TechWeb - EBay acknowledged that its main auction business faces slowing growth in each of its top three markets.

AP - In a further sign that Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray has won the high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday.

AP - A federal judge who shuttered the renegade Web site Wikileaks.org reversed the decision Friday and allowed the site to re-open in the United States.

InfoWorld - Curl is linking RIAs (rich Internet applications) to SOA with an update to its Curl RIA Platform Version 6.0 software development technology.

PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should allow broadband providers to manage their networks and slow “bandwidth hogs,” despite concerns that such practices arbitrarily target some customers, said a coalition of seven civil rights groups.

Investor’s Business Daily - Bank of America ranked No. 1 among banks in consumer complaints of ID theft, according to Federal Trade Commission data complied by Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley. HSBC had the highest estimated incidence rate in deposits. Wireless firms Sprint Nextel and AT&T also ranked high. The report was based on 88,500 complaints made during Jan., March and Sept. in ‘06. Target, Sears, Dell, Macy’s and Wal-Mart were also in the top 25.

Reuters - Online search site Ask.com is not
getting rid of its specialized search technology, a source
familiar with the matter said on Friday, saying a blog report
to that effect was incorrect.

Investor’s Business Daily - Cisco Systems may be suffering from a slowing economy, but the networking gear maker sees a potential upside in the market malaise: It’s a good time to go shopping.

PC World - Asus’ compact laptop debuted in October, but accessories aimed at the ultraportable have just started to ship.

NewsFactor - A new Internet Safety Technical Task Force will be led by the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The task force includes Internet businesses, identity-authentication experts, nonprofit organizations, academics and technology companies. Among the members are AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), Second Life’s Linden Lab, Microsoft, Symantec, Verizon and Yahoo.