Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[s]hopping on eBay just got a bit more rewarding, at least for some users of the online auctioneer's site.  On Wednesday, eBay Inc. launched a ‘beta’ test version of eBay Bucks, a program that lets participants earn a 2 percent reward on certain items they buy through [...]

Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[t]he European Commission is about to launch an investigation into how consumers' online data is being used by search companies, social networking Web sites and Internet service providers.  […]  Officials are particularly concerned about the growing use of deep packet inspection techniques that allow broadband providers to [...]

The Wall Street Journal has a worthwhile piece discussing the origins of the word “cloud computing” and what the term actually means.  Yahoo!Tech reports that, according to a new report by industry consulting firm Ovum, “[b]roadband-service providers will see their revenue from mobile services jump to 137 billion dollars worldwide [...]

CNetNews.com reports that “[t]he top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee is requesting detailed information, including financial figures, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to explain why the department has been seemingly unable to fulfill its cybersecurity responsibilities.  In a letter sent to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on [...]

The Register reveals that “[t]he [British] communications regulator has found that fewer than half the UK population has used online government services.  In a report published on 20 March 2009, Ofcom says that 42 per cent of those interviewed had used the internet to search for information about government or [...]