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A rare Bell & Howell MICRO Computer Apple II Plus that was assembled specifically for educational purposes is now available on eBay where it’s currently fetching around 400 bucks for its lucky owner.
If you want a piece of Apple history, seller christique1 says “it is a model that was built for education... |
14 February 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Bitdefender researchers came across a Facebook scam that promises 10,000 eBay gift cards worth $200 (140 EUR) for users who complete a few “easy steps.” Unlike other schemes, where a simple Like and a Share are enough, in this situation the crooks request much more than that. They urge the unsuspecting ... |
14 February 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Raspberry Pi, a miniature computer with an estimate cost of just $25 (€18.5) and that will most probably run a Linux distro or RISC OS, has entered mass production, according to one of its creators, Eben Upton. Raspberry Pi is being developed in UK and build in China and the first shipment should number in the... |
17 January 2012
10:12 GMT |
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PayPal is hardly the most beloved company on the web, but there aren't any real alternatives to it and it gets the job done, most of the time. But the web doesn't reserve any good faith for the company and it certainly hasn't now that an allegedly antique violin got destroyed, seemingly at the instruct... |
5 January 2012
05:41 GMT |
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The seller of the iPod shuffle signed by Steve Jobs has contacted us with clarification as to why his auction was pulled from eBay. The reason was: none.“I am writing in regards to the orange/gold Steve Jobs signed iPod that had appeared on eBay a couple of weeks ago,” says Ian Macdonald.“With well ... |
5 January 2012
03:37 GMT |
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A developer who has grown tired of paying $99 in annual fees for iTunes Connect access, only to see Apple take a 30% cut from the profits generated by his app, has decided to pull out of the game and sell 'Buckshot' to whomever wants the responsibility of maintaining it.
Buckshot takes you on a scavenger h... |
4 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Yahoo has had a confusing past few months. Ever since it got rid of its CEO in September, the company's future has been unclear, to say the least. On the one hand, it has been looking for a replacement. On the other, it was looking for buyers as well, either for the whole company or just for its valuable Asian a... |
4 January 2012
08:10 GMT |
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Nokia and T-Mobile announced a few weeks ago plans to bring to the market in the United States the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone, and the Windows Phone device can already be seen on eBay.
T-Mobile’s customers will not be able to get a taste of the new handset until January 11th, when the phone officially goes up... |
30 December 2011
02:01 GMT |
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With the holidays approaching fast and people desperately searching for the perfect presents to buy for their loved ones and for themselves, crooks began setting up fake eBay sites that promise fabulous deals on some really cool gadgets. Trend Micro researchers found such a website which perfectly replicates a legit... |
21 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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While searching for her name on Google, an Australian user came across a database that contained close to 800 customer transactions made by an eBay merchant called shahizanhashim.
“I found that my personal details have been comprised and are floating around in Internet land for all to see,” said the cust... |
16 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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There sales and there are super sales, and then there's the sort of event that HP hold yesterday (December 11), when it sold TouchPad tablets for just $99 (74 Euro or so).
We already saw how the sale lasted for the entirety of several minutes before they all got ordered off.
The traffic was so big and fast, in... |
12 December 2011
14:11 GMT |
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You'd think an abandoned project would stay abandoned, but the HP TouchPad tablet is definitely not ordinary in that regard and will prove it on December 11.
Apparently, refurbished TouchPad webOS tablets will be sold for $99, or 74 Euro, through HP's eBay store.
Both 16 GB and 32 GB models will be incl... |
8 December 2011
02:30 GMT |
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The busiest shopping day of the year is a great opportunity for cybercriminals to launch their malicious campaigns in which they try to lure users into handing over account credentials.MalwareCity reports a series of messages that advertise great eBay deals, all pointing to a page that perfectly replicates the legiti... |
26 November 2011
07:00 GMT |
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News sources in France are reporting that about 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the highly anticipated first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision, have been stolen from a truck in France and are now fetching record prices on eBay.TF1 News says that sources close to the ... |
7 November 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Online auction and shopping website, eBay has launched RedLaser, an “mpossibly accurate barcode scanning” solution for iDevice owners.RedLaser is marketed as the fastest and easiest to use solution of its kind: “It has everything you loved in RL Classic and more of the functionality you have told us... |
4 November 2011
05:50 GMT |
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eBay has posted strong financial results for the third quarter of 2011, helped, once again, by PayPal. The company posted a 32 percent revenue growth, on a year-over-year basis, helping it achieve a record quarter.
"Revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011, increased 32% to $3.0 billion [2.17€ b... |
20 October 2011
05:52 GMT |
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eBay is further focusing on merchants and ecommerce and moving further away from its auctions site beginnings. As part of a broader X.commerce initiative, eBay is debuting PayPal Access, a very interesting new tool for providing authorization and authentication to commerce sites in particular.
