E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- September 24, 2008
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Today's Headlines:
New PCI Security Standard Falls Short
The Social Media Puzzle
The New Biology of Biometrics
RIM Preps Investors for Glum Q2, Pins Hopes to Holidays
Royalty Deal Leaves Some Streaming Music Issues Unresolved
EU Calls for Telecom Ref to Kick Up Competition
Feds Aim to Tighten Net Around Online Predators
WTO Puts Japan's Chip Tariffs Under Microscope
Netflix Wades Deeper Into On-Demand Stream With CBS, Disney Deals
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Today's Story Highlights
New PCI Security Standard Falls Short
October is the expected release date for the next version of the PCI
Data Security Standard, 1.2. Since the PCI Standard's creation -- to
serve as a guideline to help organizations that process card payments,
prevent credit card fraud, hacking and various other security
vulnerabilities and threats -- much hype has surrounded each PCI update.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64598.html
The Social Media Puzzle
The other day I had a conversation with some nice people from the market
research company Coleman Parkes Research. They wanted to tell me about a
study they have recently concluded about social networking. What was
interesting to me is the evidence they turn up about adoption and how
the adoption of social media to date by companies follows an early
adopter pattern.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64588.html
The New Biology of Biometrics
To a lot of computer users, the concept of biometric authentication is
limited to thumb drive reader devices, eye scanners and voice pattern
recognition. Such technologies still face stiff competition in most
enterprise circles, where passwords and user tokens seemingly work well
enough and are quicker and cheaper to deploy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64594.html
RIM Preps Investors for Glum Q2, Pins Hopes to Holidays
Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail phone,
disappointed investors with its initial forecast for the second quarter,
and the stock has not recovered. The company had said it would launch
its new flagship model, the Bold, in the U.S. during the quarter, but it
has been delayed, and no U.S. launch date has been announced.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64604.html
Royalty Deal Leaves Some Streaming Music Issues Unresolved
Record labels, music publishers, songwriters and online music services
have reached an agreement on how to compensate music creators for online
distribution of their content, they said. The agreement is designed to
settle how the industry calculates royalty rates for limited downloads
and music that is streamed online.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64603.html
EU Calls for Telecom Ref to Kick Up Competition
The European Parliament called Wednesday for a new independent telecom
regulator group to help open up competition for Internet and phone
services across Europe. But their choice of a group of national telecom
agencies does not go as far as the European Commission's demand for a
tough EU-wide body to weaken the grip many former state-owned telecom
monopolies have in EU nations.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64602.html
Feds Aim to Tighten Net Around Online Predators
Cooperation between law enforcement agencies is essential in the fight
against online sexual predators, the U.S. attorney general said Tuesday.
Michael Mukasey announced the signing of an agreement between four
federal agencies to share criminal intelligence on child predators.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64601.html
WTO Puts Japan's Chip Tariffs Under Microscope
The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying
with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean
computer chips. The WTO has twice ruled against a 27.2 percent charge
Tokyo levies on dynamic random access memory made by South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor. Earlier this year, the WTO gave Japan until Sept. 1 to
bring the tariff in line with international trade rules.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64600.html
Netflix Wades Deeper Into On-Demand Stream With CBS, Disney Deals
Online movie rental company Netflix has signed distribution deals with
two heavy hitters from the TV world -- the CBS Television Network and
the Disney-ABC Television Group. Netflix will soon have a stable of new
and syndicated television shows that its users can stream over the
Internet, including "CSI," "NCIS" and "Hannah Montana," to name a few.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/64591.html
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