Zappos, which sells shoes and clothes online, was a most trusted e-commerce brand.

FORBES: Into the Breach: Protecting the Brand When Data Loss Is the New Normal

Concerns about these anti-competitive strategies are shared by all of us who want an open and trusted internet that enables knowledge and commerce, while empowering citizens and customers.

ECONOMIST: Letters

That may be why Guillermo Moreno, the thuggish commerce secretary, is moving to stamp out the unofficial, but widely trusted, price indices.

ECONOMIST: Stalinist practices in Buenos Aires

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - Nov 30, 2012) - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign's agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to serve as the authoritative registry operator for the .com registry (the "2012 .com Registry Agreement") for the term commencing on Dec. 1, 2012 through Nov. 30, 2018 with certain new terms and conditions.

ENGADGET: Department of Commerce renews VeriSign control of .com registry, demands price freeze