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Some men would pay an arm and a leg for a chance to kiss Hollywood stunner Charlize Theron. Unfortunately, none of them was present at a recent charity auction where, exasperated that the bidding had stalled, Theron offered a seven-second kiss to a male bidder. A woman risked it all and won, as Us Magazine – an... |
24 October 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Fans looking to own a piece of Megan Fox or at least an item that was once worn by her on the set of the blockbuster movie “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” have now the chance of their life. iCollector is auctioning off clothing items that Fox donned for the second movie in the franchise, and those i... |
13 October 2009
06:07 GMT |
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Fans looking to own a piece of Elvis Presley – literally – would better get their checkbooks ready because an auction of memorabilia is set to take place next weekend. In it, a clump of hair salvaged when Elvis got a haircut before enlisting in the US Army will also be included – and it’s expe... |
8 October 2009
05:29 GMT |
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Getting married in this economy is no walk in the park, it is often being said. Everything is expensive and, in order to see things turn out the way one wants them, one has to get started at least one year ahead. Lee and Colette Clark wanted to postpone their dream ceremony for the following year, when an eBay auctio... |
29 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The Black Eyed Peas are putting themselves up for an auction that will benefit the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Australia. The bid will also offer one fan the chance to fly with the bandmembers, listen to BEP music and, at the same time, watch them set two world records, as the eBay listing informs... |
28 September 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Swedish telecommunication equipment company Ericsson announced on Saturday that it had placed a bid of $1.13 billion in an auction for Nortel Networks' CDMA and next-generation LTE wireless technologies divisions, and that it won. According to the company, the agreement between bankrupt Nortel and Ericsson state... |
27 July 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Getting a smooch from the hottest young male star of the moment does not come cheap but it is certainly worth the money. “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson agreed to take part in an impromptu auction that would see him give a kiss on the cheek of the daughter of the highest bidder, and managed to sell not o... |
22 May 2009
08:54 GMT |
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A ring like this could easily be any woman’s dream engagement ring but, given its quality, beauty and, ultimately, almost unbelievable price tag, chances are only one most lucky lady will be able to show it off – if at all. According to SwissInfo, a gorgeous blue diamond set on a platinum ring has just be... |
13 May 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Sleepers.net, owned by Weatherby Technology Group, LLC, has announced a new service for iPhone developers and Application seekers. Located at this address, the program is based on the reverse bidding system, allowing iPhone application seekers to post iPhone Application development Auctions, and ultimately have an iP... |
27 April 2009
10:32 GMT |
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They say one can never put a price on an item that once used to belong to one of the most famous figures in the music industry, but the most recent auction with Elvis Presley memorabilia just did. The bird murder poem that went up for sale a little over a week ago was just now sold for the whopping sum of $20,035.20,... |
27 March 2009
10:16 GMT |
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The music industry is no stranger to impressive auctions where items that we would otherwise pay no attention to sell for exorbitant amounts only on account of the fact that they once belonged to a legend. The same goes for a poem Elvis Presley once wrote and of which he was incredibly proud, which is now part of a m... |
17 March 2009
10:04 GMT |
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Yesterday, March 11, 2009, Cisco announced on its Newsroom that it would help the ones in need by participating to the Red Nose auction, initiated by Comic Relief. Also, the company is preparing for its first “Virtual Auction,” because its personnel from Ireland and UK will be a part of the program too. T... |
12 March 2009
04:13 GMT |
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It has been a long time since Michael Jackson has moved out of controversial Neverland, which has been renamed the Sycamore Valley Ranch, but whatever was inside it continues to fascinate the world. Soon enough, in April, fans will no longer wonder about Jackson’s possessions, as they will even have the chance ... |
17 February 2009
06:39 GMT |
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A while ago, it emerged that a never before seen, uncensored photo of a 20-year-old dancer named Madonna Louise Ciccone would go up for auction at Christie’s auction house. At the time, it was said that the full-frontal pic would get $15,000 at best but, as The Associated Press informs, a European businessman p... |
13 February 2009
09:23 GMT |
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Ever since Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced their divorce, it seems as if everything that the singer did has managed to stir up controversy. Either for dating a sportsman, or a model with a questionable past, and even for her alleged controlling ways around the house while still married to Guy, Madonna has been in t... |
