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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]
Has tech got the power to punch through the crunch?
News The bad news is starting to pile up: eBay recently decided to lay off 1,000 workers, a long list of smaller internet outfits have begun cutting jobs, and most industry watchers expect Yahoo! With Wall Street teetering... [21 Oct 2008]
eBay not bidding on positive fourth quarter
News Online auction giant eBay lowered its fourth-quarter revenue expectations and reported third-quarter numbers that met analyst forecasts. For the third quarter, eBay's earnings came in at the low end of... [16 Oct 2008]
Credit crisis sees eBay slash 1,000 jobs
News eBay said it will cut 10 per cent of its work force and spend about $1.3bn to buy online payment and classified companies to counter a slowdown in its main web auctions business. Investors are concerned the US housing... [07 Oct 2008]
Facebook to set up international home in Dublin
News Google and eBay all have offices in Dublin as well, and Dell has chosen another Irish city, Limerick, for its European headquarters. As it expands across the globe, social network Facebook will establish its official... [03 Oct 2008]
Microsoft SearchPerks: Latest attempt to gain share
News With Live Search Cashback, Microsoft said it has seen some advertisers boost their Live Search spend.eBay, in particular, is spending 50 per cent more on Live Search thanks to Cashback, which Microsoft says offers... [01 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News February 2008: A laptop bought on eBay is found to originate from the Home Office and arrives containing an encrypted data disc from the government department. In the last 12 months a series of data security lapses have... [30 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! tests home page overhaul
News sites, like email or news, but also on sites such as eBay auctions or Google's Gmail service. is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page - the most heavily trafficked site on the web - making... [18 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! gives a glimpse into Open Strategy
News Among those who've expressed interest in the TV widget program are eBay, Twitter, ABC, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Plaxo and Joost, Petry said. showed its vision for what its Yahoo! Open Strategy makes possible, demonstrating... [12 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The issue of public data loss shot into the public eye late last year with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government and business - most recently a... [01 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News In addition to blocking phishing sites, IE 8 now highlights the main domain of any website you visit - so if you think you are on eBay's site and something other than ebay.com is highlighted, chances are... [28 Aug 2008]
One million bank customers' details sold on eBay
News One million bank customers' details have turned up on a second hand PC sold over online auction website eBay. According to reports, the PC, originally owned by archiving company Graphic Data of Shoeburyness in Essex, was... [26 Aug 2008]
Amazon unveils online-payments service
News Amazon.com unveiled on Tuesday a new online-payment service it will offer to other online merchants - a move that puts it in direct competition with eBay's PayPal and Google's Google checkout. However, as a competitor of... [30 Jul 2008]
Anti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News Previously announced features include highlighting domain names from the rest of the URL (so you can visually see that you are on eBay.com, for example, not some other site), and extended verification SSL. [03 Jul 2008]
