Rice’s hard-luck season finally came to an end Wednesday with a 59-50 loss to Southern Miss in the opening round of the Conference USA tournament at the FedEx Forum. More: continued here

eBay"free" pitch more a uBuyDenver Post, CO –5 hours agoThe ad promised free items such as software and a digital camera, but attendees first had to plop $20 for tickets to hear eBay businessman Michael Syme on … More: continued here

VoIP firm to focus on its strengths Two-and-a-half years after eBay bought Skype, the online auction giant has moved away from trying to create new, merged capabilities through the acquisition and is letting Skype be what it is. More: continued here

Union Applauds Passage of Bill to Issue Food Stamps Twice a Month …SunHerald.com, MS –18 hours agoBy United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 The grocery industry and its workers, along with food stamp recipients, scored a victory today when the … More: continued here

BBC News UK. Yngling Olympic medal hopefuls give Royal Mail'Mayday Rescue …BYM News (press release), Spain –2 hours agoOlympic medal hopefuls and current world Yngling sailing champions – Team Mirabaud's Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson – gave the new Royal Mail…Stamp honours Barra lifeboat crewBBC NewsSet of stamps honours the …

EBay now letting Skype be Skype, exec saysMacworld, CA –6 minutes agoby Stephen Lawson Two-and-a-half years after eBay bought Skype, the online auction giant has moved away from trying to create new, merged capabilities … More: continued here

'Big, bright and inviting' Post OfficeKent Online, United Kingdom –3 hours agoA POST Office branch has opened in Folkestone town centre at WH Smith in Sandgate Road. It replaces the main post office in Bouverie Place, which had been … More: continued here

Middlesbrough post office on the moveGazetteLive, UK –54 minutes agoA DATE has been set for the closure of Middlesbrough’s town centre post office and its relocation to The Mall nearby. The Grange Road office will close on …Move date set for Middlesbrough Post OfficeGazetteLivePost office will move to WHSmithDaily Echoall 3 news …

eBay said it will make two changes to the way Store inventory listings appear in regular eBay.com search results. Currently, Store listings appear below search results only when a search returns 30 or fewer auction-style and fixed-price items. Going forward, eBay will show up to 50 Store listings in the …

Saying it was tired of waiting for eBay to fix a security problem on its platform that has existed for years, German watchdog group Falle-Internet.de exposed the vulnerability to journalists in a live demonstration on Tuesday. Falle-Internet.de was able to display reporters’ eBay account information on a special page once …