Major retailers in Xbox price mishap

...Postal Rule states that contracts become valid once they...and conditions, with the contract formed once goods are...form part of the contract with shoppers." All ... will be no contract of any kind ... not before), a contract will be made ...

David Miliband on wikis and UGC

... approach with the public and stakeholders to developing an environmental contract that provide an equitable deal between nations, a fair ... of the government and to allow co-production of a contract. This is the first time a government department has been ...

Big brands not doing the business on eBay

...but for some weird reason has been using it to sell contract phones . To nobody's surprise apart from perhaps the ever-... customers that won the auction but were subsequently refused a contract! In the Orange eBay store , meanwhile, there appears to ...

Betonsports CEO fired after arrest

... faces racketeering and fraud charges in the US as part of a crackdown on web gaming firms, said it had ended Carruthers' contract and removed him as a director. In a statement, it said it had been unable to speak directly with Carruthers since his ...

.eu authority suspends 74,000 domain names

...customers and not 'warehouse' the names in order to resell them at a higher price, this is clearly in breach of the registrar contract," said Herman Sobrie of EURid in a statement . EURid said the domain names had been put on hold and that it hoped to...

Google faces another click fraud case

... owner of two US websites, has accused the search giant of exposing publishers to click fraud through a breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment and unfair business practices. Filed on August 10, his class action follows Google’s $90 million...

WPP's Martin Sorrell on Google, China and the internet

... come up with the next big idea that makes them the Chinese Google. WPP is in the important markets and, as markets expand and contract - as they will do - we can throw our weight very quickly through our client base and our people in those countries....

Interview: Online mapping guru Ed Parsons

... it is the business model. Most of the operators are still trying to manage it through walled gardens. If you buy a Vodafone contract phone, all the services that come to you will be provided by Vodafone and if you want to go outside, it will cost you much...

The benefits of a relaxed blogging policy

...is that the firm has adequate legal protection as the blogger is reminded not to do anything in breach of his or her employment contract and if someone thinks a breach of the code has been made, you are invited to contact a relevant member of staff. In...

Interview: Persuasion guru BJ Fogg

.... ----------------------------- What are your plans for Yackpack? We're working on angel money and have some company contracts, and are looking for ways to distribute it widely to virtual teams - people that work from different office...

Meta, meta, meta

... at all. The Internet Archive is currently being sued by a website owner who argues that its spiders entered into and broke a contract when it indexed her site. We might see other meta tags becoming more important in 2007 too. Back in 2004, during ...

Woolies recruits Reevoo for customer reviews

Customer review provider Reevoo has landed a contract with Woolworths in its first move outside the consumer electronics sector. Reevoo will help source and publish independent customer reviews of Woolworths.co.uk products, including toys...

Are estate agents doomed?

... buy, then pressured into buying a house in order to exchange. The two agents we rejected also tried to lock us into long contracts with big notice periods. And as a buyer, you have to contend with fierce competition and clever tactics like open hours .  ...

Chain of eBay drop shops cops it?

...iSold It charges a large fee to shops that want to carry its brand, but claimed last year to have over 1,000 stores under contract worldwide. According to the firm’s website , six shops have been set up using its name in the UK, while a further four ...

Google's mobile buy turns pear-shaped for founders

... revise your expectations accordingly. You cash out. After that you may navigate your way through the earn-out period and maybe end up contracted to work for your acquirer. But the point is, the product - your ‘baby’ - isn’t yours any more. The acquirer ...