The Reserve Bank of Australia has said that it has not initiated a formal review on eBay’s move to force sellers to offer PayPal as a payment method, even though there are complaints from a group which claims to be made up of disgruntled sellers.

Even though eBay has backed down from a policy of using PayPal exclusively, it has made it a permanent fixture on all auctions; even though it has allowed the use of other payment options.

The disgruntled eBay sellers’ group’s spokesperson has said that "eBay have been and continue to pursue through stealth the objective denied it by the ACCC," and has also written to the ACCC and other relevant authorities.

However, the Reserve Bank has said that it had just receive the letter and has not made any response to the letter.

Yahoo has now reached a settlement with investor Carl Icahn, who wanted to replace the current board after the company refused to sell all or a part of the company to Microsoft, with Microsoft saying it could not work with the current board.

The settlement will see Icahn, who owns 68.7 million shares (or 4.98% of Yahoo’s common stock), joining the Yahoo board and withdraw his proxy battle. This will also see another board member Robert Kotick not seeking re-election.

Another eight members are facing re-election at the next board members, and the board will expand to 11 members, adding Icahn and two other nominees from Icahn’s proposal.

The launch of the MobileMe service from Apple, which was to replace the .mac service, has been a complete failure as Apple was forced to give a free month to users for a second time.

The new service allows users to sync calendars, contacts, emails and data to PCs, Macs and iPhones for $119 a year. However, the service has been plagued with problems since the launch, when it was knocked offline for several days so Apple could fix bugs and its server load.

Its biggest selling point is its “cloud computing” - which allows users to sync important data to a server, without losing the data. This means that if you had several photos that you want to keep, you can put them on a server that will sync the data to the other computers connected and the iPhone itself - so you can edit, view or regain the files if you lose them.

Now, just over a week later, users are experiencing several problems accessing their email, with some experiencing sync problems with Outlook.

In addition, it falsely charged some users with US$100 for a free trial account, instead of a $1 “preauthorization” charge. It has offered a free month to those affected.