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Google's Web site hosting service has apparently been used by hackers trying to steal money with a malicious program, according to security vendor Websense.

Trying to get information on a new data center being built by Google on the banks of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Ore., is almost as easy as finding Bigfoot.

Google Finance's popularity will likely be used as an indicator of Google's ability to succeed as a provider of non-search, Web portal-type services, which is relatively new turf for the company.

A cross-site scripting flaw in the PayPal Web site allows a new phishing attack to masquerade as a genuine PayPal log-in page with a valid security certificate, according to security researchers.

A Web site that offers comparison shopping of shipping services for small businesses, online retailers and consumers launched today.

Online auction site eBay added a wiki, started hosting member blogs and rolled out various sale-alert mechanisms, the company said.

EBay sellers in the U.S. will be able to add a 'Skype Me' button to their product listings starting Monday.

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Three companies, including the parent of online job site Monster.com, disclosed inquiries into their stock options grants in a scandal that has widened to some 40 companies.

Microsoft will tell users at its TechEd conference in Boston that the newest piece of its Dynamics family of applications, Dynamics AX 4.0, starts shipping this week.

Real-time monitoring tools are becoming more granular, focusing in on the each individual user's experience in real time.

Internet pioneers discuss the notion of whether we could 'start over' to build a more secure Internet.

Even as online revenues grow, stagnant online customer satisfaction suggests a missed opportunity to turn browsers into buyers.

Google's continued strength in this market comes despite heavy investments by Yahoo and Microsoft to develop and improve their search engine technology and accompanying search ad networks.

ComScore found that nearly 150 million U.S. consumers visited a travel Web site in 2005, a 35% increase over the previous year.

BMC announced revisions of eight business service management and client management offerings. It said clothing retailer Coldwater Creek is using five of them.

Foundation Source Chairman and CEO Daniel M. Schley discusses Web-based support for philanthropic endeavors.

Hawaiian Airlines has signed a multimillion-dollar, multiyear managed hosting deal with Rackspace in which the San Antonio-based company would manage the airlines public and e-commerce Web sites.