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Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment The growth in online shopping and in particular auction sites means that counterfeiters now have more direct and discreet channels to reach consumers than ever before. Recent research we conducted with online intellectual property specialist... [22 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT... [22 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: WFH, LOL?
Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT... [21 May 2008]
Online age verification Bill is cynical manipulation
Leader Even though the MP for South Luton Margaret Moran's Ten Minute Rule Bill on age verification for online purchases has gone through to a second reading in May, it is at best ill-thought-out and at worst, nothing more than a cynical ruse to whip up... [22 Jan 2008]
Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment dangers
Leader This suggests not only are more people shopping on the internet, but they are spending more money too. It appears that the economic doom and gloom of the past few months was forgotten, for a while at least, with retailers such as Marks & Spencer... [02 Jan 2008]
E-tailers beware: OFT web sweep is imminent
Comment Year on year, the number of people choosing to do their Christmas shopping online is increasing, so the timing of this review is clearly no coincidence. Despite estimates that £14bn will be spent by consumers online this Christmas, recent research... [14 Dec 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Computer says 'no'
Comment It was then suggested I might like to get myself up to Brent Cross shopping centre where they have one left in stock. The failure to understand why the computer had cancelled my order was one thing but coupled with the suggestion that my best bet... [10 May 2007]
Leader: Fear sells?
Leader Of course there are risks attached to shopping online which silicon.com has covered in detail over the years but such research does not exactly compare like with like, nor does it take into account risk, probability or exposure - or any kind of... [23 Jan 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Hassle-free Christmas shopping
Comment In common with around 50 per cent of UK adults, I tend to do as much of my Christmas shopping online as possible, and while things have moved on light years from the days when you could buy any present online - as long as it was a book - Amazon... [30 Nov 2006]
Leader: E-tailers can get it right this Xmas
Leader Pass on your suggestions for taking the pain out of Christmas shopping by emailing editorial@silicon.com. Tomorrow we'll bring you our top tips for a stress free Christmas (.though only shopping - you're on your own with the turkey we're afraid). [27 Nov 2006]
Leader: Too many still fear the net
Leader So great is consumers' fear of the net, however, that significant portions refuse to use it - especially for tasks such as banking or shopping, according to the research. This is bad news indeed for both the purveyors of those services and for e... [09 Oct 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Searching for wi-fi in Norwich
Comment But then I increased the number of coffee shops to 25, and added the Chapplefields Shopping Mall. The dream of any muninet has to be to get online for free, at the drop of a hat, from any location, at any time, with any suitable device. [30 Aug 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up Of course one of the great benefits of shopping online is that you don't have to leave the house, which would be good news for a new breed of problem teenager - the addicted gamer. The Round-Up's favourite statistic of the week is undoubtedly the... [25 Aug 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: School's out - so watch out
Comment The scope of sites is vast - from music and movies and games through eBay, shopping, chatrooms, alternative reality sites, instant messaging, videoconferencing, VoIP and much more. Thousands of youngsters are home for the summer and they ain't sat... [21 Aug 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Been let down by an e-tailer?
Comment Those of us who have regularly shopped online for some time now will have our favourite sites - be it a first port of call when booking flights or hotels, a first choice for CDs or DVDs, a specialist clothes store or other niche site (not... [08 Mar 2006]
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