• Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime

  By Elizabeth Heichler | 09 February, 2012 08:51

  Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse.

• Facebook site, mobile app hit by slowdown

  By Sharon Gaudin | 08 February, 2012 05:47

  Facebook users today are complaining that the social network and its mobile app are running very slowly.

• Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over

  By Grant Gross | 08 February, 2012 04:02

  The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.

• Who really was behind the SOPA protests?

  By Grant Gross | 04 February, 2012 04:54

  Some critics have blamed Silicon Valley tech firms for the massive online protests last month against two controversial copyright bills. Other groups have trumpeted the grassroots nature of the protests.

• Amazon sets up website for Indian retailers and own products

  By John Ribeiro | 03 February, 2012 02:07

  Amazon.com has set up a subsidiary in India, Junglee.com, that aggregates products from local online and offline retailers, but does not sell them, it said Thursday.

• Coupons 2.0: Social Buying Sites That Add Up to Savings

  By Kristin Burnham | 16 February, 2010 05:17

  A website makes you a deal: Pay $25, and they'll give you $50 worth of food at your favorite local restaurant. Sign me up, right? But wait, there's a catch: You need to convince as many of your friends as possible (and your friends' friends) to agree to this deal, because unless 100 people are interested, it's a no-go. Oh, and you have 24 hours to make this happen.

• Target dumps Amazon.com, reboots on e-commerce

  By Thomas Wailgum | 11 August, 2009 04:24

  Amazon.com has been down this road before: Like one-time Amazon e-commerce "partners" Toys R Us and Borders before them, Target executives announced last week that the world's second-largest retailer plans to say adios to Amazon.com and "build and manage its own platform for Target.com," with an expected launch date before the 2011 holiday season.

• E-commerce Fraud: The Latest Criminal Schemes

  By Joan Goodchild | 17 July, 2009 00:28

  E-commerce fraud costs retailers approximately $4 billion each year, according to the most recent results of an annual survey conducted by Cybersource, a provider of electronic payment and risk management services. Sebbe Jones, manager of fraud and disputes at 2Checkout, is in the business of keeping e-commerce fraud at bay.

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

  By Tim Lohman | 09 July, 2009 09:02

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

• AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate

  By CIO Staff | 03 July, 2009 08:25

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

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