eBay suggested that Canadian sellers of media products adjust their pricing when selling on the US site to deal with a new eBay.com shipping policy. Beginning on Friday, eBay is imposing a cap on shipping charges in the Books, Movies & DVDs, Music, and Video Games categories on eBay.com.
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EBay Inc. said Tuesday that Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen, who made a fortune by selling Web browsing company Netscape Communications to AOL for $10 billion while still in his 20s, has joined the online auctioneer’s board of directors.
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Barence writes “A security expert was stunned to discover a VPN device he’d bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local council’s confidential servers. Bought for just 99p for use at work, when plugged in it automatically connected with the login details which had been carelessly left on the device. ‘The whole selling point of the device was that it was extremely easy to configure. It’s …
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eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) was awarded the 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, becoming the first Internet company to receive the prestigious award. At a White House ceremony where he conferred the medals, President George W. Bush cited eBay’s pioneering technology that encouraged and supported online trade, and that enabled global entrepreneurship and the growth of the Internet …
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An East Hartford man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for pirating more than 8,000 copies of TV shows and movies and selling them on eBay for more than $100,000.
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One of my favorite pastimes is browsing online auction sites. No matter what you are looking for, chances are the granddaddy of those sites, eBay, has it — and often, at a bargain price.
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I was doing some searching on Google on September 18th for sewing patterns for Halloween costumes when I observed something interesting. eBay listings did not appear to be showing up high in natural search on Google for my searches. So I did searches for some traditional eBay items, such as Fenton Glass and Beanie Babies. There were no eBay listings on the first page of Google search results.
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The goal is to allow publishers and advertisers to manage their display advertising on newspaper Web sites, along with Yahoo sites and large sites like eBay and WebMD.
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Taken together, three bills in Congress would require online marketplaces and auction sites to secretly police affiliates suspected of selling stolen goods. In addition to requiring extensive record keeping on sellers using the site and turning over that information to authorities upon request, the legislation prohibits resale sites—like eBay or craigslist—from informing suspected sellers they …
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A 37-year old Tucson man formerly employed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of government property. James Williams was accused of stealing a pair of night goggles worth almost $7,000 from CBP in 2007, selling them on ebay and keeping the proceeds.
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