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10-Year-Old Girl Tries to Sell 'Moaning' Grandma on eBay
Filed under: eBay, Web A 10-year-old English girl apparently never learned the familiar lesson of respecting one's elders. According to the Daily Mail, the unappreciative Zoe Pemberton, who had grown...
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Sarah Palin-Signed Xbox 360 Hits eBay for $1.1M
Filed under: Celebrities, eBay, Web You love Xbox. You adore Sarah Palin. You've always wondered how to bring them into euphoric harmony. And now, for a little more than $1 million, your life can...
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Mussolini's Brain for Sale on eBay?
Filed under: Web Because the world will never be able to get enough of Benito Mussolini, some compassionate individual has done all of humanity a favor and put the Italian dictator's brain for auction...
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Brits Applaud 'Avatar,' Playboy Debuts in the App Store
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... At first glance, 'Avatar' seems like it could either be an awe-inspiring F/X masterpiece or just a laughably ridiculous sci-fi punch line....
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Man Discovers His Stolen Appliances on eBay
Filed under: eBay, Web We'll never figure out why thieves think eBay is a good place to sell stolen goods. On the online auction site, these dumb criminals not only have to watch out for the cops, but...
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eBay Changes Pricing Schemes for Auctions, Struggling to Regain Edge
Filed under: eBay, WebeBay has revealed a new pricing scheme for U.S. auctioneers that claims different listing fees from frequent and occasional sellers. "eBay Every Day" does away with upfront...
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Mom Cleans Out Closet on eBay, Stumbles Upon $13k Gaming Goldmine
Filed under: Video Games, eBay, Web Share When Gary "What You Talkin' 'Bout" Coleman pawned his Nintendo Gamecube gear on eBay, many folks expressed dismay when someone actually purchased the pile of...
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Old NES Game Found in Basement Sells For $41,300 on eBay
Filed under: Video Games, eBayAfter reading about the $13K goldmine a mother found while cleaning the basement, a man known only as Dave from Kansas embarked upon his own 8-bit treasure hunt. According...
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Cold War Bunker Goes for $31K on eBay, Resembles Post-Apocalyptic Hell
Filed under: eBay, Web When we think about a country retreat in England, we picture a small cottage surrounded by beautiful gardens and a moss-covered stone wall. But apparently, that's too idealistic...
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Illustrating with Google Maps, iPad Pre-Sale Starts Tomorrow
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey...
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Gaga Loves Synergy, News Station for Sale on eBay
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey...
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Bidding on Your Attention in Real-Time May Streamline Web Ads
Filed under: Google, Web It's an accepted fact of life in the Internet age that companies like Google will collect (supposedly) anonymous information about your browsing habits and serve up targeted...
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FOX News Alienates Apple, eBay offering Fashion 'Flash Sale' Today
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Glenn Beck's increasingly inflammatory methods of inspiring viewer hysteria are taking a serious toll on the show's advertising...
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eBay Takes on Craigslist With Revamped Classifieds Site and Mobile Apps
Filed under: eBay, Web In hopes of competing with Craigslist, eBay unveiled today a revamped classifieds site called eBay Classifieds. It will replace the company's old site, Kijiji, which just...
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The Greenest Mag Uses No Paper At All, Geeks to Get Hitched on Twitter
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Apple Sells 300K iPads, Follow Discovery's ISS Mission on Twitter
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple has released the initial iPad sales numbers, and -- while certainly impressive -- the stats still fall short of some of the early and...
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Negative eBay Feedback Leads to $15,000 Lawsuit
Filed under: eBay, Web When you take to eBay for your shopping needs, you know you're taking a certain amount of risk. You have faith in the description of the goods for sale, digital photos, and, more...
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Teensy, Tiny Town Sells on eBay For $360K
Filed under: eBay, Web Want to own your own town? Well, you're too late to buy this Washington state hamlet, but there will always be more. The tiny township of Wauconda went for sale on eBay last...
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eBay Pulls Kevorkian 'Death Van' Listing
Filed under: eBay, Web It's been said there is nothing you can't find online. That point was driven home by Jack Finn, a retired used auto parts dealer who somehow came to posses the 1968 Volkswagon...
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Man Busted for Selling Fake Vintage Horror Posters on eBay
Filed under: eBay, PlayroomPreying on the devotion of horror-movie loyalists, a Georgia man has been selling fake movie posters on eBay for years. According to The New York Times, Kerry Haggard was...
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YouTube Nerds Microwave iPad, Sell Melty Remains on eBay
Filed under: Audio/Video, eBay, Web, Playroom Apple just dropped its iPad 3G April 30th, so -- of course -- some nimrod on YouTube just had to be the first person to demonstrate the gadget's...
