Rick Power

An add-on for eBay used by thousands of users looking to sell on eBay has been highlighted by Google as potentially malicious. This is because it became infected with a trojan. The tool in question named Auctiva provides tools for sellers on the popular auction website. The company confirmed a virus had attacked files on its servers but   fixed the problem soon after. Google works with the StopBadware.org organisation to keep users in the know about potentially malicious websites that are infected with viruses and trojans.

A spokesman for Google said the site was to be reviewed by StopBadware soon.

Amazon enjoyed Christmas 2008 as they saw profits raise by 9% in the final three months of last year. The company took full advantage of a robust holiday shopping season. Amazon claim net profit totalled $225m in the fourth quarter, up from $207m a year ago.

Unlike many, Amazon has not yet been hit hard by consumers cutting back. Amazon has re-assured their customers that the online store would continue to offer low prices and free shipping deals to help budget-conscious shoppers.  Revenue increased 18% to $6.7bn, beating analysts estimates and Amazon it expected sales to rise in the first three months of 2009. In a time where many retailers are struggling, it seems that Amazon find themselves in the small group of stores that has managed to avoid negative changes to profits and takings.

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I am sure you will

be doing the traditional activities like carving the turkey, opening presents and thinking how much you can sell your

unwanted gifts! But according to the IMRG, they estimate more than £100m will be spent

online today, compared to the figure of £84m last year.

This suprising figure compares with the four and a

half million people who attend a Christmas day church service.

More than five million people are expected to

use the internet to carry on shopping on Christmas Day, the online retail group IMRG says.

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I found this site while i was browsing some techie web content. This particular

article is questioning the safety of surfing the web. Not only does this article discuss the dangers, it explains what internet users

can do to protect themselves and enjoy a safer web surfing experience.

Read it

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An application for the iPod Touch can transform the music

player into a mobile phone. The freeware app called Truphone uses wi-fi technology in an iPod Touch to enable users

to make calls to other iPod Touch owners. With plans released by the developers showing the possibility of landline

calls being added to the service, it could prove to be a very powerful tool for any iPod Touch

user.

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The application will work very much like one

of the most popular VoIP (voice over internet protocol) pieces of software, Skype.

Online retail giant Amazon has launched a UK music download service. Amazon

will sell tracks from its new Amazon MP3 online store for 59p per single track and from £3 for a whole album. Amazon MP3 will store

more than 3 million songs that will work on any mp3 player, including the iPod.

This move by Amazon means that they are now a

direct competitor with Apple in the ever growing market of online music sales, which in Britain alone was worth an estimated £163m in

2007 and today stands at a far greater number.

Unlike songs downloaded from Apple’s i-tunes store, the music available from

Amazon will be free from the constraints of digital rights management.

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A video of this nature can only be described as ‘Geeky‘. Yet

many are appearing on video sites such as YouTube and are managing to attract thousands of views. As the viewer gets wrapped up in

someone else’s excitement of opening the latest games console, mobile phone or computer, they can see as each component of the

packaging is unwrapped.

Here is a video from YouTube – An Unboxing of a Macbook

Air…

This video has been viewed almost half a million times. Keep an eye on the

Unboxing phenomenon and watch it unfold, especially around Christmas, no doubt video sharing sites

will be full with ‘unboxings‘ of the latest gadgets.

Check out this awesome video produced for staff

marketing purposes (marketing the company to the staff).

The ordinary calendar month of September was transformed

into “Superhero September” and this internal staff motivational video was produced.

Just had a coding masterclass from coding god @NathanRidley!