Coffs Harbour detectives in northern New South Wales have begun investigating reports of four incidents where eBay buyers in Australia had not received goods purchased on the online auction site after paying for them.

Drugs, phishing top 2004 spam list

Terms related to pharmaceutical drugs and phishing scams topped the list of the most widely sent junk e-mail subject lines used by spammers this year, AOL said.

Oracle grabs PeopleSoft control

Oracle has taken official control of rival PeopleSoft following this week's decision by PeopleSoft shareholders to tender 75 percent of outstanding stock holdings to the US database and applications giant.

Tsunami blog mobilises aid effort

A blog with an ungainly name has emerged as the latest example of netizens' ability to form fast volunteer organisations.

Comdek buys Hobart satellite ISP

Perth voice and data provider Comdek has agreed to buy Tasmanian satellite broadband provider eSat for a consideration of 5.3 million shares and 6.7 million convertible notes.

Computer sale sites do well this Christmas

Major US online shopping sites performed "extraordinarily" well this year, with computer makers two of the top three performers, a web tracking company said.