Tuesday, July 09, 2002|
IBM loses $515 million on hard drives. Big Blue says that for the past five quarters it booked a total after-tax loss of $515 million from its discontinued hard drive operations. [CNET News.com] 10:09:52 PM 
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eBay glitch charges sellers double. Blaming the problem on a "technical error," the online auction giant is crediting customers' bank accounts for the extra charges. [CNET News.com] 10:08:23 PM
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Promising Chapter in E-Book Story. Demand for e-books might be gaining momentum. Also: A thesaurus by any other name ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. [Wired News] 3:04:14 PM
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Telecom firm leaks student data to Web. A company that provides intra-campus telephone services to small colleges has inadvertently left database files containing names, addresses and social security numbers on the Internet. [CNET News.com] 2:51:13 PM
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EBay Says No to PayPal Gambling. EBay says it won't offer PayPal as a payment method for online gambling once its planned purchase of the company goes through. That puts gambling sites in a tough spot. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News] 2:24:43 PM
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Quiet, Sad Death of Net Pioneer - It's horribly ironic that the news of Gene Kan's death has traveled so slowly -- no tributes posted on Usenet, no mention of his passing at any of the usual geek news sites. Perhaps the story of how a 25-year-old genius took his own life is simply something that is just too difficult for folks to talk about. 2:23:32 PM
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