National Tech Medal Winners Include eBay, OS Creator, And 'Net …InformationWeek, NY –4 hours agoA packet switching inventor, a software engineer and designer and eBay are among the 2007 laureates scheduled to receive the nation's highest honor for …Gutierrez Joins President Bush in Announcing National Medal of …7thSpace Interactive (press release)all 3 …
Read More »Britain investigates sale of computer with banking data on eBay (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
LONDON – A computer containing banking security details of more than one million people has been sold on eBay for $64, bank officials said Tuesday – the latest in a series of losses of personal data in Britain. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Motors Holds Parts & Accessories Subcategory Sale (AuctionBytes)
eBay Motors Parts and Accessories is holding a 25-cent Insertion Fee sale from August 26 – 30, 2008, in Motorcycle Parts, Aircraft Parts, Boat Parts and Powersport parts-related categories. For regular Auction-style and Fixed Price Parts & Accessories listings in the applicable categories, the insertion fee will be capped at …
Read More »Computer with customer data sold on eBay (Denver Post)
LONDON — A computer containing banking security details of more than 1 million people has been sold on eBay for $64, bank officials said Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »Council battles post office closures – Manchester.com
Council battles post office closuresManchester.com, UK –4 hours agoSalford city council has confirmed it is still investigating ways in which it can prevent a local post office closing. The Post Office recently announced …Post office campaigners joined by MPsPlymouth Evening HeraldMP plans protest to save Post Office card accountsThe HeraldSupport for fight …
Read More »Call 4 Action: Post Office Sent Porn Number To Pittsburghers (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
Some customers of a Post Office in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood were inadvertently referred to an adult porn hot line. More: continued here
Read More »No buyers for Wis. man's million-mile Chevy _ yet – The Associated Press
No buyers for Wis. man's million-mile Chevy _ yetThe Associated Press –59 minutes agoFrank Oresnik said he failed to sell the 1991 truck during a 10-day auction on eBay that ended Sunday. He had placed a minimum bid of $30000, …No buyers for Wis. man's million-mile Chevy _ yetChicago Tribuneall 77 …
Read More »Meg Whitman back at eBay…briefly! – CNNMoney.com
Meg Whitman back at eBay…briefly!CNNMoney.com –3 hours agoAs you may know, I was roaming Silicon Valley last week, and on Friday, I landed at eBay (EBAY) — the “Whitman Campus,” as the headquarters is now called. … More: continued here
Read More »Post Office to spend R50m on security (Cape Argus)
The South African Post Office (Sapo) will spend R50-million on mail security in the next financial year, chief executive Motshoanetsi Lefoka announced on Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »Disappointed eBay PC buyer finds boring old banking data stored on the hard drive (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Honestly, what a disappointment. Of all the exciting things you could hope to find on the hard drive of a PC bought off eBay, rubbish old bank passwords has to be the last thing you’d want. More: continued here
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