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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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Alibaba.com is not exactly a household name, but it is one the largest web companies in China. And it has had its sights set on the broader market, particularly the US. Now, it has made its second US acquisition, buying Auctiva, a company specializing on offerings services for eBay sellers. Alibaba has been very inte... |
25 August 2010
08:31 GMT |
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eBay is known for its auctions site, but these days the core business is not doing so great. In fact PayPal has been greatly outperforming the auctions section and eBay has been moving to reposition the site as an online retailer. Now it’s launching a new cashback program, dubbed eBay Bucks, which would, hopefu... |
14 August 2010
07:08 GMT |
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Skype’s intentions to go public have been revealed earlier today. While it will still be a while before Skype shares are traded publicly, the registration filing revealed some interesting tidbits about the company and especially about the murky eBay sale. Before the online auctions company sold Skype, it went t... |
9 August 2010
13:05 GMT |
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Leading online destination eBay recently announced the launch of a new application for the Apple iPhone, namely the eBay Fashion app. According to the company, the new software solution is meant to offer a personalized shopping experience, enabling users to browse or buy items from the world’s largest online s... |
19 July 2010
04:01 GMT |
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eBay has been sued for quite a hefty sum by a company claiming that six of its patents are being infringed upon by PayPal and other eBay subsidiaries. The patents have to do with online payments systems and XPRT Ventures, the US company in question, claims that eBay stole information about the patents and incorporate... |
14 July 2010
05:07 GMT |
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A new email spam campaign spreads emails masquerading as payment requests coming from eBay. Users are lured into opening an attached HTML file which redirects them to a malware pushing website.The rogue email messages have a subject of “Payment request from.” This is most likely a spelling mistake, the sp... |
13 July 2010
15:45 GMT |
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On Friday, global leader in mobile commerce and the world’s largest online marketplace eBay announced the world wide availability of its mobile application for handsets running under Google's Android operating system. According to the company, the software solution is meant to make global shopping easier.... |
10 July 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Online auctions, made popular by eBay, have opened the door to a new way of selling everything from your iPhone 3GS, while you stand in line for the new iPhone 4, to your mom’s old car. Unfortunately, it also opened the door to shadier characters looking for a fast way to make some money. Today, an UK man was f... |
5 July 2010
09:23 GMT |
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Fashion is usually no more than that: something that helps men and women look good, feel good, make a statement and express their original personality. eBay, though, has discovered that, in the case of women’s skirts, the hemline goes beyond fashion and can actually predict weather, as its length varies dependi... |
31 May 2010
14:41 GMT |
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eBay has seen a very solid first quarter, with both revenue and income increasing. PayPal has proven one of the company’s strong points, as always, but the Marketplaces division is also seeing a solid growth. The results were slightly above market expectations, but lowered estimates for the second quarter broug... |
22 April 2010
08:59 GMT |
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April 6, 2010 was a bad day for Romania's cybercrooks. In a joint US-Romanian investigation, Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) sent out over 700 policemen in a nation-wide crack down on eBay fraudsters.Carrying out 101 search and arrest warrants, investigators br... |
8 April 2010
10:31 GMT |
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PayPal seems to be doing quite well, and the latest financial reports seem to be indicating the same, and the eBay-owned company is looking to expand aggressively in Asia. It plans to double the number of its current employees with hires at most of its offices in the region including the international headquarters in... |
17 March 2010
07:31 GMT |
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About a month ago, PayPal made the rather startling announcement that it had stopped all transactions in India. Small businesses and websites in the country weren't happy and the users weren't happy but, while some were quick to judge PayPal, it wasn't really its fault, as it had to do with the country... |
1 March 2010
06:15 GMT |
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Blizzard launched the StarCraft II beta during last week and it seems that a small cottage industry is quickly developing around it. There are announcements on the online auction site eBay that offer beta keys for the long awaited real-time strategy for those who are interested in handing at least 300 dollars for the... |
22 February 2010
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Prototype Apple products always make waves, and this item should be no different. Listed as “PROTOTYPE - Apple 17" MacBook Pro - Red Motherboard,” a computer purporting to be coming from Apple’s tool shed has surfaced on eBay. The current bid is of US $255.00, but that’s because it’s not... |
17 February 2010
09:10 GMT |
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PayPal has suspended all payments and transfers in India, though the eBay-owned payments platform was vague on the reason. The company says that there are "questions" that need to be addressed before enabling the service in the country again. What those questions were or how long the block will last the company woul... |
