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• Windows 8 developer tablets go for $US3500+ on eBay

  Several of the souped-up Samsung tablets Microsoft handed out to 5000 developers at last week's BUILD Windows conference are for sale on eBay at prices as high as $US3500.

• Samsung Windows 8 tablets surface on eBay

  If you're dying to get your hands on a Windows 8 tablet, right now for $2,000 or more on eBay you can pick up several Samsung Series 7 700T tablets running Windows 8.

• U.S. launches criminal probe into eBay-Craigslist dispute

  The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether eBay executives broke the law and stole trade secrets while sitting on the board of Craigslist.org.

• Two HP TouchPads with Android surface, one on eBay

  Everyone who’s been grabbing the $99 and $149 HP TouchPads in the recent fire sale might not be stuck with HP's webOS.

• TouchPad fever -- Why do we suddenly love WebOS?

  Consumers are going absolutely crazy for HP's touchpad thanks to the recent fire sale pricing of $99. The tablet sells out at stores across the country faster than stores can pull them off the trucks. On eBay, the tablets are being sold for upwards of $300.

• Advanced persistent threats force IT to rethink security priorities

  The biggest business challenge today, in the minds of many information security officers, is the stealthy online infiltration by attackers to steal valuable proprietary information. The reality, they say, is that these so-called "advanced persistent threats" are so rampant and unrelenting they are forcing IT to rethink network security.

• EBay attacks server virtualization with 100TB of SSD storage

  When online auction site eBay had problems meeting the I/O storage demands of business units starved for more virtual machine (VM) deployments, its quality assurance division had an idea: swap out hard disk drive-based arrays with solid-state drive (SSD) storage.

• iPhone aftermarket emerges as updates loom

  Yearning for the next iPhone but unsure what to do with your current, soon-to-be-outdated model? Not to worry -- plenty of gadget buyback options are available to give you enough cash to pay an early termination fee or snatch up that new, shiny iPhone you desire.

• Senators push for high-skill immigration reform

  A group of U.S. senators pledged Tuesday to open up the country's borders to high-skill immigrants, with lawmakers arguing that the U.S. is turning away some of the world's smartest people.

• PayPal to enable purchases on mobile bills with Zong buy

  Charging goods, particularly of the digital variety, to a mobile-phone bill may get more commonplace in the U.S. now that eBay plans to buy Zong, a Silicon Valley company.

• What would you pay for a Google+ invite?

  Wish you were on Google's new social networking service, Google+?

• IBM Is 100: Will Other Tech Companies Last That Long?

  International Business Machines--that's IBM to you and me--reached an impressive milestone this week: The company turned 100 years old. That longevity is impressive, but many American companies have become institutions. Ford Motors is almost 110 years old, US Steel is also at the 110 year mark, and Sears, Roebuck and Co. is 125 years old this year!

• Ohio man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit software

  An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to selling more than US$1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software on eBay, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

• EBay buys Magento to boost its e-commerce developer tools

  In a move that could help eBay improve its tools for online store developers, it has acquired Magento, the maker of an open source e-commerce platform.

• Advocacy group targets Apple as a tax 'cheater'

  A new liberal advocacy group has targeted Apple as a tax "cheater" for its leadership in a coalition calling for Congress to allow U.S. companies to return foreign earnings to the country at a greatly reduced tax rate.