EBay cutting 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force (AP)

AP - After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees. The auction site operator said Monday it will cut about 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of its work force, in its largest round of dismissals ever.

Family-friendly Wii out to win battle-loving gamers (AFP)

AFP - Eric Nofsinger is betting that Nintendo's hot family-friendly Wii videogame consoles can win the hearts of "hardcore gamers" that lust for battle in action-packed virtual worlds.

Airports Go Green with Eco-Friendly Efforts
From low-flush toilets, to turbines and solar panels airports are cutting costs.

SAP saw sudden drop-off in software sales (Reuters)
Reuters - German software maker SAP AG warned that its sales had abruptly dropped off in the last two weeks of September as companies cut back on computer-related spending due to the widening financial crisis.

IBM's cloud initiative repackages its familiar offerings (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Mixing together a m??lange of services, software and marketing, IBM's announcement this week of its Cloud Services Initiative is about putting an organizing construct around all of its cloud offerings, according to one IBM executive.

The Good Neighbor Disaster Response
Disaster relief experts say the best way to find victims is to ask the locals.