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T-Mobile USA Inc announced a new purchasing program Direct Carrier Billing to allow customers to make purchase of digital content and services from their Internet connected devices. Using Direct Carrier Billing customers of T-Mobile can charge purchases of digital games, gaming and social networking credits, music, videos and other digital content offerings directly to their existing T-Mobile account right from the Web browser using their PC, smartphone, netbook or computer tablet.

An Australian police remanded a 35-year-old man from the country town of Castlemaine in Victoria for making an order of bomb-making equipment on eBay at an amount of $AU17,000.

Talking at the Bendigo Magistrates Court, Phillip Marsh explained that his aim was to “make fireworks” out of his purchased materials that included potassium nitrate, charcoal powder, sulphur, detonator cord, and military paraphernalia including anti-personnel mines.

According to a new forecast made by research agency eMarketer companies selling online will see a significant growth of their profits within the following several years. The researcher believes that US retail ecommerce sales will be growing steadily through at least 2015.

The graphs made by eMarketer show that within a period from 2011 through 2015 the industry will see a 43.4% growth with a 13.7% rise expected only this year.

Ukash, online cash specialist, are helping consumers save money on Christmas shopping this year by stripping fees from the company’s prepaid virtual MasterCard®, Ukash NEO. By using Ukash NEO to shop online at over one million websites worldwide, consumers will reap the benefits of using cash to shop online for Christmas gifts, without the added fees incurred from other prepaid cards.

A new poll by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) revealed that 64% of US consumers have declined online purchases on security concerns.

Providing an explanation to their behavior 60% of Americans said they were not sure if the site was secure, 51.4% were worried about providing information requested, and 48.4% felt a website requested more information than was necessary for the transaction.

A mobile payments provider BOKU has partnered with AT&T to launch a direct mobile payment connection trial. The new program is aimed to offer customers a direct carrier-billing solution for online goods and services using their existing wireless service account.

Now AT&T customers can pay for virtual purchases and online content from participating merchants using the BOKU mobile payments service. Just using their mobile phone customers may make online purchases by entering their mobile number and charging directly to their existing AT&T wireless service account.

Online marketplace eBay is launching a new service called "Garden by eBay," a dedicated section that allows members to test new features and provide feedback for improvements and changes.

Garden by eBay replicates the idea of Google Labs where users can test and experiment with different features before they are officially released.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Banca Intesa in Serbia has selected its Ezio Classic reader to secure e-commerce services. Banca Intesa, the leading financial institution in Serbia, is part of Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s strongest banking group, the fifth largest bank in euro zone in terms of market capitalization and one of the top 15 banks in the world. The reader will allow users to make online purchases with the security level guaranteed by the EMV banking card.

SNCF, a provider of efficient and innovative solutions for travelers, and Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, introduced a new service which allows travelers to purchase and recharge their transport tickets through a contactless mobile phone with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. This new service is the result of a project run jointly by the SNCF Proximités Innovation and Technologies Pole, the SNCF subsidiary RITMx, an expert in ticketing distribution solutions, and Gemalto.