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Article | 8/07/2008 Counterfeit goods ruling could have major effect on eBay
If a French court ruling against eBay for allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its Web site is upheld, it could have far-reaching effects for the...
Article | 8/07/2008 Privacy groups to Google: What took you so long?
Privacy groups are glad that Google has finally placed a link to its privacy policy on its home page, but they said it was something the search engine...
Article | 1/07/2008 Sold on eBay for $399k: One life
Australian resident Ian Usher, 44, sold everything he owned on eBay for a little more than US$382,000 in an online auction that ended Sunday.
Article | 1/07/2008 eBay fined $61M in furor over fake goods
A French court has fined eBay US$61 million for allowing the sale of Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture counterfeit goods on its Web s...
Article | 27/06/2008 Hello .ebay, .microsoft? ICANN votes to expand top-level domain names
As expected ICANN, the nonprofit group that manages the Internet domain name system, unanimously voted to begin the process of relaxing the rules for ...
Article | 25/06/2008 ICANN to vote on relaxing rules for top-level domain names
ICANN, the nonprofit group that manages the Internet domain name system, will vote at its meeting in Paris on Thursday on whether to open up the rules...
Article | 24/06/2008 For sale on eBay: One man's life
At some point in your life, didn't you just want to chuck it all -- house, car, job, even your friends -- and start over?
Article | 20/06/2008 House leaders plan hearing on Google-Yahoo deal
US Congressional leaders are planning to hold a hearing this summer on the competitive and privacy concerns of a search advertising deal announced las...
Article | 18/06/2008 $1M deposited in banks via MoneyAisle in first week
In one week, about 20 customers of MoneyAisle.com, a Web site where banks competitively bid for customers through secure, live auctions, have deposite...
Article | 16/06/2008 Google, Yahoo and the elephant in the room
Despite assurances from Google and Yahoo that their online advertising deal doesn't need regulatory approval, the two companies should not be too quic...
Article | 12/06/2008 Berners-Lee: Challenge of the Web is 'creative connectivity'
The challenge of the Web is to build a system that enables people to creatively solve problems that they couldn't solve on their own, said Tim Berners...
Article | 6/06/2008 Google to build technology facility at NASA research center
Google will develop a new technology facility at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif, the parties announced.
Article | 3/06/2008 High shipping the top reason for abandoning online purchases
Unexpectedly high shipping fees are the No. 1 reason consumers abandon their online purchases, according to a survey conducted for PayPal by research ...
Article | 28/05/2008 Google: YouTube lawsuit threatens exchange of info on 'Net
Viacom's US$1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company, Google, threatens the way that hundreds of millions of pe...
Article | 28/05/2008 Borders launches new e-commerce site
After seven years of outsourcing its Web site to Amazon.com, brick-and-mortar bookstore Borders has launched its own e-commerce site, Borders.com.

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