News tagged with ebay
Sex, videos, friends, games hot with kids online: Norton
Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Internet pioneers oppose US online piracy bills
The founders of Craigslist, eBay, Google, Twitter, Yahoo! and other Internet giants expressed concern to the US Congress on Wednesday over legislation intended to crack down on online piracy.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Stanford researchers outsmart captcha codes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers say that captcha security codes, asking Internet sign-up users to repeat a string of letters to prove the users are human, can be thwarted, and they have successfully ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Stanford computer scientists find Internet security flaw
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory create a computer program to defeat audio captchas on website account registration forms, revealing a design flaw that leaves them vulnerable ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaeologist finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 04, 2009 |
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Saying sorry really does cost nothing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time - when it comes to apologising, talk is cheap. According to new research, firms that simply say sorry to disgruntled customers ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Skype to unveil group video chat function
(AP) -- Internet calling service Skype plans a public "beta" test of a group video chat function that lets up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously.
May 05, 2010 |
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British Cold War nuclear bunker up for sale on eBay
A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).
Feb 28, 2010 |
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Google donates $2 million to support Wikipedia
(AP) -- Google Inc., the Internet's most profitable company, is giving $2 million to support Wikipedia, a volunteer-driven reference tool that has emerged as one of the Web's most-read sites.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Facebook, Google oppose US online piracy bills
Internet heavyweights Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo! joined ranks on Tuesday to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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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.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes
(AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Judge rebuffs Viacom in YouTube copyright case (Update)
(AP) -- YouTube's actions spoke louder than its founders' words when it came down to deciding whether the Internet's most watched video site illegally exploited copyrighted clips owned by media company Viacom ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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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.
Oct 08, 2010 |
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EBay
eBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. A majority of the sales take place through a set-time auction format, but subsequent methods include a substantial segment of listings in the "Buy It Now" category. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in thirty other countries. eBay Inc. also owns PayPal, Skype, StubHub, Kijiji, and other businesses.
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