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  • October 2007

    • eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 2, 07 12:04 AM CDT

      eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      (Newser) - eBay's $2.6 billion acquisition of phone service Skype looks like a wrong number, with profits on hold indefinitely. The Wall Street Journal reports eBay will take a $1.4 billion write down on Skype, which  accounts for $90 million of eBay's $1.83 billion in revenue in the third quarter. Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom is stepping down. More »

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      social networking  • eBay  • Skype  • digital video  • PayPal  • revenue  • online music  • Meg Whitman  • Vonage  • write down

  • September 2007

    • eBay Identity Thefts Raise Fears

      PC World  |  Sep 26, 07 11:45 PM CDT

      eBay Identity Thefts Raise Fears

      (Newser) - A sinister incident in which confidential information of 1,200 eBay users was posted on a discussion forum is raising questions about the security of the world's biggest online marketplace. PC World reports that a person eBay called "a malicious fraudster" posted the personal data, visible for an hour on Tuesday before eBay shut the forum down. More »

    • Vick's Talking Points end Up on Ebay

      TMZ  |  Sep 4, 07 7:11 PM CDT

      Vick's Talking Points end Up on Ebay

      (Newser) - Vick’s next note to self may be “apologize to the dogs next time.” TMZ readers have already seen his private notes from his apology last week and can even bid to own them, because the Humane Society has posted them on ebay. Vick’s list of regrets ends with “dogs have suffered,” but he forgot to extend that apology when facing the glare of the press.  More »

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      eBay  • Michael Vick  • animal cruelty  • dogfighting  • apology  • Humane Society

    • She Fought Cancer With eBay—and Found Her Legacy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 1, 07 2:56 PM CDT

      She Fought Cancer With eBay&mdash;and Found Her Legacy

      (Newser) - It was her mother's dying wish: "Take care of my eBay." Katherine Rossman chronicles her mother's four-year battle with cancer, and the concurrent obsession with collecting vintage glass on the Internet that sustained her. Her $25,000 collection of Art Deco bibelots was to become her legacy. More »

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      cancer  • death  • eBay

  • August 2007

    • Dogs Bite Back at Vick, Cash In

      Kansas City Star  |  Aug 30, 07 9:10 AM CDT

      Dogs Bite Back at Vick, Cash In

      (Newser) - A Cape Girardeau, Mo., woman let her two dogs loose on her collection of Michael Vick football cards, and sold the resulting mess for $7,400 on eBay, reports the Kansas City Star. The 22 cards were originally worth from $1 to $10 each; Rochelle Steffen says she will donate the proceeds to the Humane Society. The buyer is a former teacher who is suffering from incurable cancer More »

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      dog  • eBay  • Michael Vick  • Humane Society

    • Net Startups Go Gaga Over Silly Company Names

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 29, 07 2:19 PM CDT

      Net Startups Go Gaga Over Silly Company Names

      (Newser) - Following in the Google tradition of using a goofy name to stand out from the Silicon Valley pack, a new generation of internet startups is sporting wacky monikers that may rile investors and confuse consumers. Young companies resort to names like Tagtooga and Qoosa to carve out unique identities and snap up domains that aren’t already taken. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Yahoo  • eBay  • Silicon Valley  • startup

    • 25 Essential Websites

      Time  |  Aug 20, 07 9:01 AM CDT

      25 Essential Websites

      (Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time' s 25 can't-live-without websites: Amazon.com BBC.co.uk Citysearch.com More »

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      Internet  • list  • Google  • Facebook  • eBay  • Amazon.com  • website  • Craigslist  • BBC  • ESPN  • Digg

  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Museum Bids to Turn eBay to Art

      Boston Globe  |  May 29, 07 9:16 AM CDT

      Museum Bids to Turn eBay to Art

      (Newser) - Ebay as high culture? The Shelburne Museum in Vermont is showcasing the online auction winnings of celebs such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bianca Jagger, and John Lurie, in an exhibition titled "Got eBay? Celebrity Collections Created Online." Museum director Stephen Jost gave a group of big names $1000 each to bid on eBay items and create a personal collection, which together form the art project. More »

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      eBay  • Jerry Seinfeld  • Vermont  • online auction  • art museum  • museum  • contemporary art

  • April 2007

    • Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay

      New York Times  |  Apr 6, 07 9:34 AM CDT

      Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay

      (Newser) - Cable networks are boycotting eBay's experiment in auctioning television airtime to ad houses, in a decision that could ground its nascent spin-off site. The networks protest that Online Media Exchange, which eBay claimed would reduce inefficiency, doesn't account for today's complex targeting and multimedia promotional packages. More »

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      television  • Google  • business  • eBay  • auction  • cable TV  • advertisements  • Dish Network

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