17 January 2009
07:07 GMT |
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The Nokia E71x, one of the most beautiful handsets unveiled by the Finnish maker, has been reported a while ago to be heading for the AT&T shelves. The model is stated to be an all-black version, as the one spotted back in December on few sites, and the latest news shows the AT&T-branded variant as coming to meet its... |
10 January 2009
04:28 GMT |
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While only few guitars that Kurt Cobain smashed while on stage with Nirvana, especially in the early days of the band, have survived, not to mention reach us, this one guitar that checks on both counts was just sold to a private collector for $100,000. This way, the Fender Mustang guitar becomes the second best sold ... |
28 December 2008
09:25 GMT |
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced this week that it would withdraw a further 100,000 acres of land from public auction, making it the second time in a row when it proved that the first studies it had conducted, when deciding which parcels to put on auction in the first place, were wrong and hastened by po... |
5 December 2008
08:27 GMT |
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An Australian woman decided to put up for auction a letter written by her ex-husband, in which he basically let her know that the two of them shared the same tastes in men. And where would she find a better auction house than on eBay? The two and their two children had been a family for over 20 years when the husband... |
1 September 2008
04:20 GMT |
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An IT manager who bought a second-hand computer from eBay discovered that the hard disk of the machine contained the bank information of 1 million persons. The computer, which was sold for £35 (approximately $75), had previously belonged to Graphic Data, a company that stores information of clients of banks and... |
27 August 2008
20:40 GMT |
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With all the hype surrounding the new iPhone 3G, as well as the continuous shortages worldwide, eBay has again become the last resort for true fans of the device. Sadly, though, units on eBay go for as much as $1,000 a piece. More affordable offers range from $800 to $900."Bidding on one auction for a seller's 1... |
24 July 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Parts of the custom-made "Green Monster" used to cover the Boylston Street (Boston) retail store glass façade have fetched $500 on eBay, ifoAppleStore is reporting. The proceeds from the sale will go to the Boston-based boston2portland charity, which funds research on Parkinson's disease."The expensive, custom-m... |
9 June 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian decided it was high time she gave charity work a go - and what better way to do this than via her own clothes. The socialite has decided to remove last season's clothes from her wardrobe in a classic clean-off operation that will allow her biggest fans to get their ha... |
6 June 2008
09:12 GMT |
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If you are a frequent user of eBay, then you are probably expecting to find all sorts of products available through online auction. With all that, a German couple from Memmingen decided to take online auctions on eBay to a whole new level. So, last week, they posted an advertisement to sell their son, claiming he had... |
26 May 2008
06:21 GMT |
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In case you're one of the millions of fans of James Bond, you now have the chance to get one of the most wanted things belonging to the famous 007 agent: the Internet domain name. Although you may expect to see it already registered, the domain registrar has made it available to interested consumers through a pu... |
18 April 2008
03:49 GMT |
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The prestigious Christie's auction house may have hit the jackpot big time when it announced that it will soon be auctioning off a series of sizzling hot nude shots of such catwalk beauties as Kate Moss or Giselle Bundchen - along with the highly controversial and equally hot photo of the current French First La... |
27 March 2008
04:58 GMT |
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The French definitely have an edge over almost every nation on earth, as indeed few states can boast a former-supermodel-turned-successful-singer First Lady, who has nothing against posing naked in glamorous, glossy magazines while at the same time standing by her husband's side in a formal visit to the United K... |
27 March 2008
03:58 GMT |
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The French first lady sure has had her fair share of scandal and controversy - and it's barely been two months since she married the twice-divorced French president Nicolas Sarkozy. However, the former Italian model - now turned successful singer - seems to have absolutely no intention of denying her past - whic... |
26 March 2008
04:35 GMT |
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"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," William Congreve wrote in 1697 in the play "The Mourning Bride." Many people wrongly attribute this quote to Shakespeare, but it could have been said by anybody who failed to meet a woman's expectations, any man can testify t... |
3 March 2008
18:11 GMT |
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The world's biggest online auction site has been asked by The Software & Information Industry Association to do something about the disturbing percentage of software being sold using the site's services. When I wrote alarming I wasn't kidding, the numbers provided by the SIIA point to something around ... |
