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A huge proportion of eBay sellers are down on some big pricing and policy changes on the site, so the great eBay boycott is on for a week.

Is Jerry Yang getting too emotional about fighting off Microsoft? Or is he playing a smart game, given he will personally gain hundreds of millions of dollars by getting them to up their bid? Some think the Yahoo board is too lazy or wimpy to care. Meanwhile hail-Mary talks with AOL are underway.

Attention moon gazers - a lunar eclipse is on for Wednesday night in the US.

And this Michigan laser may have the juice to knock the moon out of the sky for once and for all.

Looks like Verizon may be rolling out a truly unlimited cell plan for ninety nine bucks a month. SMS and data will cost a bit more.

Almost a half-million unlocked iPhones have made their way to China - most of them one at a time.

It's game over for the HD-DVD standard as Walmart joins the exodus away from the standard to Blu-Ray. Microsoft may be next. Reuters says Toshiba's pulling the plug on HD-DVD, but it's not official yet. Investors seem relieved, as Toshiba's stock soars.

The PS3 was not the third runner in a three-horse race for a change - in January, anyway. This may be the start of a long-term march to dominance - or it could just be the temporary result of an XBox shortage.