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• Yahoo opens new home page to external developers

  Yahoo is opening its newly redesigned home page to external developers so that they can build applications for it, the company said Tuesday.

• eBay loses Dior trademark case in France

  A French court has found eBay guilty of counterfeiting and fined the online auction site €80,000 ($135,500).

• Sun's data-center chief moves to eBay

  The man in charge of Sun Microsystems' global data-center strategy and a noted speaker on data-center energy efficiency is leaving Sun to work at eBay, he said on Tuesday.

• EBay reaches deal to sell Skype

  EBay Tuesday announced it has signed an agreement to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors in a deal that values the business at US$2.75 billion.

• The Skype, eBay divorce: How did it go wrong?

  The future looked bright in September 2005 when eBay announced it was buying Internet telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion. But after four years of unfulfilled expectations, the marriage between the online auction giant and the upstart VoIP provider came to an end Tuesday when eBay said it was unloading Skype to a group of private investors for $1.9 billion.

• Report: eBay to sell Skype to group of private investors

  EBay plans to announce a deal to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the company's plans.

• EBay to sell majority stake in Skype for US$1.9 billion

  EBay has reached an agreement to sell a 65 percent stake in its Skype Internet telephony, video conferencing and instant messaging unit for $1.9 billion in cash to an investor group led by Silver Lake.

• Study: Google pulls away in global search usage

  The latest worldwide statistics for search engine queries don't paint a pretty picture for Google competitors.

• eBay gives merchants access to Selling Manager applications

  eBay's ambitious project to remake its Selling Manager set of e-commerce tools into an open platform and repository of third-party applications reached another milestone when it was opened to the marketplace's sellers.

• EBay gives merchants access to Selling Manager applications

  EBay's ambitious project to remake its Selling Manager set of e-commerce tools into an open platform and repository of third-party applications reached another milestone on Monday when it was opened to the marketplace's sellers.

• eBay requires developers to change their account passwords

  Members of the eBay Developers Program must change their account passwords because the e-commerce company recently discovered a way in which account information could be accessed by malicious hackers.

• Lobby groups say draft EU e-commerce rules unclear

  A revision to the rules governing online sales in Europe risks sparking a wave of litigation between e-commerce companies like eBay and the makers of luxury goods, a Brussels-based lobbyist said Tuesday.

• Fraudsters try to scam security expert on eBay

  When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a scammer using a hacked eBay account and then by a buyer who tried to trick Schneier into sending her the laptop after she cancelled payment.

• EBay win against L'Oreal in UK High Court

  EBay cannot be held legally accountable for the sale of fake L'Oreal goods, including perfumes and face creams, on its Web site, according to a decision in the U.K. High Court.

• PayPal takes aim at developers, charities

  PayPal will target developers as it seeks to expand beyond its traditional eBay boundaries.