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EBay's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:52:47 -0400

EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month.

Facebook to let users carry profiles with them

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:31:13 -0400

Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.

Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:23 -0400

Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.

Apple agrees to settle iPod lawsuit

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:20:13 -0400

Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations of the device.

Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:34 -0400

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.

70 people sickened during San Francisco conference

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:13:12 -0400

It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc.

Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:12 -0400

Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer.

Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:26:20 -0400

Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis.

Gates: Microsoft to go its own way

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:58:20 -0400

Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.

Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:42:16 -0400

Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday.