Netflix Outage Angers Customers

eBay In Talks To Buy Stake In Korean Competitor Gmarket

eBay is in talks to buy a minority stake in South Korean competitor Gmarket and is in discussions with Interpark to buy its 37 percent stake.The companies are waiting for approval from the Korea Fair Trade Commission, eBay spokesman Jose Mallabo said."There can be no assurance that the KFTC will approve the possible transaction, that an agreement will be reached or that a transaction will…

Report: YouTube Avoiding Live Video

Anyone who's dying to see more teenagers whine in real time is in for a disappointment: despite earlier indications to the contrary, a fresh report indicates that YouTube won't be entering the world of live video anytime soon.

Phelps Creating Online Buzz

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps is having success in the Beijing Olympics that has led him to be the most talked about Olympic athlete on the Internet according to Nielsen Online.

eMarketer Lowers Online Advertising Estimate

Socks get lost all the time, and it's easy enough to misplace a pen.  But people perk up when a billion dollars disappears, and eMarketer has lowered its prediction concerning U.S. online advertising spending by that amount.

Candidate Web Sites As Effective As TV Ads

Two national studies of political consultants and American voters indicate that candidate Web sites are almost as effective for reaching loyal base voters as network and cable television ads.Twenty-five percent of political consultants said a candidate's own Web site was effective for communication with base voters while 26 percent said television and cable ads are useful. Close to half (46%) said the best way to…