Little (Web promotion) Agreement on Spyware Guidelines (AP)AP - Many anti-spyware programs

Little (Web promotion) Agreement on Spyware Guidelines (AP)AP - Many anti-spyware programs

Little Agreement on Spyware Guidelines (AP)
AP - Many anti-spyware programs scour computer hard drives for those data-tracking files called cookies that we often get from Web visits. Microsoft Corp.'s tool does not. And there are disputes aplenty about whether certain widely used advertising programs circulating on the Internet are clean of spyware.

Cingular considering iTunes phone - sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S.mobile service, is considering selling a Motorola Inc.cell phone that can play music using Apple Computer Inc.'siTunes music service, sources familiar with the mattersaid on Friday.

PartyGaming IPO attracts late demand surge -sources (Reuters)
Reuters - PartyGaming, the world's biggest onlinepoker company, attracted increasing demand for its stock onFriday ahead of next week's initial public offering, marketsources said.

Microsoft Plans RSS Features In Longhorn (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Features are designed to make Really Simple Syndication feeds easier to subscribe to and more useful by connecting to desktop software.

Microsoft to ship Longhorn with RSS (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft on Friday announced its intention to fully support the RSS Web publishing standard in its next generation version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, along with plans to help application developers more easily create RSS-enabled applications for Windows.

Taking care of business at eBay Live (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Ian Silverman came to the eBay Live expo this week for one thing and one thing only -- to find an easier way to upload all his product listings onto the eBay Web site.

EBay Encourages Sellers to Build Web Sites (AP)
AP - Eager to find new sources of income and keep its sellers from striking out on their own, eBay Inc. launched a new service Thursday that encourages small- and medium-sized sellers to build Web stores that operate independent of the e-commerce powerhouse.

E-Commerce's Growing Pains (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - SAN JOSE -- EBay hired the B-52's rock group for a gala dinner here, sent acrobats up ropes, rented an amusement park and threw open its corporate offices yesterday to thousands of Internet sellers for behind-the-scenes tours as part of its 10th anniversary celebration.