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(Newser) - The Software & Information Industry Association has rolled out its list of the top 10 e-commerce developments of the past decade:

1. Google (Sept. 1998)
2. Broadband Penetration of U.S. Internet Users Reaches 50% (June 2004)
3. eBay Auctions (launched Sept. 1997)
4. Amazon.com (IPO May 1997):
5. Google Ad Words (2000)

(Newser) - The final Harry Potter installment will likely fly off the shelves like a Quidditch player, but retailers are feeling decidedly grounded. Facing megasized hype, chains and websites will sell Harry for cost, leaving independent bookstores practically out of the selling loop. And Business Week reports Scholastic's lodestone is diverting attention...

(Newser) - In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure: Partners don't have to pay...

(Newser) - Amazon is going where Apple tried (and failed) to: a DRM-free online music store. Set to launch this year, Amazon’s venture won't sell tracks protected by digital rights management, the anti-copying technology that music labels have required Apple’s iTunes to use. To stay DRM-free, Amazon will partner with...