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  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.

  By Michael Kan | 22 May, 2013 10:41

  Tags: advertising, Qihoo 360, e-commerce, baidu, Alibaba Group, internet, search engines

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  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.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 21 May, 2013 03:05

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Google, e-commerce, internet

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  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.

  By James Niccolai | 19 May, 2013 19:01

  Tags: open source, e-commerce, regulation, Bitcoin Foundation, software, government, internet

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  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.

  By Zach Miners | 19 May, 2013 04:19

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, consumer electronics, e-commerce, Gliph, legal, internet, Bitcoin

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  Bitcoiners crave coders to cope with demand

  Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use.

  By Zach Miners | 19 May, 2013 03:13

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, consumer electronics, e-commerce, Google, internet, Bitcoin

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  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.

  By Scott Bradner | 29 April, 2013 21:06

  Tags: Internet taxes, e-commerce, Internet tax bill, government, industry verticals, internet, LAN & WAN

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  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.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 22 March, 2013 10:07

  Tags: Gov't Legislation/Regulation, e-commerce, regulation, ebay, e-business, government, internet

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  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.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 27 February, 2013 12:34

  Tags: open source, cms, Gartner, e-commerce, software, e-business, internet

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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.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 19 February, 2013 11:47

  Tags: open source, cms, e-commerce, Open Source Matters, software, e-business, internet

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  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.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 13 February, 2013 12:36

  Tags: web apps, cms, e-commerce, e-business, internet

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

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