Crime may yet prove the biggest threat to the development of e-commerce.

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Others think that auctions will force up mobile-telephony prices, because telecoms firms will pass on the costs, so slowing the development of mobile e-commerce.

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The paper outlines a policy to combat computer crime and describes the mechanisms necessary to achieve this without hindering rapid development of e-commerce in the EU or affecting citizens' fundamental right to privacy.

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And, in spite of Dr. Mahathir's grand Muli-Media Corridor idea, the country is also lagging behind much of developed Asia in technology, Internet development, e-commerce etc.

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Also on Wednesday, the e-commerce development group, bizzbuild.com, announced the sale of its subsidiary Value Direct to Home Electrical Direct.

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