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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.

By Tim Lohman | 26 May, 2009 15:46

Tags: acdc, ebay, e-commerce, music, scalping, Ticketek

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.

By Tim Lohman | 25 May, 2009 10:42

Tags: ac/dc, e-commerce, infrastructure management, Ticketek, twitter

Twitter for business: 5 ways to tap the power of the tweet

Imagine a business tool that lets you broadcast information about your company, listen in on discussions about how people are using your products and what they think of them, and get involved when one of your customers -- or one of your competitors' customers -- has a problem.

By Logan Kugler | 12 November, 2008 09:28

Tags: twitter

The ultimate e-commerce software shopping list

To avoid getting lost in today's constantly evolving online marketplace, you should be looking to upgrade your e-commerce system within the next six to 12 months.

By Rafael Ruffolo | 17 September, 2008 08:46

Tags: it management, it strategy

Securing the enterprise beyond the perimeter

Trying to secure laptops, cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices today is "terrifying," says Christopher Paidhrin, IT security and HIPAA compliance officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center. "End-point security is scarily immature."

Google App Engine: Getting Data Out Ain't Simple. Yet.

Developers who adopt the Google App Engine for their cloud computing platform today may fear data lock-in, since the only way to import or export data is using a Python-based API. Google is working on a tool to improve data exchange to improve data portability.

By Esther Schindler | 05 September, 2008 11:28

Tags: google apps

Minding Online Store a Case of 'Not My Job'

Last month, a federal judge ruled that eBay had fulfilled its obligations to investigate and control users who were trying to use its Web site to sell counterfeit Tiffany goods -- a decision that put the onus on Tiffany to monitor eBay's site itself.

By Linda Rosencrance | 21 August, 2008 12:09

Tags: ebay, e-commerce

Privacy group: Identity-theft monitoring service a waste

Consumers who sign up for identity-theft monitoring services may be getting a lot less protection against some common types of fraud than they assume they are, according to an online guide released Monday by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC).

MIT researchers: morphing Web sites could bring riches

Web sites that automatically customize themselves for each visitor so they come across as more appealing or simply less annoying can boost sales for online businesses by close to 20 per cent, MIT research says.

BEA takes an SOA approach to e-commerce

BEA Systems' latest version of its e-commerce tool takes a services-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to tackle challenges brought on by current e-commerce trends, said a company executive.