Archive for July, 2009

Vulnerabilities Allow Attacker to Impersonate Any Website

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Two researchers examining the processes for issuing web certificates have uncovered vulnerabilities that would allow an attacker to masquerade as any website and trick the user into providing him with sensitive communications.

eBay earnings drop but beat estimates

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Hurt by its sluggish auction business, eBay reported a 29 percent drop in second-quarter earnings.

The Online Payment Wars Continue: PayPal Officially Announces Flexible API

Monday, July 27th, 2009

While Ebay's Q2 earnings yesterday showed that its marketplace business was slow, the company's revenue was boosted by continued growth in its online payments business, including PayPal and BillMeLater.

eBay Announces Top-Rated Seller Status

Monday, July 27th, 2009
eBay Announces Top-Rated Seller Status

Facebook fund adds friends to find technology talent

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Successful applicants participate in a 10-week summer programme where some of Silicon Valley's big hitters will act as mentors and teach how to run start-up businesses.

PayPal Launches Global Payment Platform for Developers

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

PayPal has announced plans "to open its payment platform to third-party developers with the release of new APIs that allow developers to embed PayPal's secure global payment system into their applications and platforms.

EBay Q2 profit drops 29% to $327.3M

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

EBay Inc. on Wednesday posted a 29 percent profit drop despite strong performance in its PayPal and Skype units.

eBay Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
eBay Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Zobrist Consulting Offers a Migration Path for …

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Zobrist Consulting Group, Inc. announces a migration offering for companies that are currently using Payflow Pro to the latest Paypal Software Development Kit 4.3+. This offering is specifically designed to help IBM WebSphere Commerce 5.x customers using the old Verisign cassette upgrade to the supported version of Paypal Payflow Pro before the ...

PayPal To Open Platform To Third Party Developers

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Jul. 8, 2009, 2:57 PM eBay's online payments company PayPal will open its payments platform to third party developers.