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EBay to cut 10% of staff worldwide

The online auction website is to let more than 1,000 staff go and pays $1bn for an online payments business

Ask.com raises questions over Google's power

The smaller but still significant search firm is relaunching both its US and UK services in a bid to challenge Google's dominance

In search of a date with Darcy

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eHarmony plays scientific matchmaker

The business of online dating, and the science behind it, is big business with predicted revenues climbing every year

Vodafone has strategy for mobile books

Under Vodafone Books on Mobile, books are expected to cost between £5 and £15 and purchases will be added to bills

The Indians are coming

Kris Gopalakrishnan, boss of Infosys, thought he had the British IT firm Axon in the bag — then an Indian rival outbid him

US meltdown sends chill through Silicon Valley

It is predicted that the collapsing US economy could kill between 50 and 80 per cent of start-ups over the next 18 months

£130 phone to come with unlimited music library

A pay-as-you-go phone costing £129.95 will let owners download practically any song they want on their computer for a year

Shares in Wolfson down on order book gloom

Shares in Wolfson Microelectronics, the chipmaker, plunged by 25 per cent after it reported a sharp downturn in orders

New Nintendo release delayed until next year

New handheld DS console, designed to compete in the iPhone era, will not go on sale in Europe or US in time for Christmas

Google unveils ‘trillion-dollar’ energy plan

Chief executive Eric Schmidt announced a plan, Where would Google drill?, to help to wean the US off coal and oil by 2030

Facebook plans new international headquarters

Social networking website has spurned London to set up HQ in Dublin, citing the city’s pool of multilingual graduates

Wolfson shares plunge as orders weaken

Shares in Scottish audio microchip maker fall as consumer confidence and fears over Christmas hit orders

Facebook sets up international HQ in Dublin

The world's biggest social networking site joins internet giants Amazon, eBay and Google in the Irish Republic

Game makers bank on the 'Shirley Temple effect'

In the Great Depression families watched Shirley Temple to cheer up - the hope is they will now play video games