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eBay reaches deal to sell Skype
Written on 7 Sep, 2009 at 1:11 in COMMUNICATION, COMPANIES, FEATURED, WEB TECHNOLOGY | viewed 274 times | 1 Comment
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)
Engineer error knocks out Gmail
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)
Small town ‘online crime hotspot’
Written on 6 Sep, 2009 at 15:12 in WEB TECHNOLOGY | viewed 154 times | 0 Comments
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)
Google books deal battle heats up
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)
Google China chief leaves company
Written on 4 Sep, 2009 at 0:43 in COMPANIES, FEATURED, TECHNOLOGY, WEB TECHNOLOGY | viewed 173 times | 0 Comments
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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