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Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, reported profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, excluding a writedown for its Skype telephone unit, and raised its earnings and sales forecast for the year.

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— Oct. 08, 2007 — A startup funded by some of the world’s largest PC makers is reportedly set to unveil an interesting virtual Linux environment on Oct. 9. DeviceVM’s “Splashtop” will reportedly let desktop and notebook PC users instantly and securely browse the Web, play MP3s, and watch DVDs without booting Windows.

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An online education startup called DreamBox Learning Inc. has raised $7.1 million from angel investors, the company’s CEO said.

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BANGALORE: Delhi-based new venture startup Geotrackers, a provider of location based service has launched its GPRS and GSM based mobile resource management (MRM) solution that track and monitor the fleet in real-time over the Internet.

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The House today voted 405-2 to extend the ban on Internet access taxes for another four years. The existing ban on Internet access taxes is due to expire on November 1. “This bill is pro consumer, pro innovation and pro technology,” said Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., according to the [...]

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If you walk around with a mobile device that has both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity, you want the signal to hand off transparently between those networks. That handoff market is hot right now, and a Sunnyvale, California-based startup said Monday that its new router can save enterprises “up to 60 percent” in cellular charges.

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Chapel Hill — Secure Command, a security technology startup, and Yap, a voice-to-text technology firm, took home the top honors in the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s annual InfoTech show.

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Not so elegant for non-subscribers. A new UK security startup, Securecoms, has launched an email security system it is convinced will turn around the fortunes of encryption in the small and medium business (SMB) sector.

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Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, reported sales and profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, excluding a writedown for its Skype telephone unit, and raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the year.

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