Want to show your fellow Aussies that you have more dollars than sense? Then you’ll be in the running to buy the FACEBK and PAYPAL number plates from Tai Tran, a Ballarat-based web-savant wanting a pretty penny for stamped car plates of metal.

With eBay having placed cheeky ads telling users to browse at malls like Westfield, but then buy on eBay, the auction house is now telling users to sell unwanted gifts on eBay, rather than fighting the post-Christmas sales crowds to take them back to the stores eBay recommended not to buy from in the first place.

American researchers have shown that students who do well in kindergarten earn more money as adults, and have better overall success in life.

Pink Floyd has won a court ruling that could see the band's tracks being removed from individual sale by music retailers such as Apple's iTunes Store.

That is basically the conclusion of an official and independent U.S. government review of NASA’s budget and the future of any new manned space programs for the U.S. space agency. Simply: the United States can’t make it to the Moon or Mars under the current timetable with the money currently budgeted to NASA. If you want the Moon and Mars: then give NASA more money!

Western Union has selected Sybase mobile messaging and commerce subsidiary, Sybase 365, as a provider to its mobile money transfer services.

Think that social networking is a waste of time? Try telling that to the online entrepreneur who has sold his profile to a tongue cleaning company.

The 'wisdom of the crowd' seems to work, but only if you ask everyone the same question. That's why I don't think Google's Tip Jar will live up to its promise.

With 2008 showing just how big the “underground economy” has become, and with numerous examples of banking Trojans and malware reaching new heights of nefariousness, 2009 is a do-or-die year for the banking industry – especially in the midst of the global financial crisis.

A U.S. psychological study has found that you can attain more happiness by spending money (whether it is a small or large amount) on life experiences that involve friends and family such as vacations rather than material things such as a television set or clothes. It's the memories that count, according to the study's conclusion.