'The $100 laptop' now a $600 eBay itemUSA Today –22 minutes agoSo why did people pay as much as $600 for them on eBay, when that kind of money is enough to buy a much more powerful machine? "That's not a lot of money to …Novelty value of new XO laptop comes in loud and clear…
Mail box’s better postic Wales, United Kingdom –2 hours agoPensioners raised concerns about the village post-box, which was re-sited following the closure of Bryn Post Office, during the Older Person’s Council’s … More: continued here
The XO laptop is supposed to be a low-cost computer targeted at children in the developing world. It is low on computing power by modern standards, low on memory, has no hard drive and runs on Linux, the open-source operating… More: continued here
Online auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world – and get returns. More: continued here
Rolly: Thank you for all the good deedsSalt Lake Tribune, United States –4 hours agoRebecca Manzanares discovered she had lost four books of stamps purchased earlier at the Cottonwood Heights Post Office. She returned to the post office and … More: continued here
LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of gifts ordered over the Internet have failed to arrive in time for Christmas. Delivery companies and Royal Mail have struggled to cope with the biggest online Christmas ever with up to 2mn packages arriving late, according to consumer groups. More: continued here
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Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and…
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Giants-Pats tickets flood eBayFort Worth Star Telegram, TX –2 hours ago… more than 200 Giants ticket holders put their seats to Sunday's game against the Patriots at Giants Stadium up for bid on the auction site, eBay. …Many Giants fans selling Pats ticketsNew York Daily NewsTicket holders see big green in Big BlueThe…
BBC News Complaints soar over late online giftsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –Dec 24, 2007Royal Mail staff have also come under fire for leaving "you are out" messages at houses instead of checking to see if anyone was at home. …Online shopping complaints riseBBC NewsShoppers wait for Christmas deliveriesWatford ObserverOnline Shopping Complaints Creep UpMyFoxOrlando.comall 34 news articles More: continued…