Tim Conneally

After eBay sued Craigslist, accusing it of manipulating its stock holdings to dilute eBay's minority interest in the online classified service, Craigslist countersued yesterday, citing ten ways eBay has wronged it.

Yesterday, Craigslist filed suit against eBay in California Superior Court, San Francisco, asking for punitive damages, full restitution and disgorgement of profits, and for eBay to return shares acquired as leverage for unfair competition. Failing those, it's asking the court to force eBay to divest itself completely from Craigslist.

Offering a device for individuals to keep handy just in case a "must record" moment happens ("Don't Taze Me, Bro" moments), Creative has unveiled its VF0570-P Vado Pocket Video Camcorder.

With 2 GB of memory, and 640 x 480 VGA MPEG4 videos recording at 30 fps, Creative's Vado has specs conspicuously similar to PureVideo's 2 GB Flip Video. The main difference between the two is the price. The 2 GB flip carries with it an MSRP of $149.99, while the Vado shaves the price down to $99.99.

Seagate's Momentus 5400 FDE.2 HDD has been approved for one of the most demanding security standards in the US government, the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Policy (NSTISSP) #11.

This marks the second time a federal agency has honored Seagate's product with security accreditation. Last Year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gave certification to Seagate's Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm. This transparent hardware-based encryption powers the Momentus hard drive.

Microsoft today has announced the pricing and upcoming availability of its LifeCam VX-5000 Windows Live-optimized webcam.

Expected to reach the market in June, the VX-5000 features a dedicated Windows Live Call button, which allows Windows Live Messenger users one-touch access to their "Contact Picker" (i.e. buddy list.) The included LifeCam Dashboard acts within Windows Live Messenger, allowing pan, tilt, 3x digital zoom, face tracking, and video effects to be used in-call.

On its path back into the black, AMD is going green. The company is putting a lot of weight on the new Opteron line in hopes of it revitalizing AMD's server business, and these new quad-cores promise 43% lower energy consumption.

Called the Opteron HE (for High Efficiency), these x86 Quad Core server processors have an integrated memory controller and a 55-watt ACP thermal envelope instead of the standard 95-watt profile.

Perhaps in anticipation of MySpace's Data Availability, where users will be able to seamlessly share their MySpace information with partner sites, Photobucket has announced its own "open" feature: community albums.

Called Group Albums, Photobucket will allow multiple users (from two to "thousands") equal access to a single album's photo and video content, which can be password protected. Each of these free albums comes with 1 GB of storage and has the option to be centrally moderated by an administrator who approves or denies submitted content. Users are otherwise left in charge of posting, editing, and deleting their own photos and videos.

Redefining "staying together for the Kids," largely youth-oriented MVNOs Virgin Mobile and Helio have reportedly begun talks that could result in a merged entity.

As mobile phone saturation approaches, the market for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) shrinks. In 2007, Amp'd Mobile went bankrupt, and Disney Mobile shut down.

Microsoft announced on Friday that it has filed an appeal with the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, contesting the antitrust fine demanded by the European Commision in February.

The landmark 899 million euro fine was the culmination of the European Commission's 2004 decision to require Microsoft to change its practices for the sake of fair competition in the EU. The Commission previously fined Microsoft €497 million for bundling Media Player into Windows, and not providing adequate Windows protocol interoperability information to open source developers.

Eye-Fi, the company behind the Wi-Fi SD card that debuted early this year has branched out its offering with added features.

Now, instead of offering only a single 802.11g-equipped memory card, two new models have been added, and all three cards fit into categories depending on their functionality: Home, Share and Explore.

When a query is entered on Yahoo's Glue Pages, search results -- whether text, image, or video -- all turn up on an organized single page. It's an idea that's turning heads, and it's showing up first on Yahoo's Indian domain.

Currently, topics related to health and medicine, sports and entertainment, travel, technology, and finance yield results on these Glue Pages, which entered beta earlier this week.

AT&T "officially" posted information about free Wi-Fi hotspot access for its iPhone customers on Thursday, and summarily removed it.

In February, Starbucks and Barnes and Noble stores dispatched the six-year partnership with T-Mobile for Wi-Fi hotspots in favor of AT&T. In addition to the free access given to AT&T broadband subscribers, iPhone users were reportedly going to be granted the ability to use the AT&T-provided hotspots for free.

It's been almost one year since social music network Last.fm was acquired by CBS, and the site has opened "Last.fm/presents," offering original video content from prominent artists.

Last.fm says this is its first attempt at providing original content altogether, and Last.fm/presents has launched with exclusive interviews with Moby, Santogold, Spoon, and Joshua Radin. A following series of "high profile musicians" is being prepared for online broadcast.

The latest update to Microsoft's Xbox 360 not only gives the console a 65 nm CPU, but a similarly-profiled GPU, enabling the whole unit to consume less power, and therefore run cooler and more quietly.

As most fans of the console -- certainly those who eagerly awaited the release of Halo 3 -- know, any Xbox 360 manufactured after August 2007 has what is known as the "Falcon" chipset: a 65 nm CPU coupled with a 90 nm GPU. The "Jasper" evolution of the 360 is expected to come to market at the end of this summer, with a GPU also sporting a 65 nm profile, and the "Valhalla" model with a 45 nm CPU is expected in Fall 2009.

In another sign of the changing nature of communications in the US economy, Papa John's, America's third-largest pizza chain, has recently passed $1 billion in completed online transactions.

At the risk of editorializing an otherwise fluffy story for the approaching weekend, it's worth noting that some of us at BetaNews have a soft spot for lighthearted examples of modernity. Take for example, the coverage we have given to the trend of pizza delivery franchises embracing technology to improve business.

The CDMA version of Samsung's F700 that has been seen in Europe since last year, the Glyde is a GPS-enabled 2.8" touchscreen and QWERTY slider that will be made available to Verizon customers tomorrow both online and at company stores.

The cardinal elements of the handset's design have been re-hashed by practically every major mobile phone manufacturer from LG with its KS20/Prada Phone to this week's HTC Touch Diamond, making it stand out far less than if it had adopted a unique form factor.