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News The UK's new e-crime unit is already collecting criminal intelligence reports from eBay in an effort to help stamp out fraud and data theft targeting the auctioneer.eBay is feeding information on... [25 Feb 2009]
eBay: Let us look inside your PC
News From this year, eBay will open the doors on a new site offering malware scanning to its users as part of a raft of new features aimed at beating the phishers and virus writers. The site, eBay Garage,... [23 Feb 2009]
EU looks to tap up VoIP conversations
News Skype remains interested in working with Eurojust despite the fact that they chose not to contact us before issuing this inaccurate report", a spokesperson for the eBay-owned internet telephony company said. [23 Feb 2009]
Second Life's ecommerce double whammy
News Speaking to silicon.com, Linden Lab chief product officer, Tom Hale, said: "Xstreet SL and OnRez are really like the eBay or Amazon [of Second Life]. What we're doing is adding that kind of eBay, Amazon,... [22 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.09
Round-Up After a day of feigned delight at yet another novelty jumper from Aunt Aggie, by Boxing Day most people had decided it was time to hit eBay: the most visited retail site on Boxing Day, with a 10.5 per cent share of UK... [09 Jan 2009]
No crash landing for Skype in economic downturn
News Skype, which is owned by eBay, offers downloadable software that allows people to make free calls to other Skype users and low-cost calls to mobile phones and regular phones. The sinking economy has actually been a good... [09 Jan 2009]
Web sales fever hits as soon as the wrapping paper is off
News The rise in traffic this year was driven by consumers' hunt for post-Christmas bargains, with variants of 'Boxing Day sale' being one of the more popular search terms of the day and no frills supermarket Aldi seeing a 78 per cent rise in... [02 Jan 2009]
Pure-play e-tailers help consumers get happy online
News The survey, conducted between 28 November and 15 December, found Play.com and Amazon UK share the top satisfaction ranking among consumers.eBay UK, Apple iTunes UK and Screwfix Direct came in second, third and fourth... [22 Dec 2008]
US losing trust in Google privacy?
News A number of technology companies saw their ranking change, including eBay and Yahoo! While the financial services sector slipped amid industry-wide woes, the technology sector showed marked improvement as... [16 Dec 2008]
Moon mobiles, Windows without Gates and DIY wi-fi signal boosting
News Not content with diving into the mobile world, the Mountain View-based company has also stuck a tentacle into the online browser pie with its Chrome offering, giving Internet Explorer a new upstart to worry about.has of course been a... [15 Dec 2008]
Web Portal Feels Like Home: Applying Agenda Setting Theory to Internet - Based Media and Their Influence on Cybersociety
White Paper Excite, eBay et al. The progressive process of internetization leads the audience little by little to setting aside traditional media of today's every day: dailies, radio and television. The evolution of media use leads... [03 Dec 2008]
Microsoft web store kills off Windows Marketplace
News Online retailer Amazon.com issued a cautious note regarding holiday sales when it reported its third-quarter financial results last month, while eBay lowered its fourth-quarter forecast. Microsoft is doubling down on... [17 Nov 2008]
Is the credit crunch affecting IT?
News Meanwhile several tech giants have recently announced big staff layoffs - including EA which is losing six per cent of its global workforce, eBay with 10 per cent of staff and Yahoo! Financial markets everywhere may be... [03 Nov 2008]
Managed Anti-DDoS Service Protection
White Paper While no company wants to willingly publicize it, it has taken major companies offline including: Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, CNN and eBay. As the Internet becomes increasingly mission-critical, business executives need to... [22 Oct 2008]
Why Do Denial of Service Attacks Reduce Future Visits?: Switching Costs Vs. Changing Preferences
White Paper The attacks had a lasting negative impact on six of the seven websites attacked (CNN, Yahoo, ZDNet, Amazon, Buy.com, and EBay, but not ETrade). This paper examines the denial of service attacks of February 2000 to... [21 Oct 2008]
