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Faster websites, more reliable data

Today, visiting almost any major website -- checking your Facebook news feed, looking for books on Amazon, bidding for merchandise on eBay -- involves querying a database. But the databases that these sites ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

PayPal lets people deposit checks using iPhones

A PayPal application that lets people deposit checks by scanning them with cameras built into iPhones was considered a budding success on Friday.

Technology / Software

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Skype getting new chief executive from Cisco

(AP) -- Skype is replacing its CEO with a Cisco Systems executive, a change that may indicate the Internet calling service is closer to announcing specific plans for an initial public offering.

Technology / Business

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Top eBay e-commerce executive steps down

(AP) -- One of eBay's top executives is stepping down, leaving a void in the e-commerce company's largest division, which includes the namesake auction website.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Charity auction lets you buy celeb Twitter friends

(AP) -- If you've ever wished celebrities like actress Demi Moore or skateboarder Tony Hawk would follow you on short-messaging site Twitter, now's your chance - but you'll have to cough up some cash for the privilege.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco to start paying a dividend by next summer

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer-networking gear, said Tuesday that it would pay its first dividend by July, the end of its current fiscal year.

Technology / Business

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Appeals court ruling threatens used software sales

(AP) -- A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.

Technology / Business

created Sep 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Hackers make 57,000 booby-trapped websites weekly: experts

About 57,000 seemingly legitimate websites booby-trapped by hackers spring up on the Internet each week, computer security researchers at PandaLabs said.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

EBay wins a round in court against Craigslist

(AP) -- In a skirmish between two Internet heavy hitters with a tangled relationship, eBay Inc. has convinced a court that it was wronged by antitakeover moves adopted by Craigslist after eBay started encroaching on its ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The impact of new media and technology on customer relationships

A new media marketing world increasingly dominated by mobile technologies, "shopping bots," recommendation systems and peer-to-peer networks has spawned a radical new online marketplace, challenging the old behaviors of buyers ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cisco seeking to acquire Skype: TechCrunch

US networking giant Cisco has made an offer to acquire Internet communications firm Skype, technology blog TechCrunch said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patent suits filed against Facebook, Apple, Google

A company owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Friday blasted Apple, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Yahoo! and others with a patent infringement lawsuit filed in a US court.

Technology / Business

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

China's Alibaba buys US software developer Auctiva

The Hong Kong-listed arm of China's e-commerce firm Alibaba said Wednesday it had agreed to buy US software developer Auctiva for an undisclosed sum, accelerating a push into the world's biggest economy.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online bargain broker Groupon enters Japan, Russia

(AP) -- Online coupon provider Groupon can cross two more countries off its global shopping list: Japan and Russia.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM agrees to buy Unica for $480 million

(AP) -- IBM Corp. said Friday it has agreed to buy Unica Corp., a marketing services company, for $480 million, or $21 per share.

Technology / Business

created Aug 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1