Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) now has ownership over the domain name Flicker.com.  They attained the domain name through an anti-cybersquatting lawsuit filed against AshantiPLC.  The lawsuit was filed in July 2009.   AshantiPLC bought the domain name from an eBay auction for $55,000 in July 2006.  AshantiPLC turned down a $700,000 offer in the past.  Instead AshantiPLC placed digital camera ads all over Flicker.com.  Yahoo! and AshantiPLC made an agreement through mediation last week.  No word on what the deal was worth. [Domain Name Wire]

News Corporation has acquired Skiff LLC.  Skiff is the company that creates an e-reader platform for delivering publications to tablets, notebooks, smartphones, etc.  News Corporation also made an investment in Journalism Online.  Journalism Online has an e-commerce platform called Press+, which enables multiple options for paid access to content.

Below is a list of 30+ tools commonly used by sellers and buyers for eBay.  The useful tools for buyers are sniping tools.  And the useful tools for sellers are analytics and bulk listing/editing.  Check them out.  If you know of any more, let us know in the comments.

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Nokia announced the X5-01 square vertical slider phone at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. The X5-01 can be looked at as a Microsoft Kin competitor since it is heavily focused on social networking. Specs of the phone include 2.36″ QVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, Quadband GSM, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, and an accelerometer. [Pocket-Lint]

Congressman Bob Etheridge grabbed a college student and demanded to ask who he was. Etheridge grabbed the student’s wrist and neck when walking down a sidewalk in Washington D.C. The video was uploaded Monday and hit over one million views quickly on YouTube. “Who are you?” asked the Congressman repeatedly. I won’t be surprised if this video gets remixed quickly. Auto-tune this video anyone? Video after the jump.

Forbes Media bought out Investopedia about three years ago and now they are ready to sell it off.  Forbes hired Jordon, Edmiston Group Inc. to help them sell off Investopedia.  Recently Forbes also bought out freelance journalism service True/Slant.  [paidContent]

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced the Kinect at the E3 kick off party.  The Kinect was originally known as Project Natal.  One of the first games that will use the Kinect controller is Kinect Star Wars.  Microsoft also showed Kinect Sports at the E3 party.  [Gizmodo]