Microsoft Selects UBid For .Net
News Microsoft has lined up another partner for its .Net technology, with CMGI's uBid auction network agreeing to use the software giant's Passport authentication service and other Internet services. UBid will become the "premier provider" of content...
[December 5, 2001, 10:54]
Auction Sites Warn On The Danger Of Wire Transfers
News UBid posted that note after seeing an upswing in bidders being defrauded by sellers who required them to pay with a wire transfer, company officials said on Wednesday. We just believe that (using wire transfers) is not the way to do business," said...
[July 4, 2002, 14:18]
The Day Ahead: CMGI Lessens Dependence On IPO Market
News The company has also acquired uBid and a host of others to move traffic around its network. Its CMGI Solutions unit will turn a profit in the next quarter or so, AltaVista will be in the black in two to three quarters, and uBid and Engage will have...
[June 15, 2000, 11:52]
CMGI Tops 3Q Estimates
News This quarter didn't include sales from the recently acquired uBid. CMGI topped analysts' estimates in its third quarter Tuesday, posting a loss of $428m (£284.7m), or $1.53 a share, on sales of $225.9 million.
[June 14, 2000, 10:00]
Microsoft Bows To The Inevitable With .Net
News Adeel Ali, senior development manager for Web site architecture at uBid.com, believes the infrastructure is getting to the point where it can handle Web-based services. Wasting no time in reacting to Microsoft's wide-ranging plan to turn its...
[June 23, 2000, 8:47]
New .Net Tools Released As Push Continues
News Microsoft has also announced similar deals with Xerox, jobs site Monster.com and online auction house uBid. Microsoft on Wednesday posted to its Web site new software development tools key to its .Net software-as-a-service plan.
[January 17, 2002, 12:06]
The Day Ahead: Is QXL.com Really The Next EBay?
News CMGI's uBid and a host of business-to-business players in the US and abroad. By market close, it was a case of screaming shares and a few screaming investors. Momentum happy investors pounced on QXL.com shares Thursday morning only to get torched...
[April 7, 2000, 12:54]
EBay Nets Taiwanese Auction Site
News NeoCom has been around since 1998, and operates two sites, uBid.com.tw and Bid.com.tw. EBay said on Tuesday that it would buy Taiwanese auction site NeoCom Technology for more than $9.5m in cash and close its business in Japan.
[February 27, 2002, 6:31]
Anti-adware Group Starts Naming-and-shaming Campaign
News The other companies on the list are: matchmakers True.com, PerfectMatch.com and LetsTalk.com; uBid; ProFlowers; GreetingCards.com; Altrec and Waterfront Media. Expanding its campaign against adware, an advocacy group on Monday publicly shamed...
[March 21, 2006, 12:10]
MSN Messenger 4.6 review
Reviews The latter is a Web-based service that you can use to stay on top of everything from sports scores to online auctions, courtesy of several sites, which include eBay, Ubid, CarPoint and MSN Music. Microsoft's IM features large, easy-to-recognise...
[February 18, 2002, 23:00]
