On the side of merchant protection, MasterCard is encouraging member banks to introduce authentication processes that will deliver the same protection for Internet transactions as that offered for transactions that take place in a physical store. This initiative will extend payment guarantee from the real world into the virtual world. From a bank's point of view, the introduction of this sort of guarantee is more a policy than a technological challenge, and MasterCard will be moving swiftly to engage its member banks in the process. Telstra's rural move is seen as a threat to ISPs Rural and regional Internet service providers are crying foul at a move by Telstra to offer untimed Internet access to remote users. Beyond reasonable doubt Credit card companies have joined the race to protect online shopping.
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Nicole Manktelow reports Reforms on way for Australian e-business Unlimited domain names for Australian companies and a ban on offensive domain names are likely after a panel considering Australian domain names released its findings last week. The nature of trust online Ever since human beings began to claim ownership over property, other human beings have sought to take it from them. In the past quarter of a century, with the arrival of digital technology, both property and theft have taken on new forms. It may not be the consumers fault writes Jenny Sinclair. A Web site can be top-rater without a huge publishing or marketing budget just ask Jon Satterley , managing director of Roadrunner Records Australia.