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Judge: you guys work it out before I make "everyone unhappy"

At the close of a nearly two-week nonjury trial between Internet titans eBay Inc. and Craigslist, Chancellor William B. Chandler III hinted that the companies might consider settlement talks because a ruling from the judge could "make everyone unhappy [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Doodlebugging - buy and sell stuff on Twitter

What if you could buy anything with just a tweet? With DoodleBugging, just tweet what you’re looking for and we’ll scour the Twitterverse to find out if anybody’s selling it. Need a new laptop? How about a gently used Wii? Want to hire a prog [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor

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EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featured graphic prison art celebrating the murder, and was an effort to raise money for Roeder's legal def [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Man gets 3 years prison for selling $1M of pirated software

Gregory W. Fair, 46, pleaded guilty in April to charges of criminal copyright infringement and mail fraud for selling pirated copies of Adobe Systems programs between 2001 and 2007. In addition to sentencing Fair to three years and five months in pris [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Rich People to Buy Skype from eBay

The NY Times is now confirming our report last week the sale of Skype to an investor group led by Andreessen Horowitz is imminent. The deal will be announced Tuesday, says Brad Stone and Claire Cain Miller, citing unnamed sources (perhaps people thatâ [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Report: Skype co-founders may buy it back

The founders of Skype may be trying to repurchase the Internet phone service, The New York Times reported Saturday. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold their company to eBay four years ago for $2.6 billion. Sources told The New York Times the two [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Pikk a side: A) Don Reisinger B) Jay Leno

Jay Leno is giving a free performance to Detroit. People started selling the tickets on Ebay. Leno asked them to stop. Reisinger thinks Leno is hurting the people of Detroit because they'd rather have the money than a free show.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Noca - cheaper paypal competitor that only uses checking accounts

Noca, an online payments start-up we wrote about last year, is launching its official payment service today. Formed by ex-Visa employees, Noca originally offered a micro-payments system via two Facebook applications, OneClickPay and HelpYourWorld. The [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Should eBay Spin Off Skype? The Debate Continues

Should eBay spin off Skype? While it’s a bad time for eBay to try and spin off it or anything else as the company tries to refocus itself and save its core franchise of online auctions, the answer to that question is yes. Armed with comments made by [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Ex-eBay CEO to run for Calif. governor- will she succeed?

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Former eBay Inc. chief executive Meg Whitman plans to run for governor of California, a person with knowledge of her political aspirations said Monday. The 52-year-old Republican plans to run in 2010 for the seat Gov. Arn [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Following Blagojevich Arrest, Obama Senate Seat Put On eBay

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There was an almost cartoonish-aspect to the corruption exhibited by the Illinois Governor. And now, that buffoonery has rubbed off on all aspects surrounding the case. On eBay, a poster from Illinois has put up a listing for the United States Senate  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Has eBay peaked?

Lots of analysis going on lately, including this piece contemplating the limit of the 'network effect.' From the article: "eBay may also be a victim of its popularity: by trying to accommodate their hundreds of millions of users, eBay may have ended  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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