PayPal E-Mail Leak Brings Phishing Worries
Electronic payment provider PayPal Inc. on Monday confirmed that a security breach at a partner site left an unknown number of e-mail addresses exposed on the Internet.
1-30-05
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Bids Sought For 'Net Sales Tax Systems
State governments working on a national Internet sales tax system are moving ahead with plans to create the data infrastructure that they and retailers will need to manage the collection of taxes on most e-commerce transactions.
1-28-05
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EBay's stock value falls sharply
EBay's stock plummeted 19 percent Thursday in its second-biggest one-day drop ever, as investors and Wall Street analysts worried that the online auctioneer's 10 years of breakneck growth is finally slowing.
1-21-05
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Technology Fueling Wave of Phishing Scams
It was just a name, one of dozens flowing by in a little-known Internet chat room for identity thieves. Sandwiched between requests to barter various kinds of ill-gotten data...
1-18-05
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N.Y. Orders Online Cigarette Buyers to Cough Up Taxes
New York City's Department of Finance has sent out thousands of letters to local customers of Internet cigarette vendors, asking for a total of $1.3 million in lost taxes.
1-17-05
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Beatles' guitar fetches six-figure sum at auction
A guitar played by the late BEATLES stars JOHN LENNON and GEORGE HARRISON has fetched...
12-19-04
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Online or in line, identity thieves lurk
Turns out lots of folks are fearful of identity theft, a crime in which someone steals key pieces of your personal and financial information to impersonate you and...
12-19-04
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Internet auction portal chief in jail over sex video
An Indian court remanded in custody the head of a popular Indian Internet auction site owned by US giant eBay Inc. over the sale of a video showing teenage students engaging in...
12-18-04
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'Scarlet Letter' Sets Auction Record
The oldest known copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned Thursday...
12-17-04
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Winning Bid at Barrett-Jackson Auction for Hot Rod Lincoln to Include 'Great Race' Entry
A 1938 Hot Rod Lincoln from Hyman Ltd. will be auctioned at no reserve during the 34th Annual Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction from Jan. 25th-30th in Scottsdale. Included with the convertible will be the $5,000 entry fee for the famous "Great Race," a cross-country driving event with $250,000 in prize money.
12-15-04
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Don't be reeled in by scam
...scam artists send out tens of thousands of forged e-mail messages at a time disguised as a legitimate message from a large...
12-5-04
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A revolution grows up
...two leading technology research firms, both forecast that Internet retail sales will increase about 20 percent this Christmas season. That kind of gain...
11-30-04
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Babe Ruth's first Yankee Stadium home run bat up for auction
The bat Babe Ruth swung to hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium _ against the Boston Red Sox -- is up for auction...
10-17-04
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Auction site warns users of 'second chance' con
The criminals contact failed bidders through their eBay user name. Then, often claiming to be...
10-16-04
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Heavy Metal Auction to Showcase Big Names
Headbangers, get out your checkbooks. Your chance to own a piece of heavy metal history is finally here. An auction of items from the genre's biggest names, including Metallica (news - web sites), Ozzy Osbourne, KISS and Van Halen...
10-15-04
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MPAA Takes P2P Lawsuit to Supreme Court
Movie and music-industry trade groups have requested that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn a lower-court ruling that said companies that enable peer-to-peer cannot be held liable for copyright violations committed by their users.
10-13-04
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Outage nearly over, PayPal says
PayPal said late Tuesday that it has fixed a software glitch that locked some of its customers out of their accounts and...
10-13-04
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Going, going, gone for Bonds' 700 ball
The San Francisco Giants fan who caught Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball this summer is planning to cash in on his luck next week, when he will begin an online auction for the prized collector's item.
10-13-04
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The New Look of E-Commerce: The Customer Experience
The key to improving customer experience is to understand and cater to the expectations and needs of your online customers. A good first step often involves usability testing, where customers sit down and react to the site based on their goals. Surveys and focus groups are less effective.
10-8-04
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