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You may remember that last week PayPal had introduced new fees for those with Personal accounts without any prior notification.  This caused quite an uproar as angry customers flooded this site, Digg, and other sites around the net with protests.  The new fees affect those with Personal accounts who are… Continue Reading »

Last month Paypal quietly began charging new fees to its customers who have personal accounts without actually notifying them of the change.  The new fees apply to payments marked as “Goods” or “Services.”  Such payments were previously free but will now be charged a fee of about 2.9% plus 30… Continue Reading »

RIM’s BlackBerry is about to get a lot more unproductive.  Welcome to the BlackBerry App World, which will help get RIM’s super-duper business machine to compete against the iPhone and its App Store.  To get to the BlackBerry App World, you have to download it.  You can download it from… Continue Reading »

Finally, the weekend.  It is time to relax from a stressful work week and take a look at some of the hot deals for today.  We have deals ranging from PayPal savings, to a HP Mini Netbook, to some Circuit City liquidation sales, and a deal on RAM. Continue Reading »

Sprint announced yesterday MyMoneyManager, an all-in-one application for their customers’ mobile phone.  This application allows users to send payments through Paypal and quickly access their bank accounts all from their mobile phone.  Is it the economic times that prompted this inspired thinking?  Show me the money Sprint calls it an… Continue Reading »

PayPal has been asked by the IRS via court order to provide records regarding the use of offshore credit cards. The request is part of the IRS’s off shore compliance program.  Many members of the online gambling community are protesting the action, calling it violation of Internet privacy. PayPal was… Continue Reading »

eBay has given Skype one more year to prove its viability and relevance to eBay’s online auction service. Skype was acquired by eBay with the hopes of the VoIP company helping boosts its online commerce business. However, since its acquisition, Skype failed to live up to eBay’s expectation of bringing… Continue Reading »

It looks like we may have all misinterpreted PayPal’s announcement that it will block users who are using old browsers when doing online transactions at PayPal. Some reports have included Apple’s Safari browser as among those that will be blocked by PayPal. PayPal has denied this report by saying that… Continue Reading »

As outlined in a white paper on managing phishing written by its risk management unit, PayPal is set to implement a new policy that will block users from using PayPal from “unsafe browsers.”  These browsers include Internet Explorer 4 and 5 and other older version browsers. But don’t worry if… Continue Reading »

In early December, OLPC offered up some details on when you would be able to expect your XO Laptop. Those who placed their order early, which was on or before November 15, 2007 should have received their XO before 2007 was over, but for many that date came and went… Continue Reading »