• Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

  The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

• Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register

  If you've ever been to a store, you know the drill: Browse the merchandise, pick something, carry it to the checkout counter, maybe wait in line, pay, then walk out with your purchases and a receipt.

• Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

  The mobile gift-giving app Karma has announced it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.

• Final count down to Facebook's IPO begins

  After all the buildup, Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering is finally here.

• If Facebook's IPO goes south, social, tech markets could take a hit

  With Facebook's initial public offering creating such a frenzy of interest, there's an important question to be considered: What happens if tomorrow or next week or five months from now, this investment goes south?

• Online fraud hurting e-commerce adoption: Australian Retailers Association

  Merchants, not consumers, banks or credit-card providers, are the hardest hit by online fraud.

• AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate.

• EBay defends online ticket resales

  EBay has defended its policies on the reselling of event tickets on its site following the mass posting of AC/DC tickets on its site just hours after the tickets went on sale, and promptly sold out, yesterday.

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  Ticketek Thunderstruck by AC/DC ticket sales demand

  Online ticket sales site Ticketek was this morning paralysed by demand for tickets to AC/DC’s Black Ice Australian tour, which went on sale this morning at 9am.

• New obscenity charges raise questions in Internet Age

  A long-standing court test using community standards to determine whether adult content is criminally obscene has been a potential problem area for the US pornography industry. But a debate that's been largely abstract for years has recently changed as the US Department of Justice successfully prosecuted two Web site operators for obscenity.

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