• Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

  Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

• Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership

  China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

• Google Checkout to shut down in November

  Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform.

• Bitcoin developer talks regulation, open source and the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto

  With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp.

• Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington

  Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet.

• Internet taxes: Is the inevitable about to happen?

  Some things never happen the way that us pundits expect. Back on Independence Day in 1999 I wrote this about government taxing the purchase of goods over the Internet: "I fully believe in the ingenuity of the government when it comes to imposing taxes. We will be paying these taxes soon." Well, "soon" has not happened yet, but maybe it is getting closer.

• In online sales tax debate, $1M business is 'mom and pop'

  As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections.

• Choosing an open-source CMS, part 3: Why we use WordPress

  In the third part of a three-part series, we look at two organizations that have chosen WordPress as their content management system.

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  Choosing an open-source CMS, part 2: Why we use Joomla

  In the second part of a three-part series, we look at two companies that have chosen Joomla as their content management system.

• Choosing an open-source CMS, part 1: Why we use Drupal

  In the first part of a three-part series, we look at two companies that have chosen Drupal as their content management system.

Whitepapers about e-commerce

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  Business Continuity and Breach Protection: Why SSL Certificate Management Is Critical to Today's Enterprise

  From online financial transactions to e-commerce to product development, SSL Certificates make it possible for users around the world to communicate sensitive information with the confidence that it is safe from malicious hackers. This white paper will present the pitfalls associated with poor SSL Certificate management, why they are potentially dangerous to the enterprise, and how enterprises can keep track of SSL Certificates effectively

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  Australian Retailers e-Commerce Readiness: How cloud computing can open the door to multi-channel retailing

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  Take the Guesswork Out of Online Security. VeriSign Guide: Move Beyond Traditional SSL to Establish Trust