PNC Bank Corp. and Perot Systems Corp. today announced a 50/50 joint venture that will allow businesses to issue bills and pay them online. PNC said BillingZone will be the first electronic service to target the business market exclusively.
The CEO of New York-based DoubleClick Inc. has announced that the online advertising firm won't merge names with anonymous Internet users' activity, at least for the immediate future.
Railinc Corp., a Cary, N.C.-based railroad industry technology vendor, yesterday launched Steelroads.com, a Web site that's designed to make it easier for customers to ship freight with more than 300 freight rail carriers.
National Discount Brokers Group in Jersey City, N.J., said its Web site, ndb.com, was down for nearly two hours yesterday, the apparent victim of a denial-of-service attack.
Despite published reports to the contrary, Virginia Gov. James Gilmore said he's still adamantly opposed to allowing the government to collect sales taxes on Internet transactions.
The world's largest airline reservation system, operated by Sabre Holdings Corp., went off-line yesterday, leaving airlines including US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines, travel agencies and consumers unable to access its reservation systems for two hours.
Beginning July 1, Microsoft Corp.'s so-called "permatemps" will have to take a 100-day hiatus - up from 31 days - after one year of full-time work at the company. Permatemps are long-term temporary employees who may work at a company for years without the benefits given to permanent employees.
New York-based McGraw-Hill Cos. has filed a lawsuit against Buildingteam.com and its principal owner, Cahners Business Information in Newton, Mass., alleging the company misappropriated confidential and proprietary business information and engaged in unfair business practices.
A plan that would give vendors the power to disable software if they believe the user has violated the contract terms is one step closer to becoming law.
Bolero.net, an Internet-based system for executing world trade transactions, has been officially launched in the United States.
Blue Martini Software Inc. has launched a service for online merchants that analyzes Web site data to help increase revenue and retain customers.
A small Edison, N.J., company that developed an online medical referral system has filed suit against shipping giant Federal Express Corp. to retain the right to use the worldontime.com domain name.
IBM has announced initiatives to help companies better integrate Windows 2000 into their business systems.
Dostana Enterprises LLC, a small New Jersey online company, has filed suit against shipping giant Federal Express Corp. to retain the right to use the worldontime.com domain name.
Bank of America Corp. has purchased the domain name loans.com for $3 million, the highest price ever paid for a domain name at auction, the company said.