill earlier this week prohibiting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from levying any additional charges on consumers for Internet access The FCC says it had no plans to do so, but amid the frenzy of Internet-related bills moving through Congre...

According to a new study by the Strategis Group, nearly 33 percent of cell phone users who responded said they would pay an additional $13 (US$) per month or more to surf the Internet on their phones Most cell phone users can afford to pay more to get what they want, according to Strategis. The average household income of the wireless phone users t...

As Philippine government efforts to solve the Love Bug virus mystery progress at a snail's pace, representatives of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations are meeting in Paris today to discuss coordinated efforts to fight cybercrime The G8, all seriously affected by the virus, will attempt to take proactive steps to deal with what they cons...

A new study by scientists from IBM Research, Compaq Corporate Research Laboratories and AltaVista presents a comprehensive "map" of the World Wide Web, and uncovers inadequate linking between regions of the Internet that can make navigation difficult -- or in some cases, impossible Based on an analysis of more than 600 million Web pages, the findin...

The National Association of Minorities in Communications (NAMIC) announced Tuesday the unveiling of its "Digital Bridge Alliance Project," an initiative designed to raise Internet awareness and increase the availability of computer equipment and Web connections for minority households in the United States Phase I of the project includes a televisio...

In a high-profile signing session on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning -- carried live on the Web and followed by an Internet "rally" -- Republican leaders rolled out a list of e-commerce and Internet-related pledges contained in the GOP's eContract 2000 Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert of Illinois and House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas emce...

Top college and business school graduates are increasingly forgoing Internet companies in favor of consulting firms and investment banking firms, a new survey by recruiting firm WetFeet.com says The Internet business is not losing its appeal, according to "The Student Recruitment Report 2000," which was based on a survey of 869 undergraduate, busin...

A boom in online postage sales powered Stamps.com into the April Top 20 site rankings of the NextCard eCommerce Index, a monthly listing of online merchants with the greatest number of e-commerce transactions by NextCard customers "It looks like consumers have accepted the 'stamp from home' concept," NextCard vice president of e-Commerce Lisa Subra...

With legal action threatening to burst the bubble for digital download music fans, subscription-based services are springing up across the Internet On Tuesday, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced plans to launch an online subscription-based service for selected titles, while Internet radio station Music Choice also an...