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EBay-Craigslist Fight Is About Kijiji and Control, Complaint Shows
Posted by Jeff from Bits.blogs.nytimes
On Jan. 1, 2008, they reorganized the company's stock structure, issuing one "reorganization" share of Craigslist stock for every five shares of common stock. That diluted eBay's stock from 28.04 percent to 24.85 percent and, as specified in Craigslist's bylaws, eBay lost its ability to elect a director.
Human Flesh Search: Vigilantes of the Chinese Internet
Posted by Shemuses
The first time I noticed the term "ren rou sou sou" on a Chinese website, I was taken aback. "Human flesh hunting" is a literal translation, but the term, applied to the Internet, means a search engine that runs on people power - "human flesh searching engine." In December 2007, a 31-year-old Beijing woman named Jiang Yan jumped off the 24th floor balcony of her apartment. A post on her blog before her suicide blamed her death on her husband's extra-marital affair. News of this "death blog" spread on the Chinese Internet and soon, a mass of outraged netizens launched a "human flesh search engine" to track down the guilty parties.
Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promises Cheaper Gas, Less Emissions
Posted by Jeff from Yahoo News!
The New York Times today reports on the $9,995 Microfueler, a home-based appliance for brewing ethanol for your car. The MicroFueler will use sugar as its main fuel source, or feedstock, along with a specially packaged time-release yeast the company has developed. Depending on the cost of sugar, plus water and electricity, the company says it could cost as little as a dollar a gallon to make ethanol. In general, he says, burning a gallon of ethanol made by his system will produce one-eighth the carbon of the same amount of gasoline.
EBay sues Craigslist ad website
Posted by Jeff from BBC News
Online auction site eBay acquired a 28.4% stake when it bought shares from a former employee who had been given equity by Mr Newmark. Mr Newmark and Mr Buckmaster give away for free most of the services that Craigslist provides.
A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain
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David D. Kirkpatrick and Jim Rutenberg, of The New York Times, write:
Australia Takes On Laser Lunatics
Posted by Shemuses from New York Times
Are lasers weapons? In the movies, of course. In warfare, they do everything from guiding bombs to earth to blasting targets in space. And now handheld laser pointers have earned a place alongside guns in Australia's largest state. A new law proposed today by the premier of New South Wales declares possession of the handheld lasers a serious crime, punishable by up to 14 years in prison, depending on the device's power.
The Future of Oil
Posted by Jeff from New York Times
To many experts, the steadily rising price underscored longer-term fears about the future of a system that has supplied cheap oil for more than a century. "This is the market signaling there is a problem,"
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