Archive for October 4th, 2006

  • Skype Updates Mac

    Skype Limited on Tuesday released a security update to repair a flaw in its voice over internet software that could let an attacker take control of Mac computers.
    The vulnerability, which affects Apple Computer Inc.’s Mac OS X operating system software, requires a Skype user to click on an internet link designed to take advantage of […]

  • eBay Could Be Your Next Resume

    His name is Robb Phen and for ten thousand dollars he could be yours for two months. Robb is for sale on eBay.
    He and his wife Kara decided to try this unusual marketing tactic because
    he has been searching for a job for about two months using traditional methods without results.
    Rob says he’s willing […]

  • eBay Stock Up Is The Shift From Stores Working?

    Why? Why have eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares gained 6.10% today? That is, of course, the question.
    We’ve discussed the rumors already, anything from eBay selling its China operations to creating a strategic alliance with a local player, to Microsoft buying eBay.
    Most of these rumors aren’t even that new and have surfaced from time to time […]

  • What is PayPal and It’s History

    PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers
    to be made through the internet. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. PayPal performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which it charges a fee. In October 2002, PayPal became […]

  • Escaping Identity Theft On eBay

    eBay does their best to make communication with other buyers and sellers as painless as possible. Sadly, there are plenty of scam artists that are just waiting to use these features to their advantage. One such feature is the ability of an eBay customer or seller to ask you a question through eBay’s “My Messages” […]

  • eBays Management Announcing Departure

    Despite the news of Greg Isaacs’ departure having been mentioned in several sites, this key eBay director’s recent departure hasn’t made the wire reports news. Isaacs announced his departure yesterday.

    Who is Greg Isaacs, some of you might wonder? He’s not on the big eBay’s management list, after all. True. Greg Isaacs is, or rather was, […]

  • British Museum Watching Over eBay Antiques Sales

    British Museum experts will monitor eBay antiquities sales and report illegal activity to the Met’s Art and Antiques Unit in an arrangement announced today.
    The initiative will try and tackle the problem of potentially academically valuable artefacts being traded. Amateur treasure hunters finding precious metal objects and groups of coins over 300 years old, or any […]

  • Historic Masonic Building Being Auctioned on eBay

    Shawnee’s Historic Masonic Building Pops Up On Web Auction Site
    You can find almost anything on eBay — including a large building in Downtown Shawnee.
    The Masonic Building, the pride of downtown before the Aldridge was renovated right across 9th Street, is listed on the internet marketplace under real estate - commercial.
    As of Tuesday afternoon, one bid […]