Stamps to help fire survivorsTimaru Herald,  New ZealandThe Timaru Philatelic Society is appealing for stamps, stamp albums, coins, old postcards and wartime mail to sell and raise money for the bushfire appeal. Society president Colin McRobie said yesterday that the society some years ago had successfully … More: continued here

EBay Founder Tweets About an Unusual LawsuitNew York Times Blogs, NYThat is what has happened to Pierre Omidyar, the eBay founder, philanthropist and start-up investor. For more than a decade he has mostly preferred to stay below the public radar, but for the last two years he has been happily Twittering …

Deficit Concern Jumps … Among the GOPWashington Post, United StatesDeep public worry about the federal budget deficit has jumped since December, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, upping the ante on the White House's fiscal responsibility summit that kicks off later this morning. … More: continued here

BBC News EBay auction tool Web site infected with malwareNetworkWorld.com, MABy Jeremy Kirk , IDG News Service , 02/23/2009 A Trojan horse lurking on servers belonging to Auctiva.com, a Web site offering eBay auction tools, infected people's PCs last week. The problem became very public when Google's malware warning system …Trojan …

Save our post office!Haverhill Echo, UKBy Staff Copy VILLAGERS whose post office has been without a permanent manager since its post-mistress was arrested for stealing more than £10000 are hoping someone will fill the vacancy and help secure its future. Posters have been put up in … More: continued here

Postman in running for Royal Mail community honourAberdeen Press and Journal, UKBy Alistair Beaton A NORTH-EAST postman who has won his home town’s stamp of approval by being made citizen of the year is now in the running for a prestigious Royal Mail community honour. Huntly-based Ivan Anderson, 45, switched on …

eBay users urged to swap IE for Firefox after Auctiva Trojan attackComputerWeekly.com, UKAuction site eBay has warned users of a Trojan horse affecting the Auctiva auction service. The virus affects users managing eBay auctions through Auctiva and also any eBay user who enlarges images of auction items that were uploaded via …

Slumdog Millionaire book sold for over 61 times of initial bidHindu, IndiaNew Delhi (PTI): Multiple Oscars are literally working wonders for the print version of Slumdog Millionaire, with the book fetching more than 61 times the starting auction price of Rs 270 on online marketplace eBay on Monday. … More: continued …

No going postal over higher stamp costsGreenwich Time, CTThe last few increases in first-class postage caught me with several 100-stamp rolls of the old denominations. That meant buying sheets of 2's and 1's to supplement them when the new rates took hold, what I called growing panes. … More: continued here

Lab Book Club: The secret tie between Playboy and food stampsNieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, MAYou said if there are more Modern Maturity subscribers and AARP members, there are going to be fewer computer stories and the more Playboy subscribers, the less food stamp stories — which is an interesting set …