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Globe and Mail Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Sues Apple, Google, EBayBloomberg… co-founded Microsoft Corp., sued 11 companies including Google Inc., Apple Inc. and EBay Inc., saying they infringed patents on Web-based technology. …Allen Sues Google, Apple, Others Over PatentsPC World (blog)Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web … Except MicrosoftWired …

What’s Your Reaction? Inspired by Salinger’s toilet — which was listed for sale on EBay for $1 million — Jacket Copy decided to see what other literary-ish items are currently for sale on the site. What we discovered? The doozy dozen. More: continued here

Globe and Mail Paul Allen sues Google, Apple, eBay, others over defunct lab's patentsBizjournals.comThe full list of defendants: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube. …Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Sues Apple, Google, EBay Over Web-Based PatentsBloombergPaul Allen's Interval Licensing Sues Google, Apple, Others Over PatentsCBS …

Calif Republican Whitman unveils new iPhone appSan Jose Mercury NewsThe former eBay chief executive has sought to employ new technology throughout her campaign and has the money to try nearly anything. …and more » More: continued here

Heard on the Street: Dell, H-P Show No Reserve on 3PAR PriceWall Street Journal3PAR might as well have listed itself on eBay, given the frenetic pace of bidding by technology titans Dell and Hewlett-Packard. …and more » More: continued here

But shoppers must pay with PayPal to qualify for rewards. EBay Inc. has rolled out a cashback loyalty program called eBay Bucks after a year of testing. More: continued here

Solar eBay: California floats utility auction for green energyEnergy Collective (blog)Think of it as eBay for green energy. The goal is to accelerate the market for small-scale photovoltaic systems by requiring California's three big …and more » More: continued here

TPMDC (blog) Ex-EBay CEO Whitman Leads Brown in California Race, Poll FindsBloombergRepublican Meg Whitman, the former EBay Inc. chief executive officer, has pulled ahead of Democratic rival …Brown and Whitman spar in syncLos Angeles TimesNurses celebrate women's right to vote, slam Whitman for not votingSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)Meg Whitman Out-Campaigning …

A Busy August Fuels M&A SpeculationWall Street JournalInstead, Ramirez was working with colleagues to close the sale of Auctiva, a developer of tools for eBay Inc. (EBAY), to Alibaba.com Ltd. (1688.HK, ALBIY). …and more » More: continued here

Set the Bar LowTheStreet.com (subscription)It's starting to feel like the Ebay (EBAY – commentary – Trade Now) auction mentality — a buyer gets so caught up in the idea of "winning" that price …and more » More: continued here