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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.

SAP says business turmoil hurting its revenue (AP)

AP - Shares of SAP AG plunged Monday after the business software maker said it saw a sudden drop in business at the end of September as global financial turmoil escalated.

Ford's 2010 cars will let parents set speed limit for teens (AP)

AP - So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.

Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software (AP)

AP - RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios.

OK, so I'm a tech Pollyanna. Sue me (CNET)

CNET - You know it's grim out there when the television talking heads report that the stock market only finished down 369 on a day when it fell as low as 800 points.

Portuguese bank offers "McCain/Obama" rate deal (Reuters)

Reuters - A Portuguese online bank unveiled a novel interest rate deal Monday by letting clients bet on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

Dish to pay TiVo $104 million after court ruling (Reuters)

Reuters - Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp will pay $104 million in damages to TiVo Inc after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Dish's appeal of a patent infringement case.

iPhone 3G Entices Mobile-Carrier Defections (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device.