eBay and online auction rival BidBay.com have settled their legal dispute, sources at the two companies said. As a result of the settlement, BidBay plans to change its name to AuctionDiner.com by early next month. BidBay will also pay an undisclosed amount to eBay as part of the settlement.
eBay sued BidBay last summer, charging that its use of "bay" in its name diluted eBay's trademark. Earlier this month, Lego-trading site BrickBay diffused a similar controversy with eBay by changing its name to BrickLink.com. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay has notified more than five other companies that their sites may also infringe or dilute the company's trademarks, eBay Associate General Counsel Jay Monahan said.
Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News.
Tor's "obfsproxy" technology would make encrypted data look innocuous and let it dodge government censors. That could help citizens in Iran reach blocked sites as antigovernment protests reportedly loom.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
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