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SportsLine.com, MVP.com Form $1.2 Billion Pact
[December 21] MVP.com Tuesday signed a 10-year deal in
which it acquired sports media site SportsLine.com Inc. for $1.2 billion.
ICANN Enacts Arbitration Process
[December 21] The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers Tuesday made changes to its procedures governing the resolution of domain name disputes.
Phone.com Buys Voice Portal Player
[December 21] Mobile Net software company Phone.com
Inc. Tuesday bought voice portal supplier @Motion Inc. for $285 million in stock.
Modem Media Spends $64 Million for E-Commerce Firm
[December 20] Modem Media.Poppe Tyson Monday
acquired e-commerce developer vivid studios for $64 million in cash and stock as part of a strategy to
increase its business services.
Cisco Moves to Europe with Pirelli Buy
[December 20] Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. continued its torrid acquisition pace, snapping up Italy's Pirelli S.p.A., a maker of optical component systems, for $2.15 billion in stock.
Ask Jeeves Faces Patent Infringement Suit
[December 17] Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists filed suit this week against natural-language search engine Ask Jeeves Inc., alleging the company infringed on their patents.
CMGI Teams with Akamai Technologies
[December 17] CMGI Inc. Friday signed an agreement with Akamai Technologies
Inc. to co-develop new Internet
technologies and make use of Akamai products and services.
Lycos, Dell Invest in FAST Search & Transfer
[December 17] Broadening recent initiatives recognizing the growing proliferation of multimedia on the Internet, Lycos Inc. and Dell Computer Corp. Friday took a 19 percent stake in Net search company FAST Search & Transfer.
Cisco Buys Worldwide Data Systems
[December 16] Cisco Systems, Inc. did some holiday shopping Thursday, purchasing network consultancy firm Worldwide Data Systems for approximately $25.5 million in stock.
Cendant, Liberty Media Agree to Net Ventures
[December 16] Cendant Corp.
Thursday joined forces with Liberty
Media Corp. to develop Internet services for Cendant's travel, mortgage, real estate and membership businesses.
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