E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- June 19, 2009

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Today's Headlines:
Watch Your Word of Mouth
SourceForge Grows Up - and Out
Will PCI Ever Make the Grade?
RIM Posts Robust Q1 Earnings, Sags on Guidance
Does Bing Have Wings?

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Today's Story Highlights

Watch Your Word of Mouth
Blogs and online review sites have proliferated in recent years, as
ostensibly "with-it" influencers offer "independent" reviews,
endorsements and testimonials that increasingly drive consumer traffic
to a wide variety of product sellers. However, many of those serving up
rave online comments are being compensated in some fashion.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67375.html

SourceForge Grows Up - and Out
SourceForge, a media services and e-commerce company that provides open
source software downloads and development, is enjoying the best of both
business worlds. It is one of the largest open source software
repositories -- the SourceForge Web site has more than 30 million unique
visitors per month -- and it reported more than $40 million in earnings
for its last quarter, with no outstanding debt.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67378.html

Will PCI Ever Make the Grade?
Every time you swipe your credit card and wait for the transaction to be
approved, sensitive data including your name and account number are
ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a
potential opening for hackers. While you may take steps to protect
yourself against identity theft, an Associated Press investigation has
found the banks are not being nearly as cautious as they could.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67367.html

RIM Posts Robust Q1 Earnings, Sags on Guidance
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday exceeded first-quarter
expectations when it reported a 33 percent rise in profit but
disappointed investors with its guidance. The Waterloo, Ontario-based
company earned US$643 million, or $1.12 per share, in the quarter that
ended May 30. That compares with $482.5 million, or 84 cents, in the
year-ago period.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67383.html

Does Bing Have Wings?
Some positive reviews and a humorous TV ad campaign have helped, but
online measurement service comScore is providing Microsoft's new search
engine even more wind beneath its Bing with new statistics indicating
gains in Microsoft search sites' penetration and their share of search
results pages.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67374.html

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