9 February 2010
05:54 GMT |
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A listing for a “2009 EIGHT CORE MAC PRO 3.33GHz 32GB DDR3 4TB HDD” has appeared on eBay. Sold by user leecher69 “new, sealed in box,” the desktop computer system is likely one of Apple’s latest Mac Pros that has been artificially beefed up with Intel 8 core 3.33GHz Nehalem chips, as 9to... |
22 January 2010
06:27 GMT |
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The economy may not be fully up and running, but some companies in the tech are now showing strong signs of recovery. After Google started the trend with better than expected revenue and profits in Q3 2009, eBay is now posting similar optimist results for Q4 and the entire year. Revenue was up 16 percent year-over-y... |
21 January 2010
06:31 GMT |
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One of the large drawbacks digital distribution had to face was the policy of reselling used games. While this is a common practice with boxed titles, with retail outlets even accepting used ones for store credit, as a general policy, digital games come with a no-resell policy. One of the mentioned points inside Stea... |
19 January 2010
02:51 GMT |
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Craigslist and eBay are set to fight it out in the court room as a trial between the two companies gets underway in Delaware, US. eBay has filed a lawsuit against Craigslist in 2008 as the two companies argue about eBay's share in the classifieds site. The auctions site claims that Craigslist diluted its stake ... |
8 December 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Craigslist and eBay are heading for all-out war as the two companies are preparing to fight it out in a lawsuit filed by the auctions site set to begin next Monday. The lawsuit is the culmination of a tense relationship between the two companies which has been going for more than five years now. eBay owns a minority... |
3 December 2009
05:58 GMT |
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European officials and lawmakers don't really like big US companies, though most often than not their actions are justified. eBay has now been ordered to pay a €1.7 million fine for allegedly failing to prevent its users from selling products from the luxury goods manufacturer Moët Hennessy Louis Vui... |
30 November 2009
12:08 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is an excellent tool for online shoppers to stay on top of the best offerings from eBay this holiday season. Via a partnership between Microsoft and eBay, online shoppers can leverage the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser in order to make sure that they are updated constantly on the ... |
26 November 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Skype has had its most tumultuous year yet, but all the problems are finally behind it and the company can focus on growth and revenue as opposed to lawsuits. eBay has announced that it has finalized the sale it first revealed several months ago and that Skype is now a separate private company, although eBay still re... |
20 November 2009
08:40 GMT |
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It's official, the Skype saga is finally over, with all parties involved most likely satisfied with the results, though not exactly thrilled. eBay got rid of Skype, allowing it to focus on its other assets, most notably PayPal, the investors got a nice piece of the VoIP service and Skype's founders also got... |
6 November 2009
09:50 GMT |
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ebay is moving forward with the next phase of its payment platform, PayPal, by opening it up to developers. The new API, dubbed PayPal X, was announced last summer, but eBay is finally ready to make it available to everyone wanting to integrate some sort of payment option into their app or site. This is the first ste... |
4 November 2009
06:17 GMT |
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Skype's legal troubles may finally be heading towards a resolution, as the parties involved are closer to a settlement. But, as expected, there are a couple of concessions that the company had to make in order to make things work. The agreement is between Skype's founders, the ones behind all of the lawsuit... |
4 November 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Skype's legal troubles may finally be getting closer to an end, as Skype's founders and eBay are apparently in talks for a settlement. According to the GigaOm blog, sources close to the talks say that the two parties are going over their differences, but the discussions could still go either way and are far... |
2 November 2009
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PayPal has consistently been a bright spot for eBay and is seeing strong growth in revenue as well as volume transaction. But it looks like it's hardly close to what the company envisions its payment system will become. One great step in taking it to the next level is opening up the platform to allow developers ... |
23 October 2009
10:05 GMT |
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EBay has just announced its third quarter financial results which, despite being better than expected, still managed to drive down share prices after the company also predicted a slightly worse performance in the coming quarter. eBay managed to bring in $2.23 billion in revenue in Q3, a six percent bump over last yea... |
22 October 2009
11:38 GMT |
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There are a lot of Xbox 360 fans out there that have dug deep into their pockets to purchase a limited edition console or paid to have their rig modified with some unique concept art. But to believe that someone would pay at least 1.1 million dollars for an Xbox 360 is close to lunacy. The item is signed by former Al... |
6 October 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The start date of a trial between Craigslist and eBay has been postponed by a Delaware court and the trial is now expected to begin in December. This is now the second delay in the trial between the online classifieds site and the ecommerce giant over the fact that two majority shareholders with Craigslist have worke... |
