Reuters - U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc may
cut 1,500 jobs, according to an article in Barron's weekly,
citing a report published last week by investment-research firm
Wedge Partners.
AFP - Barack Obama urged his supporters Saturday to help victims of the monstrous Hurricane Ike while also promising economic relief to hard-pressed Americans suffering "quiet storms" in their own lives.
AFP - Presidential candidate Barack Obama urged his supporters Saturday to help victims of the monstrous Hurricane Ike while also promising economic relief to hard-pressed Americans suffering "quiet storms" in their own lives.
AFP - The computer chip industry on Friday celebrated the 50th birthday of the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that set the stage for the Internet and the Digital Age.
PC Magazine - Trend Micro on Thursday rolled out Trend Micro Internet Security, plus a Pro edition, that follows the trend of reducing the performance hit the security suite will place on your PC. -- read full article
PC Magazine - The X Prize Foundation, the same organization behind the Automotive X Prize and Google Lunar X Prize projects, has recently launched a YouTube search for people's "crazy green ideas." -- read full article
AP - Comcast Corp. has reached agreements with several major content providers to offer their shows on its entertainment Web site, Fancast.com. -- read full article
AP - Google Inc. has snapped up South Korean blogging software company Tatter and Company, or TNC, in a bid to expand the Internet search leader's reach in Asia. -- read full article
AFP - The White House campaign faced its second storm-forced disruption Saturday as Barack Obama offered to raise funds from his army of donors for victims of the monstrous Hurricane Ike.
PC Magazine - Dropbox, one of the many file-synchronization and online-backup combo tools to debut this year is finally ready for the masses to sign up; no more invite required. -- read full article
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc has appointed a senior
Microsoft Corp executive to head its U.S. advertising
sales as the global Internet retailer ramps up its online ad
business, The New York Post reported. -- read full article
PC Magazine - Cricket, a smaller cell phone carrier, wants to bring wireless high-speed Internet to the masses. Using a little USB modem that hooks Windows PCs up to the carrier's EVDO Rev A network, they're bringing lower-income households on line for what they call "$1.33/day." -- read full article
