Skype founders settle differences with eBay
US based online retailing giant eBay has settled their legal differences with the founders of the Skype service which is now owned by them.
Skype would now get the ownership of the technology that power its engine. This technology was originally licensed by eBay from Joltid which was founded by [...]

MySpace continues to struggle against Facebook
Facebook opened up their network to anyone online a few years ago and they have been dominating ever since.
They overtook MySpace to become the most popular social networking service on the web.
And this has turned into a disaster for MySpace which could now lose as much as USD [...]

Google Commerce Search announced
Google has announced a new search product for online retailers.
They call it Google Commerce Search.
Online retailers can install it on their website to provide a faster way to go through their items.
It is hosted on the Google servers so it works pretty fast. Store operators retain the ability [...]

Baidu.com to send music related queries to Qtrax
Good news for the music labels in the Chinese market.
Baidu.com is the most popular search engine in China and they are collaborating with digital media store Qtrax.
Baidu.com said that music related queries on their search engines would be directed to relevant content available on Qtrax.
Qtrax [...]

Verizon launches Epix HD movie channel
US based telecom giant Verizon has announced the launch of their high definition movie channel named Epix.
This channel would deliver movies on demand both on television and on the web.
It launches on the company’s FiOS TV service and is available online at epixhd.com.

This service is free [...]

Google Fading Homepage: This space intentionally left blank
Google has been testing a new version of their homepage which fades all the text content on the homepage after the user loads it.
The aim is to have the entire focus on the search box. User can move the mouse to reveal the buttons or just press [...]

Sanford Wallace ordered to pay for Facebook spam
Facebook has won a lawsuit filed against Sanford Wallace for spamming on their network.
The courts have awarded damages worth 711 million dollars.
Wallace is popularly known as the Spam King and Spamford due to his company’s profile.
He also now faces criminal charges and a possible jail [...]

TwitterPeek: A device just for Twitter!
Peek is a hardware company that makes cute devices enabling users to check their emails on the go.
They have apparently launched a new product named TwitterPeek which well provides a single function. Stay connected to the world through Twitter.
It costs around USD 200 and is available through [...]

Google OneBox Music Search service launched
As expected, Google has launched their new music service named OneBox.
Google OneBox has been launched in collaboration with Lala.com and MySpace-owned iLike.
This would now make it very easy for web users to find and acquire new songs simply by using the search engine.
Google said: “We are very [...]

Similar Images Search out of Google Labs
Google has taken out their Similar Images feature out of Google Labs.
Google Similar Images enabled a web user to find images similar to an existing image.
This option is now available under search result images on the regular search engine.
A ‘Find similar images’ option is available under [...]