5 October 2009
08:42 GMT |
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A couple of months ago, eBay and General Motors launched a pilot program to sell new cars online through a dedicated site but also through eBay Motors, the auctions site's automotive arm. The program was limited to California and the scope was to find out if an online presence could boost the sales for local dea... |
30 September 2009
06:21 GMT |
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EBay is on track to sell Skype despite the mounting legal issues, eBay CEO John Donahoe said. Earlier this month the company announced that it had reached an agreement with several private equity investors to buy a 65 percent stake in the VoIP company for $1.9 billion. Skype has been involved in a lawsuit with a comp... |
24 September 2009
04:03 GMT |
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When eBay announced it had sold a majority stake in Skype a few weeks behind, it looked like all its problems were mostly over. This week's developments turned that expectation on its head after Joltid sued Skype for several counts of copyright infringement. Just a few days later, Joost, another company controll... |
19 September 2009
05:24 GMT |
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After crying and fighting in the press like little babies, Google and eBay called it a truce and quietly put in place a partnership over the paid advertising space on eBay's website. Previously, this advertising space was filled with ads coming from Yahoo!'s Right Media Exchange, but since August 26th these... |
18 September 2009
07:59 GMT |
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The Skype deal has managed to complicate itself so much that a reader can lose track of events as days go by. Times Online has reported that Skype's original founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have filed a copyright infringement claim at the District court of North Carolina, accusing eBay of sharing and... |
17 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
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With the new owners announced just last week, Skype is already starting to make changes, but that doesn't always mean they're for the better. In fact, the first move is to axe Skype's effort to create a third-party app environment that the Skype Extras Developer Program launched with much enthusiasm a ... |
12 September 2009
02:30 GMT |
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The Skype deal proves to have some messy complications, at least for some. Yesterday, Joost, the troubled online video company, announced that it outed former CEO Michelangelo Volpi from his latest position as chairman of the board. What does this have to do with Skype? Volpi is now general partner at Index Ventures,... |
12 September 2009
01:55 GMT |
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The eBay developer program will roll out a new version for its Trading API, which will give developers incorporating eBay services the possibility to exclude users coming from a specific country and bidding on a product. The exclusion is achieved through settings done to the list of allowed shipping locations. These... |
9 September 2009
03:48 GMT |
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The Sun – Oracle merger makes another victim. One of Sun's veterans, Dean Nelson, has left his job with Sun to join eBay as the senior director of global data center strategy, architecture, and operations, citing job “uncertainty.” This move comes after eBay's Data Center Chief Operator, O... |
9 September 2009
03:00 GMT |
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EBay has announced the sale of its VoIP service Skype to a group of investment companies, confirming the previous speculation. EBay will retain 35 percent of the company, with the other 65 percent being sold for $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million. The transaction is... |
1 September 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Online retail is big business and the market still has a lot of potential growth in it. Brick-and-mortar retail giant Walmart knows this, of course, but so far its online foray hasn't been as successful as it hoped. In a move that is meant to allow Walmart.com to better tackle the likes of Amazon and increasingl... |
1 September 2009
06:13 GMT |
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Rumors of an impending Skype sale are getting more substantial after first popping up last week. The gist of the deal is that eBay will sell Skype to a group of private investors made up of venture capital funds and private equity firms. Among the likely names put forward is the newly formed Andreesen Horowitz fund, ... |
1 September 2009
03:14 GMT |
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The Skype acquisition wasn't one of the smartest moves eBay made. This, despite being one of the few bright spots in its inventory and seeing a 25 percent rise in revenue in Q2 this year. Still, the company plans to spin off Skype as a separate entity in an IPO sometime next year but now there may be another opt... |
28 August 2009
06:51 GMT |
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eBay developer accounts may have been compromised by an unknown security flaw. On August 10, 2009, in an announcement from Kumar Kandaswamy, manager of the eBay Developer Program, the e-commerce giant revealed that a dangerous security flaw had been discovered in the Developer Program.According to Mr. Kandaswamy, no ... |
13 August 2009
08:26 GMT |
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EBay is moving further away from the auction-based service that made the company the giant it is today and more into online retailer territory. In a move first rumored a month ago, eBay will start to sell new GM cars online on a co-branded site at gm.ebay.com. This is just a trial run set to end on September 8 and on... |
10 August 2009
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