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Are people buying the HP Touchpad en masse to make a profit of it? Seems that way.

People are still trying to get their hands on the HP TouchPad and the HP Pre 3 smartphone even though the highly discounted gadgets are being discontinued. People are on eBay bidding on TouchPad tablets that are going for around $300, which is just $99 less than the device's last discounted retail price. The discounted retail price for the 16 GB version was $399, and the 32 GB was selling for $499.

HP kicked off a fire sale this weekend, dropping the whole family of its Touchpad tablet computers to bargain-basement prices, but with most retailers selling out within minutes, where can you find one?

One in five Internet users visited Amazon in the month of June, according to a comScore report.

Random House is publishing a collection of previously lost Dr. Seuss stories that were featured in Redbook during the early 1950s.

Thirteen items belonging to the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, including a hand-written letter and a fur-lined coat, are set to go under the hammer in Hong Kong at the weekend.

A Casey Anthony mask has sold on eBay for nearly $1 million from a starting bid of just $25 after a bidding frenzy that saw over 105 bids.

The mask was used in a parody video.

The newest social network from Google came out of the gates red hot after reporting a 238% increase in visitors for the week of July 16. Google+ racked up 20 million users during its trial run and even courted desperate users to bid for invitations on Ebay. But as traffic and usage time begins to decline, the search giant may need to look towards other options in retaining its users.

Casey Anthony-related merchandises became a hot commodity as shoppers rushed to Ebay in search of masks, T-shirts, paintings, trial tickets, stickers, yearbooks, necklaces, and even hair.

American Apparel signed a multi-year deal with EBay Inc for an online store, as the retailer continues efforts to turn around its sagging sales, sending its shares up as much as 12 percent before the bell.

EBay Inc's PayPal business has become one of the largest online payment systems, but its now heading offline, Chief Executive John Donahoe said in the wake of the e-commerce company's quarterly results on Wednesday.

EBay Inc on Wednesday reported that its second-quarter results were dented by acquisition costs, and the e-commerce company forecast third-quarter profit just below analyst forecasts, sending shares 1 percent lower.

EBay Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the company's main online Marketplace business showed signs of a turnaround and its PayPal unit continued to grow quickly.

An automobile was owned by Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge) is on sale online.

EBay Inc has been trying to revive its main marketplace business for at least a year and quarterly results from the e-commerce company this week may show those efforts are paying off.

The products “sold” included cars, motorbikes, boats and electronics.

PayPal made it easier than ever to pay for bills or transfer funds with its announcement of mobile NFC technology at a showcase on Wednesday.

EBay Inc invested in logistics provider Shipwire, according to a statement Wednesday, the latest example of the e-commerce company's push to add more services for merchants moving online.

Internet auction marketplace eBay may have to take more responsibility over what is sold via its website or it could be sued for trademark abuse, Europe's top court ruled on Tuesday.

Retailers generated strong sales growth through eBay Inc Inc in June, e-commerce software company ChannelAdvisor said on Monday.

Visitors to a Ukraine zoo will now have double the opportunity to get bitten by a snake, as an albino two-headed garter snake has taken up residence. The three-year old snake, originally from Switzerland, is the only in the world of its kind: There is at least one other known two-headed snake, but Mince as he is called is the only one without pigmentation.Mince's second head isn't just for show: Each head has its own brain.In 2000, a two-headed snake named We earned...

EBay Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy cellphone payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash to help its PayPal unit push further into mobile commerce.

Hackers seized control of a PayPal Twitter feed on Tuesday, then sent out messages criticizing the payment processor in the second attack of its type in two days.

A recent report from the StatCounter Global Stats shows the web traffic in the United States is largely driven by StumleUpon in the last month.

Hackers seized control of a PayPal Twitter feed for more than an hour on Tuesday, then sent out messages criticizing the payment processor in the second attack of its type in two days.

South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Tuesday it had approved U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc's move to merge its two e-commerce units in the country.

How about Google+ then? Do we have enough control over our identity and online assets?

Frankly, we shouldn't really be surprised by the news. Google's hot release Google+ is currently adding people only through invites, which means the unlucky ones who haven't got an invite are facing a difficult situation. A section is giving away their Gmail IDs in Twitter and random forums hoping that some gracious people would drop a Google+ invite, only to learn that spammers did pick up their Gmail IDs, instead of that gracious Google+ guy. Can you really blame the Google+ h...