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eBay to lower sellers' fixed-price fees
The move, to take effect in mid-September, is intended to help eBay compete better with online retail rivals such as Amazon.com.
Big Blue's latest big dollar bet on cloud computing
IBM will equip data centers around the world to let customers access cloud-based computer services in the event service disruptions take down their networks.
Salesforce broadens platform with call center buy
The company acquires InStranet, a call center software provider, and plans a new offering for its software-as-a-service platform.
Intel plans to deliver new Atom chip next month
Chipmaker reveals during the Intel Developer Forum that it is set to deliver the new power-efficient mobile processor next month.
At IDF, Intel rallies its developers
The Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco gives the chipmaker the chance to tout its direction for the months ahead.
Google outpaces search market growth
In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google's searches in the U.S. increased faster at 16 percent.
Dell and Facebook prepping 'significant' announcement
The companies are expected to announce a cloud computing partnership at a special event next week.
Microsoft experimenting with a pause button for incoming e-mail
There's a new way for you to put a pause in your daily grind: The e-mail prioritzer enables you to stop getting new e-mails, and sort out the stuff that's already there.
Ringback tone sales to triple in four years
Those tunes that play while you wait for someone to pick up are expected to generate $4.7 billion in revenue for mobile operators by 2012, according to new research.
HP posts another solid quarter
Growth in notebook sales again leads the way for the computer maker, which beat Wall Street estimates for the third quarter with $2.03 billion in earnings.
Verizon exec: Some Net neutrality fans suffer from 'paranoia'
In the wake of the FCC's ruling against Comcast, broadband providers and their allies at a tech policy conference say Net neutrality is dangerous and still makes no sense.
Southwest Airlines CEO crowdsources his Halloween costume
Gary Kelly, known for typically un-CEO-ish hijinks, asks the readers of his blog to choose what he should wear on October 31.
CNET News Daily Podcast: The MIT three free to speak
Three MIT students are free to discuss subway card vulnerabilities; Apple takes top honors in customer satisfaction; and Bill Gates' condom jingle strikes a chord.
Game pirates' response could have lessons for music biz
Cliff Harris asked why people pirated his games, and got some interesting responses. His lessons could also be useful for the music industry.
Intel thinks big with solid-state drives
Production is imminent for high-capacity solid-state drives ranging up 160GB. Is this the beginning of the end for hard-drive dominance?
Microsoft sees Powerset-powered search ad revolution
Natural language processing could let advertisers bid for search ad placement based on broad concepts, not just a gaggle of keywords.
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
The only surprise, says an open-source analyst, is that Ubuntu sponsor Canonical has taken until now to join the foundation. Founder Shuttleworth has been on its board since 2007.
Microsoft sees tailored search as way to pierce Google's armor
Though it failed to buy its way into search through Yahoo, Microsoft believes close scrutiny of users' search history and other ideas will help it take on Google.
New ringtone refrain: 'Condom, condom!'
Ringtone is part of a three-year campaign to normalize condom use in India. And it's actually quite catchy.
Ireland investigating fake credit card reader scam
Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.
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