A rogue group of ex-power sellers have broken away from the eBay mothership and launched their own auction site. The best bit? No listing fees.

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

Australian consumer watchdog the ACCC have been given the web’s favourite whipping horse an almighty kick in the pants, telling the auction giant that mandatory PayPal is hardly fair-dinkum.

Up to 40% of drives purchased on eBay contained a mix of personal and corporate data, including private photos, emails and even bizarre fetishes.

Entrepreneurial Apple fans have turned lengthy 24 hour waits (and longer) into lucrative auction dollars by selling their commemorative T-shirts on eBay to the tune of big dollars.

Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.

Bongo allows you to purchase your very own US postal address without actually living in America. A godsend if you like ploughing through the ‘too hot to be true deals’ on Ebay.com or other US based websites, but is it too good to be true?

An American man managed to scam Apple of 9,000 iPod shuffles, using a replacement warranty trick, prepaid visa cards and just a little bit of old fashioned 'guesswork'.

New York lawmakers set out to ban electronic distractions from cars, with drivers facing a plethora of gadgets at the wheel, from GPS to LCD DVD screens. Do they endanger the driver and should we ban all gadgets in cars?

Improved audio and video codecs and a redesigned interface are just some of the big changes to be found in Skype 4.0.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill.

Two chips for two different audiences. One for the lucky ducks in the USA – WiMAX enabled. For us Aussies, it’s going to launch initially without the WiMAX advantage.

Samsung's latest, the F480, boasts a impressive vibration assisted 5MP camera and debuts the new TouchWiz software, a more intuitive interface for drag and drop applications.

Security and privacy advocates argue that RFID tags could make it easier for hackers to target our private information, as RFIDs permeate every facet of everyday life

Do you remember Windows ME, the Sinclair C5, Zip disks or the Apple III? Early adopters usually pride themselves with getting the finest tech products first, but sometimes being first isn’t always best.