
Compaq buys AltaVista domain - It took a few years and a reported $3.3 million, but Compaq today said the news is official: it now owns the coveted domain name www.altavista.com. [News.com]
Meta Description: [ Compaq buys AltaVista domain | It took a reported $3.3 million, but Compaq says the news is official: it now owns the coveted domain name www.altavista.com. | August 11, 1998, 2:10 PM PT | Janet Kornblum ]
Compaq Says No Deal On AltaVista Domain - Reports that Compaq's AltaVista site had bought the altavista.com domain are premature, the company says. [TechWeb]
Digital defends its turf - Digital Equipment (DEC) has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the Campbell, California-based multimedia software company AltaVista Technology Incorporated, (ATI) over use of the AltaVista name, which is the trademark of DEC's popular search engine. [News.com]
Meta Description: [ Digital defends its turf | Digital files suit against AltaVista Technology over use of the AltaVista name, which is the trademark of DEC's popular search engine. | October 31, 1996, 12:15 PM PT ]
San Jose Man Hits Gold--$3.3 Million Web Name - Compaq Computer Corp. has agreed to pay a San Jose man $3.35 million for the Web address www.altavista.com, which is believed to be a record amount paid for a domain name, according to a source close to the deal. [SF Chronicle]
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