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eBay Will Block Looted GoodsWall Street Journal (blog)London looters attempting to sell stolen goods on eBay will be blocked from doing so, the company said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with the businesses and communities affected by recent events in London and around the UK. …eBay to remove stolen …

eBay Bets On FlashBaselineeBay, the world's largest online marketplace, recently deployed more than 100 terabytes of Nimbus S-Class flash memory to drive its VMware server and storage infrastructure. It's one of the largest deployments of flash storage to date. …Nimbus wins a 100 TB storage deal with eBayComputerworldUK (blog)all 3 …

Four days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: RIM , which has found itself in the story because rioters are using its BBM messaging network to organize meetups, has had its site hacked. More: continued here

Solid state drives move to data center in one of the largest deployments of flash memory to date. More: continued here

Dealer refuses to honor Nissan GT-R eBay auctionJalopnikEnthusiast Xou Vang spent this last weekend bidding for a used Nissan GT-R on eBay and, at $55100, thought he'd gotten a fair price for his dream car. The dealer, Honda of San Marcos, thought the deal was too fair and reportedly said …

eBay trying break free of the browser with Mac App Store appMacgasmIt seems that eBay is betting on the latter, as they have released a brand new Mac OS X app on the Mac App Store. The company has already embraced iOS applications to take advantage of the immense interest …

When Jan Adams got a NZ $300 (US $247) power bill back in April 2009 she could not believe it.  A tiny one-bedroom flat could not possibly consume that much electricity. New Zealand has a competitive electricity market but shifting to competing offerings looked complicated to her.  She took energy-efficiency …

Nimbus wins a 100 TB storage deal with eBayComputerworldUK (blog)Nimbus Data Systems has announced that eBay has deployed more than 100 TB of their flash storage capacity, putting the spotlight on a key win for the emerging storage vendor. This is interesting on a few levels. First, it's good to …

Telegraph.co.uk Londoners Turn to Technology to Stop the LootingThe Atlantic WireeBay and its Craigslist-like listings site Gumtree have committed to working with police to keep looters from selling stolen goods on their sites. "Our thoughts are with the businesses and communities affected by recent events in London and around the …

Riots: eBay Says No Looted Items Listed So Far; BlackBerry Site HackedpaidContent.orgFour days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) tells us that so far it has not seen any suspicious activity involving the sale of stolen items on its site, but …