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Online auction site eBay has agreed to sell the majority of internet phone company Skype for about $2bn (£1.2bn). Skype is to be majority-owned by a group of private investors, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and private equity firms. EBay will keep... (Continue reading)

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Google has issued an apology after a “miscalculation” caused a blackout of its Gmail service, affecting the “majority” of its 150 million users. The firm described Tuesday’s two-hour outage as a “big deal” and said it was investigating ways to ensure... (Continue reading)

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Small town ‘online crime hotspot’

Small town 'online crime hotspot'

Shildon in County Durham has been labelled an internet crime hotspot with a higher percentage of fraudulent purchases than anywhere else in the UK. Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to... (Continue reading)

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The battle over Google’s effort to digitise the world’s books and create a vast online library has intensified. Authors have until Friday to opt out of the $125m settlement the search giant made with authors and publishers. The date for comments to... (Continue reading)

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The man who led Google’s expansion into China is leaving the company to start his own business. Lee Kai-Fu, who joined from Microsoft in 2004, will step down as president of Google in greater China in September, the company said. When he... (Continue reading)

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