The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.

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CRTC will face mounting pressure after FCC's move

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Prior to the general election scheduled at the end of this month, Rakuten publicized a letter from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan(DPJ) in response to the question by 60 Japanese business leaders including Rakuten's CE …

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In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

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Although sales taxes are an efficient way for state and local officials to raise lots of revenue, sales taxes are a vestige of the industrial age which are doomed to extinction in the information age.

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A powerful digital certificate that can be used to forge the identity of any website on the internet is in the hands of in international band of security researchers, thanks to a sophisticated attack on the ailing MD5 hash algorithm, a slip-up by Verisign, and about 200 PlayStati …

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41st Parameter conducted the survey during a joint webinar with the Merchant Risk Council on November 19, 2008, which included two FraudNet customer panelists.

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Jerry Yang, who, as chief executive of Yahoo, resisted a takeover bid from Microsoft only to subsequently ask that merger talks resume, said he is stepping down.

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A factory in Germany has launched production of a super thin electronic reader that was developed at Cambridge University.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are cutting back on trips to out-of-town retail parks due to rising petrol prices and doing more of their shopping on the Internet, according to the latest retail trends survey from Experian. The data also show a steep...

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[Excerpt:] - Soaring oil prices are bad for the global economy - but good for business on the internet. That's the claim from Google Vice-President Vinton Cerf, who was speaking at an e-business conference in South Korea.

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"More than $50 million of inventory is being sold at 86 Sharper Image store-closing sales throughout the United States, liquidators the Hilco Organization and Gordon Brothers said in a statement.

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EBay doesn't break out the numbers, but it's a safe bet the reality is closer to the former. Even the minority of sellers who meet the company's "power seller" re­quirements aren't coming close to "mak­ing a living" selling on eBay.

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If tax-hungry politicians get their way, the days of ordering items over the Internet and not paying sales tax may become just a fond memory.

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"United Media Associates teams with Varien to provide new open-source solution to clients. In an effort to further bolster its ability to meet ever-changing business technology needs, United Media Associates has partnered with Varien, creator of the Magento e-commerce platform.

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Microsoft's hostile-takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese anti-monopoly law that will extend the nation's economic influence far beyond its borders takes effect.

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Sony announced today that its PlayStation 3 is poised to take the next step in the evolution of the Blu-ray Disc format.

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Thriving Ink Web Launch!

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Ever since eBay announced changes to its feedback rules and fee structure last week, sellers have been irate, exploding onto message boards and blogs with discussions about how the new policies will affect their businesses.

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"Best selling point: Digital River does not hold sellers' money and will take the hit if a product needs to be returned."

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The U.S. Postal Service and its counterparts in other countries are tapping technology to cut costs and expand into electronic services -- including services designed to attract more "junk" mail.

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CIO Rick Dalzell is leaving Amazon.com after 10 years of constant change, inventions in personalization, product and service offerings. Here's a look at Amazon.com s evolution during Dalzell's tenure.

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"Over the last few months it has become very difficult to sign out of a session from sites like Amazon and PayPal," the reader wrote. "The 'Sign Out' or equivalent link that for years was at the top of nearly every page is now missing from nearly all pages of those sites.

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AFTER years of toiling with clunky Internet technologies, cosmetics companies and other suppliers say the Web has become a much better place to showcase their products.

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Webseals: the role of 3rd parties in establishing trust

With the emergence of online shopping and payment occurring via transferring highly sensitive information including personal details and credit card details, security has become a major concern for consumers who choose to shop online.

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