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Stolen information was encoded on blank cards used at ATM machines

In light of the biggest identity theft case ever prosecuted in America, the spotlight is being turned on just how secure is our credit and debit card information?

The question is a simple one but the answer might appear to be a bit harder to pin down.

VeriSign, a firm that secures websites for e-commerce, told the BBC that credit and debit card information is “vulnerable” but they are working with retailers to change that.

“Credit and debit card information is just not incredibly secure,” said Perry Tancredi, VeriSign’s senior product manager for fraud detection. Read more…

Three years after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) declared that its index was three times larger than any other search engine and then declined to cite a specific number to support that claim, it was widely believed that Google had tired of index one-upmanship and that it would no longer be measuring its index.

Well, Google has its yardstick in hand once again.

Two Google engineers on Friday said that Google’s index of the Web now contains 1 trillion unique URLs. Read more…

The most relied upon parts of our daily lives tend to be taken for granted. So it’s no surprise then that everyone’s placid existence suddenly flips to sheer horror and panic when they prove to be capable of harming us in some irreparable ways.

Online, the ongoing DNS debacle has shaken some faith in what we’ve relied on for so long. Read more…

Russia apparently could become a datacenter hub. It has hydroelectric power, cold temperatures to keep all those servers cool and a booming economy with lots of engineering talent. But there are enough moving parts to require a little more homework on that Russia as datacenter capital theory. Read more…

A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack.

According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts offices of some of the technology industry’s biggest players–Intel, Qualcomm and Infosys. Read more…

Amazon’s second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals.

On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of $4.06 billion. In the year ago quarter, Amazon reported earnings of $78 million, or 19 cents a share, on revenue of $2.89 billion. Read more…

Driving traffic without breaking your budget

Summary
Once you decide to venture out on the Web with your business, you’re going to have to contend with a whole new marketing system — a system that is still maturing. We look at three successful e-commerce sites and their strategies for driving traffic up without killing their budget.

Just how many e-commerce site developers think “marketing” is a four-letter word to be uttered under one’s breath, and that marketing types are the devil’s advocates? As electronic commerce sites try to establish presence with consumers, good marketing will be critical to their success, just as it spells sales for dish Read more…

Choosing a good domain name is crucial to the success or failure of your business. You may wonder how something so small and slight could have an impact on your business, but the best way to compare this is to think about how important location is to an offline business? If you do not have a good location, you are likely not going to get many visitors. The same holds true for a good domain name as well.

Here, you will discover the six qualities that a good domain name must have to ensure maximum success. Read more…

Registering a domain name is a quick process that often seems complex. It is far easier than most general web surfers suspect. You can quickly learn how to register a domain name with a little forethought.

You need little know-how to register a domain name. Your first task is to find a company that will let you perform a search in what is known as a “WHOIS” database. These databases contains all registered domain names worldwide. Domains that are currently in use will offer the name of the individual or company with ownership. The WHOIS will also tell you if your desired domain is free. Read more…

In today’s race to the top of the Google SERP’s (Search Engine Result Pages), there are a number of factors that can help you achieve those coveted spots. While certain techniques may weigh better than others based on your industry and level of competition, there is no questioning the power of links.
There are several methods, some common and some yet to be discovered, you can try out to help boost your link density and search rankings. While it would be near impossible to go into great detail on all methods (that would require a book) below I have outlined some of the more common techniques a web site owner Read more…