29 February 2008
06:28 GMT |
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We all knew - or at least suspected - that Michael Jackson is not the happiest man on earth right now, and he probably effectively forgot the meaning of the word "carefree". I hate to sound like I'm quoting from the lyrics of a James Blunt song, as they usually leave me extremely depressed (on second thought, I ... |
27 February 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Auction sites are a breeding ground for every possible scammer there is. The procedure is fairly simple: you find somebody who has something you want, you win the auction and then ask for the product to be sent to your place (at this point it would be great to have a 'rented' PO box at a post office) and ne... |
13 February 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Star Wars fans all over the world, may the Force be with you! And it could be, as a customized, limited edition of a Wii console: The Darth Vader Wii. Of course, these things ain't cheap, and the proof is the $15,000 the seller wants for this one.The seller claims that only four Wii Vader Consoles were created t... |
10 December 2007
04:10 GMT |
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The much-talked-about 700 MHZ spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission is the best way for Google to step in the playing field and provide consumers with more choices in the world of wireless devices. Also much talked about was whether the Mountain View-based company would be bidding alongside with s... |
3 December 2007
03:54 GMT |
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Since the Nintendo Wii seems to be surpassed by the PS3 in the sales department, it should become cheaper in order to stimulate demand... or maybe not, since there's a major shortage of such gaming devices, specially in the UK. The console seems to have become as rare as a pink diamond, since one eBayer decided... |
23 November 2007
06:49 GMT |
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Perfection is to be found in this stone: a blue diamond sold at $7.98 million, establishing a new record as the most expensive gemstone per carat bought at auction. The buyer is Moussaieff Jewellers of London, a specialist in rare stones and the stone was sold by a private Asian collector at a Sotheby's auction ... |
9 October 2007
15:11 GMT |
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It seems that people can sell anything on eBaby, including themselves, but not only as human beings, but also as "lifelong gamer friends" or a trustworthy Halo 3 co-ops. The auction was started by nismofrontier07 and the gamer promises that he's all sugar and honey, being a "great friend to chat with and play w... |
5 October 2007
06:35 GMT |
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One of the best ideas to make money from the Internet is to conduct an Auctions Site. With an auctions site you can help people sell different stuff for a small fee. If you want your auction website to work without problems, you will need a powerful script. The ideal software solution so you can run your own auction ... |
4 October 2007
11:46 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson announced their K770 Cyber-shot phone about a month ago, with the promise for a release before the end of the year. With no intention from the producer, the handset was spotted on a Polish auction site for sale, before an official market release.It is not known how the vendors have gotten hold of the S... |
20 September 2007
06:16 GMT |
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Mobile phone users will have the chance of keeping track of how the products that make their interest evolve on the auction site eBay right from their handsets. This will enable them to make sure at all times, even when away from the computer, that they will not miss that perfect opportunity of buying objects at spec... |
11 September 2007
06:40 GMT |
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This site does not only intend to give a higher level of protection and a bigger financial reward to the researchers for their work, but it also should increase the amount of disclosed vulnerabilities. A smaller gap between the known bugs and the thought-to-be ones is also an objective of this project.Some last-year ... |
7 July 2007
09:04 GMT |
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The Paris Hilton frenzy has just reached unimaginable heights. It seems that some people cannot live if they do not have something of the heiress in their lives. You might think a picture of her will do, but you would be mistaken. Get this, people: there are individuals out there that treasure Paris' garbage.Now... |
4 July 2007
11:51 GMT |
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A Polish auction site has recently offered some new images of the Sony Ericsson "Shinobu" mobile phone. This comes after almost a month, when nothing new was revealed about this phone model.We have seen some photos of the Shinobu mobile phone in the past too, but it seems that all that they have managed to do was to ... |
18 May 2007
04:42 GMT |
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Ever since February, the mystery surrounding Anna Nicole Smith's life and untimely death has grown to never-before-seen proportions. What with the tens of investigations and trials, everything is still as hazy, if not hazier, than before - there is the question of the paternity of Dannielynn Hope, of the inherit... |
6 April 2007
05:34 GMT |
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