PayPal Access, esse... |
13 October 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Many things show up on eBay before they even get officially launched, and this is exactly what has happened to the first Windows 8 tablets to be created, even if they are only developer models.
Microsoft made sure that the Windows 8 operating system would cause a ruckus even well before launch when it said ARM su... |
21 September 2011
10:19 GMT |
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Here’s a great idea of what you can do with your old pair of athletic shoes. Especially if you’re a Star Wars fan with a lot of free time and some skills.Part of a project called ‘Star Wars Remix’, a rather unusual object came to our attention via eBay: the Adidas X Star Wars Stormtrooper helm... |
19 September 2011
13:24 GMT |
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The legal issues between eBay and Craigslist continue to mount. An ongoing lawsuit seeks to settle a dispute over allegations that eBay bought a stake in the listings site for anti-competitive reasons.
Meanwhile, US prosecutors have now started a criminal investigation over the claims and they seek to find whether... |
14 September 2011
09:40 GMT |
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eBay is auctioning a true piece of Apple history - a Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, or "TAM", in pristine condition, that’s currently fetching $5,501 after a total of 27 bids.Existing in very limited numbers, the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh was introduced in the spring of 1997 and sold for $7,499.It was J... |
7 September 2011
05:41 GMT |
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eBay, the popular online auction and shopping website, has launched its dedicated Mac application for browsing, bidding, and buying items from their immense venue.According to the official description, “The eBay app lets you browse, bid, watch and buy items from the world's largest marketplace with no ads ... |
11 August 2011
04:35 GMT |
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eBay has posted great financial results for the second quarter of the year. Revenue is up 25 percent and is above analysts' expectations. PayPal continued to post great results, its first billion dollar quarter, but eBay's traditional Marketplaces unit also saw a big increase in revenue.
The company brou... |
21 July 2011
07:51 GMT |
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eBay consolidated PayPal's mobile payments reach by acquiring Zong, a world-wide mobile payments platform. This transaction will fit perfectly in PayPal's new strategy, focused on digital goods and micro-transactions.Zong allows service payments through mobile carrier billing. The company currently serving ... |
7 July 2011
12:07 GMT |
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eBay is hosting another prototype iPhone sale, this time with seller freemefromatt saying he has in his possession not one, but two white iPhone 4 units.Listed as “Apple Iphone 4 White GENUINE PROTOTYPE 1st Edition”, the devices are currently fetching $700.That’s pocket change compared to the shippi... |
5 July 2011
08:31 GMT |
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BlackBerry Bold 9900, the first smartphone from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion to arrive on shelves with the new BlackBerry OS 7 on board, was not made available on the market until now, but the first unit was already sold, on eBay.
For £900, a lucky person got the pre-release version of RI... |
5 July 2011
03:30 GMT |
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An iPhone 4 prototype has emerged on eBay attracting bids that currently net over $1,700 to whomever is selling it. Apple / eBay are yet to intervene. The sale could well get both the seller and the buyer in trouble.
Originally discovered by This Is My Next and listed on eBay as “Apple iPhone 4 black APPLE G... |
4 July 2011
07:49 GMT |
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Following posts on both official blogs, eBay announced an agreement to acquire Magento Inc., the company behind the leading open-source e-commerce platform by the same name.eBay currently holds 49% of Magento Inc., following a previous $22.5 million investment.At the end of Q3, when the transaction is expected to clo... |
7 June 2011
03:45 GMT |
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A new eBay Motors iPhone app is available from the iTunes App Store. The solution allows U.S. car owners and car enthusiasts to bid on or buy anything from rare parts to the hottest sports cars, eBay said today.
“eBay Mobile has now brought the ultimate automotive marketplace to your iPhone!”, reads th... |
16 May 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Everyone is buzzing over the huge and somewhat surprising Microsoft - Skype acquisition. The software giant intends to buy the VoIP provider for $8.5 billion in cash, a big premium over current valuations for Skype. The $8.5 billion Microsoft is paying will be divided among several investment firms and a couple of co... |
10 May 2011
09:50 GMT |
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eBay has been on a buying spree lately and it's continuing with the acquisition of MissionFish, a nonprofit it has been collaborating with for eight years already. The plan is to integrate the team and technology, but continue to operate eBay charity program as it has so far."MissionFish has been acquired by eBa... |
3 May 2011
05:30 GMT |
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eBay has posted some very positive financial results for the first quarter of 2011, beating analyst expectations, largely due to the continued success of its PayPal unit. Revenue saw a 16 percent increase year over year and income grew by 20 percent."In the first quarter, PayPal continued to drive strong growth globa... |
28 April 2011
06:10 GMT |
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eBay has announced plans to increase the amount of money paid for broken iOS devices throughout April in celebration of Earth Month.
Until now, eBay’s Instant Sale offered free shipping and responsible recycling for all broken items, but limited cash value.
