In this World Wide Wrap: Dubai e-commerce competition grows, Virginia to tax e-tailers, and January e-commerce sales slump.
In today's technology roundup: Facebook tops Google's online traffic, US warrantless cellphone tracking defended, more Buzz privacy flaws unveiled, and introducing computer engineer Barbie.
In this World Wide Wrap: IDC's EMEA banking predictions, IT drives Oz bank growth, and protocol for mobile payments.
In today's technology roundup: Google acquires Aardvark, Apple to sell $1 TV shows, Astronaut tweets images from space, and US IT employment recovers slightly.
In this World Wide Wrap: Tech to protect mobile users, partnership benefits booklovers, and Target intros mobile gift cards.
The bank is also in talks with the South African Reserve Bank over the US payment company.
Symantec's 2010 NetThreat Web site aims to educate the online community about Internet security.
In today's technology roundup: YouTube intros parental guidance, Iran blocks Gmail, MS issues patches for 26 flaws, and AOL, Facebook partner.
In this World Wide Wrap: Cartonnages Larr'e cuts costs and goes green, TextStream wins digital printing deals, and AS Hospitality migrates to EFI.
In this World Wide Wrap: RCom lines up app stores, report ranks multilingual CMS, and IBM bolsters CMS with Initiate acquisition.
In this World Wide Wrap: AppScriber lets consumers find solutions, Bmi updates self-service check-in, and Verizon nudges users to self-service.
Companies need an early warning system to alert them to impending availability and performance deficiencies in online services, says Hannes Lategan, solutions strategist at CA Southern Africa.