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Ohio man nets more than $1M via UPC shoplifting scheme

An Ohio man has pleaded guilty for his part in leading a conspiracy that netted more than $1 million in merchandise by the use of fake Universal Product Code (UPC) labels. Tommy Joe Tidwell, one of... Read more...

Track your competitors online

Maybe it's part of your job description, or maybe not. CIOs certainly have a lot on their plate, but a little business intelligence advice to the boss using today's technology may not hurt.... Read more...

Home Depot snags eBay's CTO

Home improvement retailer Home Depot has gone outside its ranks to hire a new CIO, Matt Carey, to replace Bob DeRodes. Carey will will join the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer on Sept. 8,... Read more...

eBay may be heading to cloud computing

You may think of eBay as a major online retail and auction site, but it soon may be expanding into a new field - cloud computing. Infoworld.com reports that eBay has posted a job listing, saying the... Read more...

Two tech giants don't meet expectatons

Microsoft and Google are highly profitable and made tons of money during the last quarter,\ but apparently not enough to please Wall Street. Both companies issued quarterly results last week that... Read more...

PayPal opens up to developers

PayPal announced a new version of its Developer Central portal at the eBay Developers Conference in Chicago earlier this week. Understandably, PayPal wants to lower the barrier to integrating... Read more...

Net neutrality back on the radar

The House of Representatives is once again delving into the issue of Net neutrality. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said that without new Net neutrality laws, "telecommunications and cable... Read more...

CIO strategy: Use eBay

Just what does a CIO do with aging equipment that is still usable but not the best available on the market? Palm Beach Community College in Florida came up with an idea about what to do with an IBM... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: PayPal buys security vendor

Sure, the usual way to shore up security is to hire a security vendor or consultant to come in and take care of business. If you're eBay subsidiary PayPal, however, you could just buy your own... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Microsoft expects sharp earnings rise; Steve Jobs earns $1 a year;

> Microsoft expects sharp earnings rise. Article> Steve Jobs earns... Read more...