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Attempts to legislate against online piracy and copyright infringement in the US have triggered an angry response from some of the world’s largest web portals and services. Wikipedia, WordPress, Reddit and the business news site Cheezburger are just some of the major web sites that have blacked out for 24 hours in protest against the anti-piracy and anti-infringement bills, known as Sopa and Pipa that are being considered by the US Congress.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) bill from the House of Representatives and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) from the Senate aim to stop websites using and circulating unauthorised copyright materials.

Opponents to these bills include many of the web’s founding fathers who say they built their businesses on a free web and fear legislating against content will begin a process of censorship that will damage free access to information for generations to come.

Under these bills, copyright owners would be allowed to apply for court orders to force websites associated with piracy to close down. Fur

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Small business, in many cases, is now on the Web. Whether this is for simply marketing or collecting data or whether their businesses are conducted almost entirely online. If you operate your business fully or partially on the Internet, this roundup is for you.

Online Marketing

Why your customer doesn’t care about your Website. Ever tried to order something from an online store? Was it easy or overly complicated. Many customers buy online because of ease and convenience. But what happens when there’s nothing easy or convenient about shopping with you online. You say you’re having technical problems? We don’t care. The next Website is just as good as yours.

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Over the weekend, the popular website Gawker was hacked by a group going by the name of “Gnosis.”  They were able to infiltrate Gawker’s database and posted internal messages and passwords belonging to both staff members and readers. While that in itself would be cause for alarm, the panic was exacerbated among Internet users who often use the same password for all of their online accounts. With a reported 1.3 million people said to have a Gawker account, that equals a lot of people with their lives and personal information exposed.

Online security is something a lot of small business owners take for granted. They d

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