Key U.S. lawmaker backs FCC on eve of Web rule (Reuters)

October 21, 2009
Reuters - A key U.S. lawmaker threw his support behind the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet proposal, despite renewed protests from telecom companies including Verizon on Wednesday.No tag for this post.













EBay 3Q net income falls, but revenue rises (AP)

October 21, 2009

FILE - In this April 21, 2009 file photo, a display advertising the eBay application for iPhone and iPod is shown at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. EBay Inc. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2009 said that even as third-quarter net income dipped 29 percent, its revenue rose largely because more people and merchants are using PayPal to pay for things online. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Despite a 29 percent decline in third-quarter net income, eBay Inc. saw stronger revenue in its marketplaces businesses, suggesting that efforts to revitalize its main Web site are gaining traction among bargain-hungry shoppers.


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PHP 6 to boost internationalization with Unicode (InfoWorld)

October 21, 2009
InfoWorld - PHP 6, a planned major upgrade to the popular open source dynamic language for Web applications, will feature internationalization capabilities via Unicode support, key developers of the language said Wednesday.No tag for this post.