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• EBay's PayPal to stop service on Alibaba site

  EBay's PayPal will no longer be a payment option on a site run by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, a sign that cooperation between the two companies may be cooling.

• PayPal, eBay sue Google over mobile payments secrets

  PayPal and parent eBay have filed a suit against Google and two former executives alleging that they have misappropriated their trade secrets in the area of mobile payments and point-of-sale strategies.

• Researchers crack Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo, Digg audio captchas

  Researchers have figured out how to to crack captchas, making it possible to launch automated attacks against sites such as Microsoft, eBay and Digg where opening phony accounts could be turned into cash.

• Group: Google Buzz settlement a 'killer' for e-commerce

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement with Google over its bungled launch of the Buzz social-networking service could have disastrous effects on the rest of the e-commerce industry, the head of a trade group said.

• 20 events that shaped the Internet, part 1

  Today we all use our smartphones and our broadband-equipped home and work PCs to instantly access information and data on just about any topic via the Internet.

• 20 events that shaped the Internet, part 2

  We take the Internet for granted now, but a lot of developments helped to make it the gargantuan shopping, socializing, commerce-helping, video-sharing behemoth it is today.

• iPad 2 supplies creep closer to demand

  Apple's supply of the iPad 2 edged closer to demand today as the company's online store showed a two-to-three week shipping delay.

• eBay resellers score huge profits on iPad 2 sales

  Resellers are making hundreds by listing Apple's iPad 2 on eBay, where the selling prices have averaged as high as 53 per cent above retail, the auction giant said today.

• For eBay, GSI buy could help with Amazon battle

  After becoming something of a second-class player in the online world, eBay Inc. is looking to get back into the game.

• EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4B

  EBay has agreed to acquire for about $US2.4 billion GSI Commerce, whose suite of e-commerce and digital marketing tools and services are expected to boost eBay's online marketplace and PayPal e-payment businesses.

• Conroy supports Aussie e-commerce as suppliers hinder e-retailers

  A majority of online retailers are dealing with manufacturers trying to hold back the e-commerce market from succeeding, despite the sector experiencing a boom, eBay has said.

• Trade group: Do-not-track bill is 'awful'

  A bill that would direct the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to create a mechanism to allow consumers to opt out of online tracking efforts tops a list of proposals that would be bad for the Internet, according to e-commerce trade group NetChoice.

• The DDoS Hall of Shame

  Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks like the ones that nailed WordPress blogs in early March have been around for decades, but it's only in the last dozen years that they've had enough impact to grab public attention.

• PayPal reinstates fund meant to help U.S. Army's Manning

  PayPal has lifted a temporary restriction placed on the account of Courage to Resist, a group raising funds to support the legal defense of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was arrested for allegedly downloading classified information and providing it to the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website.

• Google I/O tickets going for $2,000 on eBay, quadruple face value

  Google I/O tickets have been bid up to more than $2,000 on eBay, four times the face value. But it's no surprise, perhaps: The highly anticipated Google I/O developer conference sold out in a mere 59 minutes earlier this month, whereas last year's conference took 50 days to sell out.