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EBay's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire

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(AP) -- 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 ...


Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo

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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower ...


Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses

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(AP) -- 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.


With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into ...


MySpace lets users take profile data outside site's walls

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

MySpace announced Thursday it is opening the gates of its popular online community by letting users automatically transfer profile information to other social-networking websites.


Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures

May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 5

(AP) -- Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web ...


Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.


Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. That's because orders are rolling in through the Internet.


Review: Mint shows me the money, and that's half the battle

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- Confession: I've never balanced a checkbook or devised a realistic budget. I'm too impatient to follow through with manual record-keeping when all the transactions are digital.


AP sources give inside look at Microsoft's raised Yahoo bid

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.? The answer is taking on greater importance as more outraged Yahoo shareholders threaten to sue ...


UMG confirms deal with Qtrax to allow free music downloads

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Universal Music Group confirmed Tuesday that it has reached a deal with file-sharing site Qtrax to allow free, legal downloads of UMG music.


Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas

May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information.


Collapse Yahoo talks leaves advertisers with less leverage

May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The collapse of Microsoft Corp.'s pursuit of Yahoo Inc. is leaving advertisers pining for other ways to reach mass audiences on the Web and to counteract Google Inc.'s dominance of the online ad market.


Google looking golden again after challenging stretch

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. ...


Studios win $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111 million judgment for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy.com.


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