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In brief: Yahoo predicts rosy future
News Meanwhile, US reports claim that Yahoo is in talks with Compaq - which has recently acquired the AltaVista Internet search engine - with a view to exchanging Yahoo content for equity in AltaVista. Yahoo said it expects operating margins to rise to... [18 Sep 1998]
Excite loses out as Virgin Net and Lycos team up
News Virgin Net and Lycos UK & Ireland have teamed up to offer online advertisers and retailers a search engine on the Virgin Net site. For example, a publisher or retailer could reserve the word 'book' which would automatically put their product or... [18 Aug 1998]
Excite add Internet telephony to portal site
News Evan Rudowski, director of European operations for Excite, said: "Part of our goal is to provide a range of communication products to the user so Excite will be used as a hub for the Internet rather than just a search engine. [13 Aug 1998]
In brief: Excite to offer free UK email
News Internet search engine provider, Excite, has announced it is to offer free localised email to UK users. The company said this is the first time UK users have been offered such a service, although free email services based in the US have previously... [07 Aug 1998]
In brief: Lycos patents WiseWire search technology
News In April, the search engine firm bought the application, which it claims can learn what users want to read. Lycos has patented its Web search technology, WiseWire. WiseWire, which is already integrated on a number of Lycos' networks, learns which... [06 Aug 1998]
Compaq spends $3m on altavista.com address
News Compaq acquired the AltaVista search engine when it bought Digital in January. Compaq confirmed today that it is negotiating with a small Californian businessman to buy the altavista.com Web address. A source close to Compaq said it is prepared to... [29 Jul 1998]
In brief: SAP and Verity search for deal
News Verity has signed a deal to integrate its search engine software into SAP's ERP (enterprise resource planning) R/3 software. SAP has integrated a customised version of Verity Information Search into the R/3 help files, which comprise over 76,000... [30 Jun 1998]
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