Times Online Skype under threat from eBay licence rowguardian.co.ukMillions of internet users who use Skype could be forced to find other ways to make phone calls after parent company eBay said it did not own the underlying …EBay says no changes to Skype IPO plansReutersEbay's Legal Battle With Joltid May …
Read More »TECH STOCKS: Techs Edge Down, But Nasdaq Posts 3rd Weekly Gain – CNNMoney.com
TECH STOCKS: Techs Edge Down, But Nasdaq Posts 3rd Weekly GainCNNMoney.comDecliners included Yahoo Inc. (YHOO), eBay Inc. ( EBAY ), Google Inc. (GOOG), and Sun Microsystems (JAVA). (END) Dow Jones Newswires 07-31-09 1710ET …TECH STOCKS: Techs Edge Up As Nasdaq Guns For 3rd Week In BlackCNNMoney.comTECH STOCKS: Nasdaq Tops 2000 …
Read More »News: Ebay Warns that Patent License Disagreement Could Result in Skype Shutdown (The Mac Observer)
Ebay has warned that a patent licensing disagreement could result in a shutdown of its VoIP service, Skype. The company made the warning in its Form 10-Q for the June quarter, and in that filing the company warned that unless a licensing disagreement was resolved, “the continued operation of Skype’s …
Read More »Legal Spat Pushes Ebay to Develop New Base for Skype (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Ebay has begun developing an alternative to the P2P technology used by Skype as a licensing dispute drags on and threatens to close the popular IP telephony service. More: continued here
Read More »Landmark Washburn post office closed for good today (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
WASHBURN — A community landmark is no more starting Friday after the U.S. Postal Service shuttered the Washburn post office. More: continued here
Read More »New Cuyama Gift Shop Opens Next To Post Office (The Taft Independent)
Sally Bornand has opened her new business Country Corner Gifts next to the New Cuyama Post Office. The shop offers for sale handmade items, quilts, purses, table toppers, wooden toys, coca cola advertising items, and other unique gifts. The shop is open on Saturdays and Sundays. More: continued here
Read More »Part falls off FedEx jet bound for California (The San Francisco Examiner)
LOS ANGELES — A FedEx jet bound from Phoenix to Long Beach Airport was diverted to Los Angeles after witnesses reported seeing something fall off the plane. More: continued here
Read More »Local town celebrates post office’s centennial (WWAY 3 Wilmington)
Video Local town celebrates post office’s centennial Body The town of Chadbourn has reason to celebrate. The town’s post office just had it’s 100th birthday. The Chadbourn post office opened long before 1909, but it didn’t officially become part of the United States Postal Service until President William Howard Taft …
Read More »Royal Mail gets onside with IFA to help clean up football (Belfast Telegraph)
Irish League football clubs are to be given a cash incentive in the latest bid to kick out foul play. Related Stories Unionists in new ID card uproar over removal of Union flag Sex killer returned to jail after breaching conditions Breeder and rider in legal row over horse show …
Read More »FedEx opens new facility (Wausau Daily Herald)
MOSINEE — FedEx Ground plans to open a new 45,000-square-foot distribution facility in Mosinee today. More: continued here
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