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Sprint Evo 4G Lands on June 4th, RIAA Crushes Limewire in Copyright Case
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... HTC's's much-hyped Evo 4G for Sprint officially arrives June 4th, with a $199 post-rebate price. Yesterday, Sprint revealed the model's...
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Female Tech All-Stars Terminate Opponents in California Primaries
Film icons and legendary crooners once dominated the political landscape in California, but the Golden(less) State currently bears a crippling $20 billion deficit and an agonizing 13-percent...
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Brooklyn's Mark Suppes Builds Nuclear Reactors When He's Not Working for Gucci
Filed under: eBay, Green Tech We've gone on a wild goose chase in Iraq, we've spent countless hours worrying about Iran and North Korea, and, all this time, a rogue nuclear genius has been lurking in...
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eBay User Sells Original NES for $50k, but Buyer Reneges (Seller Drops to $35k)
Filed under: Video Games, eBay As far we understand it, an object goes through five rough stages in its lengthy lifetime. First, it's shiny and new, sitting on a store shelf. Then, it's just junk. A...
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Priest Auctions Confessional on eBay as 'a Small Bar,' Archdiocese Not Amused
Filed under: eBay, WebThe Catholic Church has lately dived into the digital revolution with an uninhibited enthusiasm, exploring new ways to reach parishioners and potential converts alike. This may be...
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Safari Update Adds Extensions Gallery, Twitter and Bing Support
Filed under: Web This morning, Apple unveiled the latest version of its Safari 5 browser, replete with revamped extensions support and a sparkling new extensions gallery. The new browser allows users...
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Facebook Criticizes Google and Verizon's Net Neutrality Plans
Filed under: Google, WebGoogle and Verizon have already taken plenty of heat for their recently unveiled joint-proposal on how to apply Net neutrality ideology to regulatory policy. Now, Facebook has...
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eBay's Half.com App Scans Bar Codes for Best Textbook Deals
Filed under: Cell Phones, eBay, Web, Back to School Share With the fall semester around the corner, eBay has launched a mobile app for its discount site Half.com, which scans barcodes to locate the...
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After 8 Years, eBay Vigilance Reunites Man and His Missing Guitar
Stolen items routinely appear on online auction sites, and, occasionally, watchful victims will even discover their own missing goods. One burglary victim recently discovered the benefits of such eBay...
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I-ELLA Combines eBay, Gilt Groupe and a Bazaar Into Charitable Shopping
Discount stores, invite-only sites, Etsy and eBay: there is hardly a reason to head to a department store anymore. Unless, of course, you still appreciate the social aspect of shopping -- getting a...
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Meg Whitman Campaign Learns Lesson on Importance of Proofreading
Meg Whitman's campaign spokesperson, Sarah Pompei, sent out a tweet Monday evening announcing that the San Diego Deputy Sheriff's association was endorsing her candidacy. Included was a link intended...
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eBay 'Instant Sale' Helps You Ditch Your Gadgets for Cash
As befits the tech-blogger lifestyle, we have piles of aging gadgets lying around. And, while many of them could potentially net us a few bucks on eBay, we're usually too lazy to put together a...
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eBay Introduces Group Gift-Buying Service on Eve of Redesign
In an effort to capitalize on the all-important holiday shopping season, eBay is rolling out a full slate of new features -- including a social networking-based buying option -- to its online...
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Palin-Signed Xbox Will Sell for $1.1M on eBay, Confused Canadian Hopes
We Americans are labeled with several stereotypes. Such confused foreigners interchangeably think that we are are all extravagantly wealthy, Tea Party supporters, or incredibly dumb. But rarely does a...
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Craigslist Removes Ads for Caffeinated Booze Four Loko
Here in New York, Four Loko has become a hot commodity. The highly caffeinated and alcoholic malt beverage has been the target of nationwide concern, but, in New York, the sale of the drink has been...
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The Web's Biggest Scams: From 419 to the Hitman
Share The Web is awash with bad seeds who want your money, your data and your sweet, sweet identity. We don't want to scare you -- since these people are the exception, not the rule -- but they are...
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7-Year-Old Almost Buys Harrier Jet on eBay for $113K
Share A 7-year-old boy from London almost had himself a real life Harrier Jet after clicking 'Buy it Now' on an eBay listing. The British-built jet capable of vertical take-offs was restored and being...
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Designer Derek Lam Crowd-Sources Summer Collection on eBay
Derek Lam's Fashion Week shows are always attended by the style elite. This season, Anna Wintour sat front row, near Joe Zee and Derek Blasberg, and, last season, Leighton Meester and Rachel Zoe...
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Pro Tip: Don't Sell Military Spy Drones on eBay
The Raven, a U.S.-built spy drone, is little more than a glorified model airplane with a camera. It has a range of just over six miles, has to be launched by hand (i.e., firing up the engine and...
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