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Weekend tech reading: Grand Theft Auto V hands-on, eBay & the FBI, Galaxy S4 ad trashes Apple

Weekend tech reading: Grand Theft Auto V hands-on, eBay & the FBI, Galaxy S4 ad trashes Apple
  • Posted May 5, 2013, 11:00 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in NATW
  • Above everything else, Grand Theft Auto V is a game about scope. Sure, the land mass in GTA V is three-and-a-half times the size of Red Dead Redemption alone. In fact, it’s bigger than Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV and GTA: San Andreas combined. But there’s more to GTA V than square miles.

eBay closes Instant Sale service following site redesign

eBay closes Instant Sale service following site redesign
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Ebay has decided to close Instant Sale, a service on the site used to quickly sell used electronics for cash that had generated nearly 4 million offers since rolling out in 2011. The move comes just weeks after the online…

Mobile helps boost eBay's revenue 18% last quarter, 21% on-year

Mobile helps boost eBay
  • Posted January 16, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Topping analyst expectations of $0.69 per share on $3.976 billion revenue for the fourth quarter, eBay has posted earnings of $0.70 a share ($927 million) on $4 billion for the recently passed period, marking an 18% boost in revenue from the same time in 2011. Likewise, the company...

17-year-old eBay unveils new logo to reflect changing marketplace

17-year-old eBay unveils new logo to reflect changing marketplace
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • eBay president Devin Wenig has unveiled the new logo his company plans to implement later this year as part of a reinvention of the site. The executive says the simplified logo helps to reflect the cleaner and more consistent website…

One of a kind Final Fantasy II NES game on eBay for $50,000

One of a kind Final Fantasy II NES game on eBay for $50,000
  • Posted August 23, 2012, 5:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Gaming, The Web With Video
  • A rare American Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridge has surfaced on eBay, with its owner pitching it as a “truly one of a kind” English language Final Fantasy II game, and ofering it up on the popular auction site to one…

Microsoft Xbox 720 developer kit sells for $20,100 on eBay

Microsoft Xbox 720 developer kit sells for $20,100 on eBay
  • Posted August 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Last week we published a story about a leaked Kinect 2 image that found its way to Twitter. Now that same Twitter user, superDaE, has posted and subsequently sold what he claims is a Microsoft Xbox Durango development kit on…

eBay launches same-day shipping service eBay Now

eBay launches same-day shipping service eBay Now
  • Posted August 6, 2012, 10:02 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • eBay has introduced a new service called eBay Now that promises same-day shipping on products that are sold locally. In most instances, buyers can expect to see their order arrive in as little as an hour so long as the…

Huge video game collection sold for $1.2 million, includes games for 22 classic consoles

Huge video game collection sold for $1.2 million, includes games for 22 classic consoles
  • Posted July 9, 2012, 8:00 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Gaming
  • For a minimum bid starting at more than a million dollars, a collector is offering his entire catalog of video games for Nintendo home systems from the NES/Famicom through the GameCube, plus the full lineup of every game released on…

UK government considers Internet porn filter, requires users to opt-out

UK government considers Internet porn filter, requires users to opt-out
  • Posted May 7, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • UK Prime Minster David Cameron will be consulting with major ISPs about devising a scheme which will block adult content for UK customers. If such a content filter does materialize from the talks, it is expected to be an optional…

Buy-back programs offer upwards of $300 for used iPad 2s

Buy-back programs offer upwards of $300 for used iPad 2s
  • Posted March 14, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • To upgrade or not to upgrade? Such is the question plaguing many iPad 2 owners as we approach the launch of Apple's latest tablet. Many online retailers hope to ease the transition by offering cash or store credit for your used device. Assuming your iPad 2 is in decent condition...

Engineers arrested for selling sample CPUs on eBay

Engineers arrested for selling sample CPUs on eBay
  • Posted January 4, 2012, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four engineers for allegedly selling sample Intel processors on eBay. The suspects, who were confirmed to be engineers at an OEM plant in Taiwan, were taken into custody in the city of Taoyuan.

HP TouchPad fire sale more smoke than fire

HP TouchPad fire sale more smoke than fire
  • Posted December 12, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • HP launched one final liquidation sale on their discontinued HP TouchPad Sunday night to try and meet the incredible demand that the tablet generated from the original sale in August. But despite the bargain-basement pricing, many were still left unsatisfied.

eBay to announce PayPal Access at X.commerce conference

eBay to announce PayPal Access at X.commerce conference
  • Posted October 12, 2011, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • eBay will likely unveil its PayPal Access platform at their X.commerce conference later this week in San Francisco. PayPal Access is a login credentials platform that will allow users to log into websites using their PayPal login information rather than creating a…

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman expected to take over at HP

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman expected to take over at HP
  • Posted September 22, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Update: It's official. Léo Apotheker is out as CEO of HP, and former eBay chief Meg Whitman will take his place. HP has seen seven CEOs come and go in the past 11 years and the current head, Leo Apotheker, has held the position for less than a year.

Windows 8 dev tablets selling for thousands on eBay

Windows 8 dev tablets selling for thousands on eBay
  • Posted September 19, 2011, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Hardware
  • Limited edition Windows 8 tablets are selling for several thousand dollars on eBay. The pre-release hardware was given to Microsoft Build attendees last week at the company’s annual conference in Anaheim, California.

eBay acquires open source e-commerce platform Magento

eBay acquires open source e-commerce platform Magento
  • Posted June 6, 2011, 3:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web With Video
  • eBay today announced that it has agreed to acquire Magento, the Los Angeles-based company with more than 290 employees, which creates Magento, the open source ecommerce platform. The deal follows eBay's acquisition of a minority stake in the company in…

Eight-core Intel Sandy Bridge-E processor makes Ebay appearance

Eight-core Intel Sandy Bridge-E processor makes Ebay appearance
  • Posted May 7, 2011, 2:24 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel recently started sending samples of its next-generation processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge-E (The E stands for Enthusiast), to third parties for testing. Inevitably, some engineering samples of the "Intel i7 8 core" have appeared on eBay (via Xbit Labs).

Froyo, Honeycomb hacks for Nook Color available on eBay

Froyo, Honeycomb hacks for Nook Color available on eBay
  • Posted March 7, 2011, 5:31 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Since its debut last October, the Nook Color has received a lot of attention among modding communities. Hackers were quick to root the device's native Android environment, allowing users to run a standard version of Android 2.2 Froyo and 3.0…

eBay tells late shoppers to go elsewhere

  • Posted December 23, 2010, 1:52 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • eBay is telling shoppers to go shop elsewhere. The San Jose-based website has introduced a new local shopping tool GiftsNearby, which, as its name implies, shows users where to find gifts at nearby stores. GiftsNearby shows local retail prices for…

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