Craigslist is firing back at its rival and minority owner eBay, scolding the online auctioneer's actions as unethical and smelling of a hostile takeover.

Craigslist fires back, blasts eBay actions as unethical - Yahoo! News

Reducing cellular voice and data costs is a top concern for CIOs, judging by comments at an enterprise mobile and wireless conference here this week.

As wired costs drop, concerns rise over wireless voice and data charges

Users running Intuit Inc.'s Apple Macintosh version of QuickBooks Pro 2006 and 2007 today were warned that an automatic software update flaw can eradicate stored files, documents or folders from a desktop and hard drive.

Intuit fixes QuickBooks flaw that vaporizes data from Mac desktop

Computer and electronics retailer CompUSA Inc. announced on Friday that it would start winding down its retail operations after being acquired by an investment firm, which is looking to sell the company's business and assets.

CompUSA to shut down stores

If you pay estimated taxes, you should know that the IRS will let you pay them online.  Unfortunately, there's a 15 day waiting period to set up your online account, so it's too late for this quarter.  Set it up now and be ready when September rolls around!

The June 15th tax deadline looms, which means freelancers, sole proprietors and other misc income-making individuals and small businesses have an estimated quarterly tax payment to make. Up until now estimated tax payments were one of the last things that I wrote a dead tree paper check for; but it turns out I was living in 2001. The US Department of Treasury offers EFTPS, an online payment system that takes electronic estimated tax payments.

Taxes: Pay your estimated taxes online - Lifehacker

The Simple Dollar - 25 Rules to Grow Rich By #25: Warranties

I often preach to my clients about the evils of warranties on consumer electronics.  Although it is true that there is always a chance that an expensive computer, television, etc. may break and set you back a fair amount of money, I contend that in the long run, you will pay more money in warranties than you will to replace the items you've been insuring.

Personally, I save insurance (warranties are essentially a type of insurance) for cases where I need to protect against financial disaster- disasters that would be life-damaging.  Follow the link above to one of my favorite financial blogs, The Simple Dollar, for more insight on the subject.