Neowin News Feed for: Currency

Rumor: Microsoft Points to be killed in favor of real currency, gift cards

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:45:04 +0100

According to a report, Microsoft is finally gearing up to properly kill off their Microsoft Points system in favor of real currency and gift cards that can be used across many stores. Read more...

WordPress begins to accept Bitcoins as a currency

Paul Ferson — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:50:38 +0000

WordPress has added functionality today, allowing bloggers across the world to pay using the digital Bitcoin currency while side-stepping issues such as PayPal being unavailable or limited. Read more...

PayPal to stop conversions of Argentine pesos to USD

Paul Ferson — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:03:30 +0100

After the government in Argentina passed a ruling to limit dependency on the US dollar, PayPal became the easiest method of converting. As a result, the functionality is to be pulled in Argentina. Read more...

Facebook shares reach all-time low

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:54:27 +0100

Facebook's stock prices reached an all-time low on Tuesday's trading, having declined 43% since their initial availability in May. Stocks were trading at just over $20 on the markets during the day. Read more...

Google considered launching its own currency

Andy Weir — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:18:32 +0000

Eric Schmidt, Google's Chairman, revealed at Mobile World Congress that the company once considered launching its own digital peer-to-peer currency - Google Bucks. Read more...

QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:10:26 +0000

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Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi (the hacker behind... Read more...

MMORPG currency exchange defrauded for $3,000

malebolgia — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:31:13 +0100

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Gaming Open Market closes all currency exchanges but one; files claims with PayPal and the FBI. The massively multiplayer online game currency exchange Gaming Open Market will be closing its doors to... Read more...