Online discount real estate brokers can now enjoy complete access to the nation’s Multiple Listing Service thanks to an antitrust lawsuit by the Department of Justice.
The New Hampshire legislature has reached a tentative agreement on the state’s Online Safety Act.
City councilors in Tulsa want to consider new legislation for the secondary ticket market and make it illegal to scalp tickets.
An editorial in the New York Times argues that Congress has delayed the important issue of net neutrality, and legislation should be passed on this issue immediately.
Secondhand ticket prices for Neil Diamond’s sold-out concert at Fenway Park are approaching the levels of actual diamonds on ticket reselling web sites.
Big businesses need to start planning now to handle changes that will take place when a new version of the Internet's fundamental routing protocol becomes ubiquitous, or risk losing online customers, according to ICANN.
A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining personal data from six million people which they then posted on two popular servers on the Internet.
Amazon.com has been operating a distribution center in Irving, TX since 2006, giving it a "physical presence" in Texas. The Texas Comptroller's Office is investigating whether the Internet retail behemoth, owes Texas possibly millions of dollars in uncollected internet sales taxes on purchases made by its customers in the state.
Florida Attorney General announced a nationwide partnership requires Facebook to digitally screen profiles, eliminating convicted sex offenders. It also checks that subscriber profiles match personal information, as well as an automatic "pop-up" warning will appear when youngsters try to contact adults.
ICANN chief says business leaders are grossly underestimating their firms' reliance on the internet and the risks of web-based threats.
Wholesale fees for Internet addresses ending in ".org" will increase 10 percent Nov. 9.
Two senior House Judiciary Committee members introduced a bill Thursday that could subject cable and telephone companies to antitrust enforcement if they unfairly handle Internet traffic.
Madonna has become the first artist to officially endorse the secondary ticket market.
Amazon has filed a lawsuit asking a New York court to declare the state's new internet tax unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that states cannot require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax unless they have a physical presence, like a brick-and-mortar store, in those states.
A group of professional ticket brokers enlisted the help of Richard Vitale, who is not a registered lobbyist, to help pass the amended ticket resale bill. This action by the brokers may have violated Massachusetts law.
Virginia public schools will soon launch Internet safety lessons across all grade levels and are going to integrate safety skills into the curriculum, not simply teach them in one lesson.
Chinese security officials remain worried hackers will strike Chinese computer systems while the Olympic Games are being held in Beijing.
Internet users are being warned of a phishing scam using the American Red Cross brand asking for donations to help the people in Romania.
Canada's online sales soared to 62.7 billion dollars in 2007, a growth of 26 percent from the year 2006. This is the sixth consecutive year that Canada's online sales have increased at a double-digit pace.
The Hannah Montana bill has finally passed both houses in the Minnesota legislature. The bill was designed to help the general public be able to purchase event tickets without having to worry as much about them selling out quick or costing a fortune.
The Minnesota legislature approved the Hannah Montana bill this week. The bill makes it a misdemeanor to use, own or sells computer programs that enable vendors to grab up blocks of tickets before the public can.
China's booming population of Internet users has soared to 221 million, tying the United Statesfor the largest number of people online.
Texas’s Attorney General spoke about the importance of cyber security. Laws and aggressive prosecution, in addition to Internet security features, may help with the relatively new field of cyber crime; ultimately it's up to the individual user.
The FBI and some members of Congress want Internet service providers to be legally required to keep records of their users' activities for later review. They hope that this mandatory data retention would be useful in catching child pornographers.
Hackers had launched some low-intensity attacks against CNN’s website last week. Visitors to the site experienced a noticeable slowdown during the early hours of Sunday and Monday.
The FCC decided there's no need for new regulation of the Internet after conducting two hearings on "network management."
Missouri state legislator Roy Salva is looking to pass new legislation that would make it illegal to scalp tickets. Salca blames brokers for the ticket crisis, who he believes snap up inordinate numbers of tickets, drive up the prices and gauge consumers.
PayPal is working on preventing phishers by blocking older browsers or browsers with no anti-phishing features from accessing their website.
A number of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) working groups are attempting to debut internationalized domain names (IDNs) by early 2009, following the formulation of policies to better manage ambiguities.
According to the most recent survey of more than 125 retailers, U.S.consumers will spend $204 billion on online spending in 2008, a 17% increase from 2007.
Data exposure grows more frightening as the amount of malicious software released in the second half of 2007 outpaced the release of legitimate software. Symantec CEO called for the federal government to pass legislation governing data breach notification and standards on how to handle and report an exposure of customer or proprietary data.
Illinois and Texas both have laws on the books relating to Internet safety courses to be taught in public schools, but Virginia is currently the only state to require such courses.
Ticket Master and StubHub dominated the primary and secondary ticket market last month.
The governor and legislative leaders have collected enough votes to send a bill to the full Maryland Senate that would repeal the state's new tax on computer services. The bill would offset part of the lost revenue with a surcharge on the income of millionaires.
The Braves have introduced a new way to view this seasons games through the addition of a premium and pricey seating section built behind the plate at Turner field. The SunTrust Club is three rows of thickly padded seats — $300 per game in the front row, $275 per game for the other two rows — protrude closer to the field than even the dugouts and the owner's box.
The International Olympic Committee announced that the internet must remain open during the Beijing Olympics. Beijing routinely blocks Chinese access to some foreign news Web sites and blogs, a practice it has stepped up since rioting broke out over two weeks ago in Tibet.
The Hannaford Brothers grocery chain may have been PCI compliant, but that doesn't protect against an inside job. The Hannaford data breach is notable because -- unlike the notorious breach of The TJX Companies in 2006 -- the hackers captured the stream of data as card information was sent to banks for verification.
McAfee discovers over 20,000 pages have been hacked to redirect surfers to a site that infects the visitor’s computer. Affecting thousands of web surfers, McAfee described it as one of the largest cyber attacks to date of this kind. With government and travel sites hit, thousands of web surfers’ computers have been affected.
South by Southwest Music Conference offers a rare opportunity to hear some of the industry’s biggest behind-the-scenes player’s talk about ticket sales, and the secondary ticket market.
