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26th June 1999 Archive

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  • URLs to become personal calling cards

    Just swap domain details and log-on to catch up with your friends’ movements

    Personal domain names could be about to become the latest hot property on the Web, valued as family heirlooms and passed down from generation to generation. Just like mobile phones, which originally developed as a business-only tool before gaining mainstream consumer appeal, the kudos of having a personal domain name is set to …

    Business 26 Jun 1999, 06:36

  • Netscape Online is AOL free service

    German leaks spoil Monday's launch

    So Netscape is going to be the brand name for AOL Europe’s new free ISP service in the UK and Germany. AOL wanted to announce the deal Monday, but Der Spiegel got there first. The German news weekly says Netscape Online could be up and running as soon as August. And it says customer service will be free -- unlike FreeServe where …

    Business 26 Jun 1999, 16:25

  • Freeserve rolls out Internet telephony

    Invests in TelePost

    Dixons is pumping up Freeserve pre-float with a $10 million investment in US Internet telephony specialist TelePost. TelePost technology will form the basis of Telserve, a new teleconferencing strand on Freeserve. Up to six Freeserve users can be linked up together by conference call. They can also pick up email, fax and voice …

    Business 26 Jun 1999, 16:55

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