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In a brewing battle of online auctioneers, discount e-tailer Overstock.com is taking full advantage of eBay's new, higher pricing. Just days after eBay announced a 60 percent price increase that enraged its Store subscribers, Overstock has reduced its listing fees 52 percent. Analysts said eBay coul...

Two new reports say 2004 was a very good year for personal computer sales as demand for mobile machines drove double-digit growth worldwide. The reports, from competing research firms IDC and Gartner, also said the year was especially good for Dell, which continued to rein atop the PC sales charts a...

The market for digital music downloads is becoming mainstream, according to a report issued today by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI), which showed paid downloads increasing more than tenfold in 2004. Analysts said the popularity of downloading music from the Internet h...

The Internet highway is just a free medium, like the roads and all the highways. Somehow there are those who walk on the roads and those who run, some drive taxis, others drive Ferraris or race tractor-trailers. To each his own, they are all free, and so are the maps. Thank heaven. This brings us to...

IBM posted fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street forecasts for sales and profits, with all of its divisions turning in strong performances. IBM said profit climbed 12 percent to US$3.1 billion, or $1.81 per share, with income boosted by currency exchange rates. Though revenue was up 7 percent...

Internet service provider Panix had plenty to panic about over the weekend when its domain name was hijacked by unknown parties. The mystery has since been solved, but the aftermath has some pointing the finger at a new policy the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently ...

In a hookup that could be a glimpse at a future Web experience that includes as much streaming video as static content, Yahoo and Verizon said they have struck a deal to offer co-branded high-speed Internet service. Yahoo will join Microsoft's MSN as a Verizon partner and users of the telecommunicat...

E-mail is like having a brilliant friend who is somewhat crazy, not well socialized, and occasionally self-destructive. They can help you. However, they can also get you into big trouble. While we might not have the capability to moderate the behavior of a crazy friend, it is well within our capabil...

Intel announced today it is reorganizing its business worldwide, saying it wants to align its internal structure with product platforms while also streamlining operations. Santa Clara, California-based Intel said it has formed five separate product groups, including two aimed at emerging opportunit...

Security researchers say a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser could enable a remote attacker to download malicious content to a computer without triggering the warnings that usually accompany such downloads. The lack of warning could enable an attacker to use special...

A hacker broke into wireless carrier T-Mobile's server systems network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of the U.S. Secret Service, along with hundreds of other customers, the government has announced. Security experts said this is the first of what is expected...

As more corporate users add instant messaging to their arsenal of communications tools, IT and security experts face the challenge of managing, securing and archiving this data. More than one-quarter of the 4,510 people polled use instant messaging in the office, according to a survey conducted over...

Looking to accelerate the development of mobile technology devices in ways seen previously mainly in spy movies, Motorola said today it would work with sunglass maker Oakley on technology to make wearable communications devices. Motorola said it had formed a joint venture with Oakley, which makes a ...

EBay sellers are up in arms over the online auction giant's plan to raise the monthly fee it charges sellers by 60 percent. EBay notified sellers about the pending increase via e-mail on Wednesday. Effective midnight on February 18, the fee for the basic eBay Store subscription will be raised from U...

Google remains the top search engine in terms of user experience and satisfaction, but Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN have gained ground in the past year, according to a new report. Keynote Systems said its Customer Experience Rankings for the search industry is based both on survey questions and measure...