EBay's PayPal to buy VeriSign unit for$370 mln (Reuters)Reuters - (Web promotion)

EBay's PayPal to buy VeriSign unit for$370 mln (Reuters)Reuters - (Web promotion)

EBay's PayPal to buy VeriSign unit for$370 mln (Reuters)
Reuters - EBay Inc. will buy VeriSign'spayment processing business for$370 million and merge it withits PayPal unit as part of a wider e-commerce payment servicesand security alliance, the companies said on Monday.

Britney Spears pulls costume bra from eBay auction (Reuters)

Reuters - Oops! ... It happened again.Britney Spears' jewel-encrusted bra has been removed for asecond time from Internet auction site eBay -- this time by thepop singer herself.

Yahoo dips feet into podcasting (AFP)

AFP - Internet giant Yahoo Inc. announced plans to introduce a "podcast" service, allowing users to download, listen to and review audio files at their leisure.

N.D. May Require Web Auctioneer License (AP)

AP - To sell things over eBay, Mark Nichols may be required to take instruction in rapid-fire speaking, breathing control and reading hand gestures, even though the transactions are done by computer keyboard and mouse.

Estonia launches e-voting by Internet for local election (AFP)

AFP - Voters in Estonia, which has long been using technology to ease daily life, began voting in local elections without leaving the comfort of their home or office computer.

SHOPTALK: The King Of The Pixels (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - By now, you've probably heard about The Million Dollar Homepage, the Web site on which Alex Tew, a 21-year-old Englishman, is selling 1 million pixels of banner-ad space at$1 per pixel. (The page is divided into 10,000 squares of 100 pixels each; the minimum buy is one square for$100.) So far, Tew has made about$250,000. But the real fun is to peruse the banners themselves. ...

HP Expands SMB Effort With Storage Offerings (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hewlett-Packard plans to add new storage products and services for small and midsize businesses, as well as new financing and online resources.