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WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc., a pioneer in online search and leading developer of online games and website publishing, today announced the release of Evincible, a social word game for iOS. Evincible is available for free download, or $0.99 for a Premium version including additional categories, from Apple's App Store. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121204/NE22513 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO ) "Evincible...

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This October, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lycos, Inc. has partnered with the Ellie Fund to promote its "Do Good Campaign." Lycos is one among more than thirty local companies donating resources and a percentage of sales during the month to help local families fight breast cancer. The Lycos.com homepage has been given a pink makeover in the style of the Ellie Fund logo and promotions have been placed on Lycos...

WALTHAM, Mass., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc. today announced the appointment of Ned Rhinelander as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Rhinelander's extensive experience in management of engineering teams will help to lead Lycos in a strategic refocusing of its engineering resources. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO ) Rhinelander joins Lycos with over 18 years experience delivering publishing and advertising solutions for...

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamesville.com, home of the web's original free online bingo game for real cash prizes and a property owned by Lycos, Inc., announces the launch of Pirate Cove Bingo for Facebook, a freebooting social game that lets friends play free bingo together and take home real cash prizes. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO</font> ) Every player receives an unlimited...

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Halloween, Lycos, Inc. is proud to feature the only weather app designed to increase your chances of survival during the occasional zombie apocalypse: Weather Zombie(TM). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO ) The free Weather Zombie app sets itself apart from other weather apps right from the start. Whether you're trying to figure out if it's going to rain today or if you'll have to deal with the increased...

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tripod.com, one of the longest-running web publishing sites and property owned by Lycos, Inc., introduces a newly updated website builder, Zeeblio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO) In celebration of this release, Tripod is giving away multiple prizes (which includes two iPad 2's) through a Twitter contest. People can enter to win one of four prizes by visiting the contest page on Tripod's new website...

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AOL, Inc., Google, Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Gannett Company, Inc. and Target Corporation were named today in a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for unlawfully using systems that incorporate features claimed in two patents owned by I/P Engine, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Innovate/Protect Inc. I/P Engine's patents are directed to relevance filtering technology. This...

WALTHAM, Mass., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamesville.com, part of the Lycos Network and the web's premier destination for free online "game shows" offering real cash prizes, has distinguished themselves even more by announcing the release of the all-new Countdown to Ca$h. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110728/NE42789LOGO ) How does Countdown to Ca$h work? A special meter keeps track of how many games a Gamesville member has played in the last month. When a member plays...

Termination of License Agreements with Lycos Europe Announced WALTHAM, Mass., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- LYCOS, Inc. (www.lycos.com), a leading Search and Internet portal and subsidiary of Daum Communications in Korea, today announced that it has reached agreement with Lycos Europe to regain use of its Trademarks and Brands for Lycos and Hotbot within the European territory. Prior to this agreement, Lycos Europe had an exclusive license to use those Trademarks and Brands within Europe dating...

CALGARY, AB and WALTHAM, MA, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Multiplied Media Corporation (TSX:V MMC), an award-winning Calgary-based provider of local search services, and Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com), a leading provider of social publishing, media and search services, are pleased to announce an agreement to integrate Multiplied Media's Poynt local search service into Lycos's WhoWhere.com (http://www.whowhere.com/) people search engine. The solutions will include online web, mobile...