Now, customers can expect up to $150 for damaged... |
19 April 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Starting April 19, new options will be available to eBay sellers and buyers. The most important of them will be increasing the amount of items individual sellers will be able to put up for auction up to 50. Between April 19 and 23, eBay will perform a spring update of their platform, taking the time to introduce som... |
15 March 2011
13:43 GMT |
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A $200K iPad 2 is selling on eBay with a ‘Free Shipping’ advertisement, and a comprehensive description of the tablet’s unique capabilities that rivals even Apple’s own marketing materials.
eBay seller trejo75 has gotten hold of an Apple iPad 2 with a leather Smart Cover and he is selling t... |
14 March 2011
06:10 GMT |
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Two of the latest high-end smartphones unveiled with Google's Android operating system on board, namely the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY and the HTC ThunderBolt, are now available for purchase on eBay.
None of them got an official release date as of yet, but those who would like to be among the first in the wor... |
9 March 2011
01:58 GMT |
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A Romanian national admitted his role in an international cyber criminal operation which involved setting up fake auctions on several websites with the purpose of defrauding people.Adrian Ghighina, 33, of Bucharest, Romania, pleaded guilty in Illinois Northern District Court to one count of wire fraud and one of cons... |
18 February 2011
06:52 GMT |
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eBay has made its first steps towards becoming involved with the open source world with the launch of a dedicated website and the release, in beta, of Tumeric, a service-oriented architecture platform used internally by the site. It's the first big project the company has released as open source, but it will not... |
4 February 2011
13:01 GMT |
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eBay posted solid financial results for the fourth quarter of 2010, with big gains in both revenue and net income. Q4 revenue was $2.5 billion with a net income of $559.2 million. Earnings per share were above market expectations. "We delivered a strong fourth quarter and a solid year, driven by our customer focus, c... |
20 January 2011
10:41 GMT |
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A person claiming to be the brother of an Apple staffer who had worked on the Lisa 1 development team has cashed in on his late sibling’s original Lisa 1 computer, nabbing himself some $15,000 on eBay.
The seller described the machine as an early production model that still worked.
He claims to be the you... |
3 January 2011
05:37 GMT |
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eBay has announced that it has signed a partnership with the Chongqing, China municipal government in which its subsidiary PayPal will work with the local authorities to provide support and services to small businesses doing international transactions. The joint venture will provide services like foreign exchange set... |
29 December 2010
08:56 GMT |
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Hoping to make one generous computing enthusiast happy, Ebay seller "zieglerc" has put up for auction a prototype model of the Macintosh Portable, the first Mac "luggable" computer from late 1989. The listing shows a starting bid of US $1,750.00 with the last price challenge being allowed on December 31, 2010, 12:28:... |
28 December 2010
05:34 GMT |
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eBay has announced an important strategic acquisition in Europe, the private sales site brands4friends for $200 million. The purchase will enable eBay to position itself in the emerging market where it has had no presence so far. brands4friends is particularly strong in Germany, where it has 3.5 million users, but ha... |
20 December 2010
09:06 GMT |
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A new, yet unannounced handset from Nokia has just made an appearance into the wild, on eBay's German site, with the Nokia N00 Prototype C label attached to it, pointing at a new device to be unveiled in the near future in the company's Nseries.Specific info on what the handset would turn out to be when ma... |
30 November 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Groupon is one of the rising stars of Silicon Valley and may very well be the fastest growing company in history. While its growth may or may not be sustainable, it does seem to be doing all the right things, the latest being a partnership with eBay, the very site many are comparing it to.It's not a deep reachin... |
26 October 2010
09:31 GMT |
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eBay has revealed its financial report for the last quarter and the company beat analyst expectations once again thanks to a very strong quarter from PayPal. The payments division has been eBay's main growth generator and is helping the company post good results quarter after quarter. "[eBay] reported that reven... |
21 October 2010
11:03 GMT |
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The number of applications available for Windows Phone 7 devices on launch day, which is today, October 21st for users in Europe and Asia-Pacific, is not that large, the software solutions are as appealing as they can be. We already mentioned various applications available for the platform, including Facebook, Adobe... |
21 October 2010
09:33 GMT |
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New cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, that can be leveraged to create very credible phishing attacks, have been identified on PayPal and eBay.The PayPal XSS weakness was discovered by a Romanian security enthusiast using the online handle of d3v1l, who disclosed it on his blog.Cross-site scripting vulnerabi... |
6 October 2010
13:26 GMT |
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Romanian authorities have arrested a phisher suspected of stealing over $3 million from high value eBay customers after accessing the company's internal systems.The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) arrested Liviu Mihail Concioiu on several charges related to cyberfrau... |
24 September 2010
02:17 GMT |
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eBay has announced that it is phasing out all other payment options on the site except its own. The site says that most checkouts are done through its own system already and that the change shouldn't affect users too much."To give eBay buyers a consistent, speedy checkout experience and to ensure support for fas... |
1 September 2010
16:18 GMT |
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