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• Microsoft-backed groups praise EU's antitrust ultimatum to Google

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 20:50

  A pair of Microsoft-backed industry groups applauded the ultimatum European Union antitrust regulators issued to rival Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.

• PayPal, Softbank to form Japan joint venture, launch PayPal Here service

  By Jay Alabaster | 09 May, 2012 15:17

  PayPal and Softbank said Wednesday they will form a new joint venture to pursue online transactions business in the country.

• EBay setting up a second development center in India

  By John Ribeiro | 08 May, 2012 23:29

  EBay is hiring for a development center it is setting up in Bangalore, its second in the country.

• Retail told to change

  By Hafizah Osman | 01 May, 2012 10:53

  The message to retailers from IBM is simple: Embrace new technologies or suffer the consequences.

• Apple sets WWDC for June 11-15, bars ticket resale

  By Gregg Keizer | 26 April, 2012 00:18

  Apple today announced that its annual developers conference would run June 11-15 in San Francisco.

• Raspberry Pi hits the shelves – briefly

  By Jon Gold | 17 April, 2012 09:30

  The first wave of Raspberry Pi computers -- credit card-size devices that are designed to serve as teaching aids -- shipped this weekend after a series of delays. However, manufacturer RF Technologies is already out of stock again.

• Yahoo laying off 2000 workers to save $US375 million

  By Sharon Gaudin | 05 April, 2012 00:26

  After weeks of rumors of a pending reorganization, Yahoo has the company is laying off about 2000 workers.

• EBay taps mobile payments innovator David Marcus for PayPal president

  By Cameron Scott | 30 March, 2012 06:14

  EBay has tapped David Marcus to replace Scott Thompson as president of PayPal effective April 2, the company announced Thursday.

• E-commerce trade group: Mobile geolocation privacy bill is 'awful'

  By Grant Gross | 23 March, 2012 08:02

  U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade group NetChoice's latest list of "awful" bills for e-commerce.

• eBay CISO receiving security industry lifetime achievement award

  By Bob Brown | 23 March, 2012 06:46

  Dave Cullinane, chief information security officer at eBay, will be honored on March 28 in Boston with the SecureWorld Lifetime Achievement Award "for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of the information security community."

• APP OF THE DAY: eBay

  By Patrick Budmar | 16 March, 2012 07:10

  eBay app: An adequate mobile companion to the desktop version

• Position number four in new iPad queue for sale on eBay

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 15 March, 2012 19:06

  Do want to be fourth in the queue for the new iPad at the London Regent Street Apple Store?

• Apple joins iPad trade-in bandwagon, offers competitive deals

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 March, 2012 21:59

  With the retail debut of the new iPad just a day away, Apple has joined a slew of other companies eager to buy used iPads.

• Few tech issues will move in Congress for the rest of the year

  By Grant Gross | 14 March, 2012 05:52

  As the U.S. Congress begins to gear up for November's elections, several technology-related issues remain unresolved. Lawmakers have pushed in recent months for new cybersecurity legislation, online copyright enforcement provisions, new online privacy protections and an Internet sales tax, but progress will get tougher in the coming months.

• Mobile shoppers prefer websites to apps

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 13 March, 2012 03:49

  Smartphone owners prefer to use retail websites, rather than retail apps, when researching products on the fly, comparing prices, finding retail locations, and redeeming coupons, according to a survey released by Nielsen.